SABEW News

May 2012

Monday, May 21st, 2012

Recording is now available for “Freelancers’ Bootcamp — Real World Tricks and Tips” May 21, 2012

"Freelancers’ Bootcamp — Real World Tricks and Tips" May 21, 2012 Thinking of dipping your toe into the freelance market? Or are you already flying solo and looking for ways to step up your game? This freelancer’s bootcamp covers all aspects entrepreneurial journalism, including setting up an LLC and keeping the books, best practices for time management and pitching stories, and transitioning ...[Read More]
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Friday, May 18th, 2012

Reception to honor author of new book on marketing to Hispanics

Event for M. Isabel Valdés is 5/22 in D.C....[Read More]
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Monday, May 14th, 2012

SABEW award winners among finalists for Loeb prizes

SABEW board members among honorees....[Read More]
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Monday, May 14th, 2012

Central Michigan, Elon and LSU to Receive Reynolds Visiting Business Journalism Professors

SPECIAL TO SABEW PHOENIX - Journalism programs at Central Michigan University, Elon University in North Carolina and Louisiana State University will receive visiting business journalism professors next spring under a $1.67 million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. This is the second year that the foundation has funded business journalism professors at universities to encourage the ...[Read More]
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Monday, May 14th, 2012

Covering the entertainment biz: Hollywood Reporter vs. Variety

By JOSH CLINARD, Special to SABEW Reed Elsevier, owner of Variety, placed the “bible of Hollywood,” for sale March 23, 2011. The move is a reminder that the trades are changing -- drastically. Until the emergence of the Internet, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter competed as Hollywood’s primary guide to all daily business transactions. “People used to talk about ‘the trades,’ ...[Read More]
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Monday, May 14th, 2012

Reynolds Center staffer wins NY Press Club Journalism Award

Story on 'shell,' 'shelf' firms....[Read More]
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

The embargo and business journalists

By SABRINA HUSAIN, Special to SABEW Whether broken by human or technical errors, embargo breaches can have serious consequences. Ron Leuty, a biotech reporter at the San Francisco Business Times, experienced the detrimental consequences of breaking an embargo firsthand.  In September 2009, Leuty was accused of breaking an embargo with Bayer HealthCare. Initially, Bayer ...[Read More]
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Business journalists grappling with China coverage

By ESTHER LEE, Special to SABEW In 1993, Joyce Barnathan visited Shanghai as the Asia regional editor for BusinessWeek. In the Pudong region by the Hongpu River she was amazed by what she saw — acres and acres of raised farmland and little else. In the midst of the undeveloped land, she spotted a small white building filled with maps, blue prints and smoke. “These guys were ...[Read More]
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Monday, May 7th, 2012

Biz journalists pressured by sources to write stories poll says

Special to SABEW Business journalists often feel pressured by their sources to write stories that aren't newsworthy and that could result in financial gain for those sources, according to research completed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Using a survey distributed to SABEW members, honors graduate Victoria Stilwell found that sources use their status as trusted informants ...[Read More]
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

SABEW initiative to attract people of color to business journalism

Remarks from the SABEW president....[Read More]
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April 2012

Friday, April 13th, 2012

Cassie Cope named winner of SABEW’s Morrow scholarship at University of South Carolina

Winner is an editor at The Daily Gamecock....[Read More]
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

SABEW ‘Drilling Deep’ investigative journalism workshops in Oklahoma City 7/13, Toronto 7/19

Supported by $25K award from EEJF. ...[Read More]
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March 2012

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Next teletraining: How to find sources and stories on social media, 4/23

Panelists from AP, msnbc.com, SMU....[Read More]
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Monday, March 26th, 2012

SABEW board member Diana B. Henriques headlines free Reynolds Center webinar, “Telling Great Stories,” on Aug. 13

Financial writer to share tips from covering Madoff....[Read More]
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

List of attendees at 49th annual SABEW conference, March 15-17, 2012

These journalists came to IUPUI in Indianapolis....[Read More]
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

More tools from Google… and filter through that sports jargon

News briefs from SABEW Indy conference....[Read More]
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Prize-winning ProPublica reporter tells conference-goers to focus on interview techniques

Pulitzer winner Jake Bernstein offers tips in Indy....[Read More]
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Monday, March 19th, 2012

SABEW honors decade of Board of Governors service of David Wilson, Sandy Gonzalez

BiB auctioneer surprised by plaque in Indy....[Read More]
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Monday, March 19th, 2012

6 chosen for three-year terms on SABEW Board of Governors

Voters chose from 10 candidates....[Read More]
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Monday, March 19th, 2012

James T Morris commends Indy sports development for economic impact

By KEVIN C. KELLER, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism Indianapolis- Indiana Pacers President James T. Morris helped welcome journalists to the 49th annual SABEW conference by declaring Indianapolis used sports development to bring investment and money to the city. Indianapolis, host of the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar race every year, has grown it’s sports outreach recently by hosting the ...[Read More]
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Monday, March 19th, 2012

Ford’s James Farley Jr. details the company’s challenges and recent success

By KELLY CARR, special to D. W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism and SABEW   Indianapolis - After facing several trying years battling the faltering U.S. economy, the outlook at Ford Motor Co. has a glimmer these days. And James Farley Jr., the company’s vice president for marketing, is part of an executive team that helped make it happen. From the company’s revamp ...[Read More]
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Saturday, March 17th, 2012

Spring conference 2013 will be April 4-6 in Washington, D.C.

Stay at 1 of 3 conference hotels....[Read More]
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Friday, March 16th, 2012

SEC chairman details lessons learned and future plans

By DIANGELEA MILLAR, special to D.W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism and SABEW INDIANAPOLIS – Chairman Mary Schapiro detailed lessons learned from past financial challenges and explained what the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has planned to ensure the same mistakes don’t happen again. Schapiro, who became the SEC’s chairman in 2009 after several scandals ...[Read More]
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February 2012

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Freelancers invited to ASJA’s Writers Conference April 27-28

More than 60 sessions planned....[Read More]
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Monday, February 20th, 2012

Financial Writer’s Stylebook to be renamed and affiliate with SABEW

Society to receive 10% of proceeds....[Read More]
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Monday, February 20th, 2012

Recording is now available for “Making Sense of Tax Season” teletraining call, 2/20

Listen online or on your telephone....[Read More]
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Teletraining: Making Sense of Tax Season, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern, Monday, Feb. 20

Panel to provide solid coverage tips....[Read More]
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Thursday, February 9th, 2012

SABEW survey to determine current and future job prospects for business reporters and editors

Please help us learn more on this vital issue....[Read More]
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Recording is now available for “Fresh ideas for Covering the Housing & Foreclosure Crisis” teletraining call, 1/23

Listen online or on your telephone....[Read More]
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January 2012

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

New spring schedule of free Reynolds Center training in business journalism

Jump-start your business coverage and career with free training in business journalism this spring from the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. Journalists can learn at their desks with the center’s free, live Webinars on topics such as investigating private companies and nonprofits and using LinkedIn to find sources, plus understanding local economic studies, municipal ...[Read More]
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Next teletraining: “Fresh ideas for Covering the Housing & Foreclosure Crisis,” 1/23

Panelists include WSJ, HousingWire editors....[Read More]
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Friday, January 6th, 2012

Passion, attitude, ability still strong job attributes, panel says

Reynolds fellows hear "What Editors Expect."...[Read More]
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Newspapers sweep Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism

Phoenix, Milwaukee, Seattle papers honored....[Read More]
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Monday, January 2nd, 2012

Henriques tells Reynolds fellows what makes a good investigative report

'Look wide, deep,' Madoff book author says....[Read More]
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December 2011

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Half of freelance biz journalists saw increase in pay in 2011

SABEW survey finds average pay up from 2010....[Read More]
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Former L.A. Times Journalist Named Reynolds Visiting Professor

Was part of 2 Pulitzer-winning teams....[Read More]
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Monday, December 12th, 2011

SABEW 2012 fall conference in New York City is Sept. 27-28 at CUNY

Event returns to CUNY grad j-school in Manhattan....[Read More]
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Recording available for “Covering Public Pensions: Issues & Solutions,” 12/5

Gain tools to tackle this vital issue....[Read More]
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November 2011

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Next teletraining: Covering Public Pensions, Issues & Solutions, 12/5

Speakers from SABEW's June seminar will present....[Read More]
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

Reynolds staffer, Reuters reporter win Foreign Press Association award

Story By Reynolds Center Staff Kelly Carr, a Reynolds Center staffer, and Brian Grow, a Barlett & Steele Award winner, have won the Foreign Press Association Media Awards 2011 for Financial/Economic reporting for a Reuters special report on the use of U.S. shell and shelf companies. The award is for the first story in a Reuters’ series by Carr and Grow. Kelly Carr is the Reynolds Center’s ...[Read More]
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Monday, November 21st, 2011

Video: 3 top editors from Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Reuters discuss future of journalism

Rare gathering at SABEW's fall conference. ...[Read More]
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Former SABEW chief, 2 other members named Reynolds visiting biz-journalism professors

To start teaching this spring at 4 universities....[Read More]
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Monday, November 14th, 2011

Recording available for ‘Fresh Ideas for Covering the Holiday Retail Season, 11/14

Learn innovative ways to cover Black Friday, etc....[Read More]
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Monday, November 14th, 2011

The role of the media in the credit crunch

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization research study....[Read More]
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Monday, November 7th, 2011

Your next teletraining: ‘Fresh Ideas for Covering the Holiday Retail Season,’ 11/14

Spice up your retail coverage in a down economy....[Read More]
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October 2011

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Harrisburg, PA: a city at war with itself

Read a Reuters Special Report...[Read More]
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Taiwan meeting kicks off with SABEW financial reporting workshop

By EVA DOU, Special to SABEW In the throes of the U.S. financial crisis in early 2009, Fortune Magazine Asia Editor William Bill Powell wrote a cover story called, "Is China Sinking?" "That story was 180 degrees wrong, completely wrong," Powell said on Saturday, addressing a financial reporting workshop marking the kick-off of the International Press Institute's 2011 World Congress in Taipei, ...[Read More]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Top Editors: Newspaper outlook bleak

By Madhura Karnick Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp scandal has created quiet a stir in media markets around the globe. Just last week, Andrew Langhoff, managing director of Dow Jones & Co. in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and publisher of The Wall Street Journal Europe, resigned amid charges he made a deal that involved guaranteeing coverage in the Journal’s European edition. How does a newspaper ...[Read More]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Luxury retailers seeing opportunities despite rocky economy

By Cara Eisenpress Having rebounded from the great recession, luxury retailer Saks sees great opportunities in the luxury segment of the retail market, placing great stock in wealthy consumers’ boundless thirst for expensive, unique fashion and a comparably lavish shopping experience, said Steve Sadove, chairman and CEO of Saks, Incorporated in a keynote speech at the Society of Business Editors ...[Read More]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

NY panel explains complex issue of health insurance exchanges

By MARTY STEFFENS The election rhetoric will be about jobs and the economy, but health care will once again capture America’s attentions, said panelists on a healthcare panel at SABEW’s fall conference in New York. U.S. states are in various degrees of adoption of health insurance exchanges, which are mandated under the Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. States such as Massachusetts ...[Read More]
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