SPECIAL TO SABEW
Thumbtack.com, an online service helping people connect with local businesses, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, have conducted a survey of over 6,000 small business owners throughout the U.S. to assess the nation's economic climate. In particular, the survey addresses how "friendly" states are to small business.
According to the results, key findings include:
Small ...[
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"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 ...[
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Event for M. Isabel Valdés is 5/22 in D.C....[
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SABEW board members among honorees....[
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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 ...[
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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,’ ...[
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Story on 'shell,' 'shelf' firms....[
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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 ...[
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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 ...[
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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 ...[
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Remarks from the SABEW president....[
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Winner is an editor at The Daily Gamecock....[
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Supported by $25K award from EEJF. ...[
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Panelists from AP, msnbc.com, SMU....[
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Financial writer to share tips from covering Madoff....[
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By CHRIS ROUSH
Nearly one out of every four business news operations plan to add staffers this year, up from one out of every five in 2011, according to an informal survey of business journalists conducted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
In addition, the percentage of business news operations planning to cut staff in 2012 fell to 5.3 percent from slightly more than 8 ...[
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These journalists came to IUPUI in Indianapolis....[
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News briefs from SABEW Indy conference....[
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Pulitzer winner Jake Bernstein offers tips in Indy....[
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BiB auctioneer surprised by plaque in Indy....[
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Voters chose from 10 candidates....[
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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 ...[
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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 ...[
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Stay at 1 of 3 conference hotels....[
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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 ...[
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More than 60 sessions planned....[
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Society to receive 10% of proceeds....[
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Listen online or on your telephone....[
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Panel to provide solid coverage tips....[
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Please help us learn more on this vital issue....[
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Listen online or on your telephone....[
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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 ...[
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Panelists include WSJ, HousingWire editors....[
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Reynolds fellows hear "What Editors Expect."...[
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Phoenix, Milwaukee, Seattle papers honored....[
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'Look wide, deep,' Madoff book author says....[
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SABEW survey finds average pay up from 2010....[
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Was part of 2 Pulitzer-winning teams....[
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As 2011 winds down, we'd like to encourage you to make a charitable donation to SABEW, the world's largest and oldest association focused on the betterment of business journalism.
With tax time on the horizon, a reminder that a donation to SABEW is tax deductible.
The money we raise will go toward our training and education activities. We consider it our fund for the future.
We're appealing ...[
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Event returns to CUNY grad j-school in Manhattan....[
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Gain tools to tackle this vital issue....[
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Speakers from SABEW's June seminar will present....[
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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 ...[
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Rare gathering at SABEW's fall conference. ...[
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To start teaching this spring at 4 universities....[
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Learn innovative ways to cover Black Friday, etc....[
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Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization research study....[
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Spice up your retail coverage in a down economy....[
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Read a Reuters Special Report...[
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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, ...[
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