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Donate to our auction today and help raise funds for SABEW education programs!

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Recording is now available for "Fresh ideas for Covering the Housing & Foreclosure Crisis"

"Fresh ideas for Covering the Housing & Foreclosure Crisis" Jan. 23, 2012   This is the latest in our series of monthly teletraining calls, where SABEW members dial into a conference-call service to hear experts talk for approximately one hour on a topic of interest to journalists interested in improving their business and financial news coverage. This session  gave journalists ...[Click Here]

Reynolds Center offers two $1,000 scholarships to attend Indy conference

Apply by Feb. 8 for March 15-17 conference....[Click Here]

SABEW 2012 Indianapolis Schedule

49TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, MARCH 15-17, INDIANAPOLIS Information Technology Complex, Indiana University – Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), the southwest corner of Michigan and West streets. Hotel venue: University Place (within walking distance), 850 W. Michigan St., 317-634-6200. 500 Minutes of Skills Training: In the spirit of the Indy 500, SABEW in Indy will offer reporters ...[Click Here]

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 ...[Click Here]

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

Panelists include WSJ, HousingWire editors....[Click Here]

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

Reynolds fellows hear "What Editors Expect."...[Click Here]

Newspapers sweep Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism

Phoenix, Milwaukee, Seattle papers honored....[Click Here]

Henriques tells Reynolds fellows what makes a good investigative report

'Look wide, deep,' Madoff book author says....[Click Here]

Half of freelance biz journalists saw increase in pay in 2011

SABEW survey finds average pay up from 2010....[Click Here]

Former L.A. Times Journalist Named Reynolds Visiting Professor

Was part of 2 Pulitzer-winning teams....[Click Here]

Please remember SABEW in your 2011 charitable giving plans

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 ...[Click Here]

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

Event returns to CUNY grad j-school in Manhattan....[Click Here]

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

Gain tools to tackle this vital issue....[Click Here]

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

Speakers from SABEW's June seminar will present....[Click Here]

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 ...[Click Here]

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

Rare gathering at SABEW's fall conference. ...[Click Here]

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

To start teaching this spring at 4 universities....[Click Here]

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

Learn innovative ways to cover Black Friday, etc....[Click Here]

The role of the media in the credit crunch

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization research study....[Click Here]

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

Spice up your retail coverage in a down economy....[Click Here]

Harrisburg, PA: a city at war with itself

Read a Reuters Special Report...[Click Here]

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, ...[Click Here]

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 ...[Click Here]

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 ...[Click Here]

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 ...[Click Here]

Leibowitz Discusses Wall Street and Technology's Impact on the Market

By Anika Anard Journalists and Wall Street share a compelling task to educate Americans on issues involving markets and economics, a top official of the New York Stock Exchange told the fall workshop of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, Oct. 13-14. Larry Leibowitz discussed the relationship between journalists and Wall Street and the importance of understanding one another's ...[Click Here]

BIB Spotlight: Company seeking copper mine forges pacts with town, stakeholder groups

(Editor's note: In less than a year, SABEW will conduct its Best in Business competition, which honors the best work in business journalism nationally. Every week leading up to the contest, SABEW will showcase award-winners from 2010 in this space. It's not too early to begin gathering your entries from calendar year 2011. Enjoy this new feature. We hope you will be inspired by the excellence we will ...[Click Here]

Phoenix, Milwaukee, Seattle newspapers win '12 Barlett & Steele Awards

Public pension series was topic at SABEW institute....[Click Here]

Nominations for the Ralph Gomory Prize Accepted Through December 31

Wilmington, Delaware – September 2011 – The Business History Conference (BHC) seeks one book and one article to give The Ralph Gomory Prize, an award of $5000. This prize recognizes historical work on the effect business enterprises have on the economic conditions of a country in which they operate. All works must be submitted by December 31, 2011, to Carol Lockman, Business History Conference, ...[Click Here]

Apply for all-expenses-paid training in business journalism in Phoenix in January

Attention: Experienced business journalists...[Click Here]

Business journalism salaries remained steady in past year, poll shows

40% in SABEW survey say pay same as in '10....[Click Here]

Recording available for 9/26 "Covering the economy, local to national"

This session gave journalists a better understanding of the direction of the national economy as well as insights into how they can track and cover their own regional economies. The call also taught listeners how to tap into Bureau of Economic Analysis data and other economic resources. Click here to download a Powerpoint of panelist Mike Schneider’s Great Sites for Data Sets and Software. Below ...[Click Here]

Reynolds Center offers all-expenses-paid business-journalism training Jan. in Phoenix

Potential profs, experienced journalists sought....[Click Here]

Scripps Howard Foundation journalism awards now accepting entries

Biz/econ reporting category has $10K cash prize....[Click Here]

Four schools to receive Reynolds Visiting Business Journalism Professors

First visiting professors announced....[Click Here]

St. Louis Fed Launches FRED App for iPad and iPhone

App gives access to collection of economic data....[Click Here]

Schedule for SABEW NYC fall workshop

Oct. 13-14 at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism....[Click Here]

Stem Cells Take Root in Koreatown

(Editor's note: In less than a year, SABEW will conduct its Best in Business competition, which honors the best work in business journalism nationally. Every week leading up to the contest, SABEW will showcase award-winners from 2010 in this space. It's not too early to begin gathering your entries from calendar year 2011. Enjoy this new feature. We hope you will be inspired by the excellence we will ...[Click Here]

Techcrunch conflict highlights business journalism ethics

Ethics of covering businesses should be taken seriously....[Click Here]

Investor protections imperiled by Wall Street, GOP assault on financial reform

SEC yet to move on rules...[Click Here]

Next teletraining: "Covering the economy, local to national," 9/26

Economist, financial training editor on panel....[Click Here]

Portrait of a missionary: despite economy, many still volunteer time, effort

Even while the U.S. economy continues to sputter, service-humanitarian groups continue to spend time and money in Honduras, the poorest country in Central America. About 40 service groups, lost representing small church congregations, have spent time in the Tegucigalpa area this year alone. The groups send money but also themselves. For the second year running, Indianapolis’s North Central ...[Click Here]

Recording available for 8/29 "teletraining on understanding and reporting on polls"

Journalists are constantly bombarded with poll results. But which ones are statistically accurate and worth reporting on? And how can you tell a good poll from a bad one? This call provided tips on how to both sort through the polls that cross your desk and conduct your own. Jennifer Agiesta, deputy director of polling for The Associated Press, moderated. Panelists included Marjorie Connelly, ...[Click Here]

First items up for bids for SABEW's annual online auction!

The first items are ready for bidding in SABEW's second annual online auction! Great prizes, including a week at a Maine lake cottage, a Sony Reader, a tour of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, hotel packages and individual registrations for our next spring conference in Indianapolis -- and more!...[Click Here]

Your next teletraining session: Understanding and reporting on polls, 8/29

AP polling deputy director is moderator....[Click Here]

SABEW’s second annual online auction extended to Oct. 5: More great items available

Proceeds benefit SABEW....[Click Here]

BIB Spotlight: S.E.C. Accuses Goldman Of Fraud in Housing Deal

(Editor's note: In less than a year, SABEW will conduct its Best in Business competition, which honors the best work in business journalism nationally. Every week leading up to the contest, SABEW will showcase award-winners from 2010 in this space. It's not too early to begin gathering your entries from calendar year 2011. Enjoy this new feature. We hope you will be inspired by the excellence we will ...[Click Here]

American Society Of Business Publication Editors To Present 2011 ASBPE Journalism That Matters Award August 4

Business journalism society to present The Spine Journal...[Click Here]

SABEW heads to Asia to put on business and financial reporting workshop

International Press Institute co-sponsors 9/24 event....[Click Here]

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