Events

July 2019

Monday, July 8th, 2019

July 18 – Will the ACA Live or Will It Die? Texas v. the U.S.

In health care, there is no more high stakes case than Texas v. the U.S., which will decide the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. The ACA touches every aspect of our health care system. Right now, 18 Republican state attorneys general and governors, two individuals and the Trump administration are arguing against the validity of the ACA, which is being defended by 21 Democratic state attorneys ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

June 2019

Monday, June 24th, 2019

July 22 – The business of freelancing: How to chart a course for success virtual training

The recording will be available shortly.  Independence. Flexibility. The ability to choose the projects you want to focus on. Freelance writing offers many benefits, but it also requires discipline, a business mindset, and the ability to juggle projects and clients. On SABEW’s next training session, we’ll talk about how to run your freelance business like a business, addressing things like ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

May 2019

Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

Virtual Training June 2019: How to Cover One of the Newest Beats on the Business Desk: Marijuana

As more states consider legalizing recreational marijuana, the nation’s cannabis industry has emerged as one of today’s hot business stories. The fast-growing marijuana sector is creating jobs, generating new business opportunities and, increasingly, justifying its own beat on the business desk. SABEW’s next virtual training session will do a deep dive into the growing cannabis industry. Our ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training
Sunday, May 19th, 2019

Innovation in fact checking – SABEW19

                          May, 2019 By Madeline Ackley The Cronkite School In the digital age, misinformation can travel at warp speed, making fact checking absolutely vital for an informed public. Luckily, fact checkers in the industry have come prepared with incredible innovations ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference
Sunday, May 19th, 2019

U.S. Sens. Sinema and McSally talk trade, immigration – SABEW19

By Hailey Mensik The Cronkite School Talks of immigration and trade in Arizona consumed much of U.S. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally’s SABEW sessions in Phoenix. Both expressed a need to fix the country’s legal immigration system, as a surge of migrants at the U.S. Mexico border have officials calling for its closure. But with a low national unemployment rate, McSally, R-Ariz., ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference
Sunday, May 19th, 2019

Susanne Craig provides a look into The New York Times’ Trump tax exposé – SABEW19

                          By Andres Guerra Luz The Cronkite School When Susanne Craig and her colleagues began what would turn into an 18-month investigation into the origins of President Donald Trump’s wealth, the New York Times reporter said they had a simple question that originated ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference
Saturday, May 18th, 2019

How to write an award-winning business story – SABEW19

                              By Hailey Mensik The Cronkite School Both student journalists and veteran reporters spoke about the projects that caught the attention of SABEW judges and earned them recognition at this year's Best in Business Awards. Andres Guerra Luz from ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference
Saturday, May 18th, 2019

Covering health care important as ever for business reporters – SABEW19

                                  By Kara Carlson The Cronkite School For many Americans, health care and everything tied to it is never far from the mind. How they spend, where they work, their prescription costs and many regular occurrences are all affected ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference, The Commonwealth Fund
Saturday, May 18th, 2019

Gov. Ducey: Arizona leads the way in business climate – SABEW19

                          By Andres Guerra Luz The Cronkite School Arizona leads the way in fostering a favorable environment for businesses to operate, Gov. Doug Ducey told audience members at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s spring conference in Phoenix. The ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference
Saturday, May 18th, 2019

Women continue to break barriers in newsrooms – SABEW19

        May, 2019 By Madeline Ackley The Cronkite School Two longtime newsroom leaders spoke about what it means to be a woman in the news industry at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing spring conference in Phoenix on Friday. Kristin Gilger, associate dean at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Cronkite ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference
Saturday, May 18th, 2019

Data reporting and the backbone of investigative journalism – SABEW19

                        By Deagan Urbatsch The Cronkite School At a time when empirical evidence is more important than ever for reporters, data can constitute the hard facts in any investigative story, according to Maud Beelman, the executive editor of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference
Saturday, May 18th, 2019

Despite challenges, Stelter sees bright future for journalism – SABEW19

                            By Derek Hall The Cronkite School News outlets and journalists continue to face an uncertain future in the wake of the digital revolution, an issue CNN’s Brian Stelter addressed at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing spring conference ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference
Friday, May 10th, 2019

SABEW19 Student Newsroom

Miss the SABEW19 conference? Check out our ASU student coverage at #SABEW19 and below. Click here for the student bios. Despite challenges, Stelter sees bright future for journalism While there are a number of challenges affecting the industry, journalists continue to find new and innovative ways of reporting and telling stories, said CNN's Brian Stelter at the Society for Advancing Business ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference

April 2019

Friday, April 12th, 2019

May 3: World Press Freedom Day

SABEW Celebrates World Press Freedom Day advocating for the importance of free speech to the functioning of the global economy...[Read More]
Posted in Events
Friday, April 12th, 2019

How to Write for a Millennial Audience

Listen to the recording. They’ve gotten a bum wrap for their news consumption habits. But millennials are regular consumers of news, and research shows that they often are willing to pay for content. Just how do you develop coverage for millennials and, even better, sell them a subscription? SABEW’s May virtual training session will do a deep dive on this generation and its impact on the news ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

March 2019

Friday, March 29th, 2019

May 16-18: SABEW19 at ASU in Phoenix

Conference Program Speakers Registration Exhibitors Sponsors Hotel Information...[Read More]
Posted in Events, Spring Conference

February 2019

Tuesday, February 26th, 2019

Copyright and fair use in a digital age: How to break news, produce lively coverage and keep it legal

In today’s fast-paced world of breaking news and the need for fresh, interesting content, it’s sometimes easy to make mistakes, which can be costly to your reputation and that of your news organization. Bernadette Mooney Burns, general counsel of Radio Free Asia, will present a webinar refresher on the fundamentals of copyrights, fair use and plagiarism in the digital age, with some current examples ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

January 2019

Monday, January 28th, 2019

Business Reporting on Natural Disasters

When covering natural disasters, business journalists have the unique challenge of connecting an audience with the specific impact these events have on local, regional and national businesses, from supply chains to logistics, to major employers, to mom-and-pop shops.   While some natural disasters like hurricanes are fast moving, others like flooding and wildfires can take longer to ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training
Friday, January 25th, 2019

July 16 – SABEW NABE Reception and Data Session

Maintaining the Quality and Integrity of US Government Data: A Discussion and Mixer for Journalists and Economists Tuesday, July 16 from 3:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Four Seasons Hotel located at 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington D.C. For the third year, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) and the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) will partner on a program ...[Read More]
Posted in Events

December 2018

Thursday, December 27th, 2018

Beat Basics for New Reporters

Description Alex Heath, senior reporter for Cheddar and 2018 winner of the Larry Birger Young Business Journalist contest, honoring journalists younger than 30 will lead this beat basics for new reporters training. SABEW chair Marty Steffens will facilitate a conversation with Heath on how to build and cultivate sources, standout in a crowded beat (like covering Facebook), get over the millennial ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

November 2018

Wednesday, November 7th, 2018

November 19: Behind the lens: How to shoot video for business stories

Listen to the audio. View the video. Nov. Training Presentation. High-quality video can bring business stories to life, and journalists are increasingly being asked to shoot segments on their smartphones. SABEW’s next training session will give you an overview of how best to shoot video and audio, even if your equipment is limited. Mitchell Masilun, an Arkansas-based editorial photographer ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

September 2018

Thursday, September 27th, 2018

Sept. 2018 – How to use social media to build a beat and break news

Social media is a tremendous resource for journalists looking to build a beat, break news, or track down elusive man on the street sources on deadline. The real challenge is sifting through all the chatter and harnessing the full potential of social platforms. SABEW’s next teletraining session — featuring some of the best in the business when it comes to social media reporting -- will help you ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

August 2018

Monday, August 6th, 2018

August 13 – How to mine government contracting data for stories in your own backyard

A key lesson for business reporters is to follow the money to get the story. Nowhere is this truer than with federal, state, and local governments, which spend hundreds of billions of dollars annually on goods and services. They are the primary buyers of technology of all shapes and sizes, ranging from IT services to cloud-based software, electronic warfare and blockchain data storage. Companies large ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training
Monday, August 6th, 2018

Oct. 25 – SABEWNYC18 Fall Conference

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Posted in Fall Conference

July 2018

Tuesday, July 24th, 2018

How to mine government contracting data for stories in your own backyard

A key lesson for business reporters is to follow the money to get the story. Nowhere is this truer than with federal, state, and local governments, which spend hundreds of billions of dollars annually on goods and services. They are the primary buyers of technology of all shapes and sizes, ranging from IT services to cloud-based software, electronic warfare and blockchain data storage. Companies large ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

June 2018

Monday, June 18th, 2018

Freelance Journalism: Getting down to business

Flexibility. Working remotely. Being your own boss. Freelance writing offers many benefits, but it requires a business mindset. On SABEW’s next training session, we’ll talk about how to run your freelance business like a true business, addressing things like keeping track of clients, growing revenue, managing invoices, setting up a home office and adopting an entrepreneurial mindset needed to be ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training
Monday, June 11th, 2018

Dig Deep into Health Care Data

How do you get past the press release on the health beat? The hardest thing for reporters, veterans or newbies alike, is knowing where to look for information. What kind of financial shape is your local hospital or health insurer? How does the state or federal government rate that nursing home? Does a particular doctor have an unusually high number of medical malpractice claims? We are going to dig ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

May 2018

Tuesday, May 29th, 2018

July 17, 2018: Maintaining the Quality and Integrity of US Government Data: A Discussion and Mixer for Journalists and Economists

Tuesday, July 17, 2018 3:15 - 5:15 PM Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, DC Speakers: Brian Moyer, director, BEA William Wiatrowski, acting commissioner, BLS Stephanie Studds, chief, Economic Indicators Division, U.S. Census Bureau Moderator: Lydia DePillis, economy reporter, CNNMoney Timely and reliable economic statistics are key to the work of both economists and journalists as they ...[Read More]
Posted in Events, First Amendment Committee
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018

June 11, 2018 – Training: Metrics to Magnify Your Journalism

Join us for a discussion about metrics in the newsroom, the pros and cons of different analytics platforms, and using data to drive news decisions. As the revenue model for journalism moves away from heavily relying on advertising and more toward paying customers and subscribers, newsrooms will have to measure audiences differently. This session, led by Liz Worthington of the American Press Institute, ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018

Training: Metrics to Magnify Your Journalism

Join us for a discussion about metrics in the newsroom, the pros and cons of different analytics platforms, and using data to drive news decisions. As the revenue model for journalism moves away from heavily relying on advertising and more toward paying customers and subscribers, newsrooms will have to measure audiences differently. This session, led by Liz Worthington of the American Press Institute, ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018

May 14 – Teletraining: Understanding Economic Indicators

GDP, CPI, M1 and M2. Leading, lagging and coincident. Procyclical, countercyclical and acyclical. The economic indicators are an indispensable part of the economics beat, pointing to the state of health of local, regional and national economies. Covering the economy is not your run-of-the-mill business beat. Journalists tasked with writing about the economy rely on economic indicators issued by statistical ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018

Teletraining: Understanding Economic Indicators

GDP, CPI, M1 and M2. Leading, lagging and coincident. Procyclical, countercyclical and acyclical. The economic indicators are an indispensable part of the economics beat, pointing to the state of health of local, regional and national economies. Covering the economy is not your run-of-the-mill business beat. Journalists tasked with writing about the economy rely on economic indicators issued by statistical ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

April 2018

Monday, April 30th, 2018

Cryptocurrency and blockchain pose challenges for news organizations

By Ang Gao Medill News Service New and arcane technologies such as blockchain and cryptocurrency pose challenges and opportunities for major news organizations that are scrambling to meet reader demand for more coverage. Among the biggest challenges are how to help readers understand the burgeoning technology and guide coverage of a world that few people, including themselves, fully understand, ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference
Saturday, April 28th, 2018

SABEW18 – Morgenson: ‘It’s about more than the awards’

By Sarah Foster Medill News Service April, 2018 Gretchen Morgenson was walking up Third Avenue in New York City, still fresh off her move from The New York Times to The Wall Street Journal, when an abrupt shouting sounded in the distance.   “I don’t mean to bother you! I don’t mean to bother you!” the voice said. She didn’t acknowledge the commotion at first, thinking the pedestrian ...[Read More]
Posted in Distinguished Achievement Award, Spring Conference
Saturday, April 28th, 2018

SABEW18-More than just ‘white noise’: Media leaders address solutions to harassment

By Danielle Chemtob UNC-Chapel Hill In the wake of the New York Times Harvey Weinstein investigation and the Me Too movement,  female media leaders tackled the issue of sexual harassment and the systems that enable such behavior at the spring conference for the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing in Washington, D.C., Saturday. The conversation largely focused on employees who ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference
Friday, April 27th, 2018

SABEW18-BEA director: County-by-county GDP to roll out this fall  

By Roxanne (Yanchun) Liu Medill News Service The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis said it plans to develop county-by-county gross domestic product data and expects to have prototype statistics available by this fall, Director Brian Moyer said on Friday. The GDP statistics will cover more than 3,000 counties in the U.S. and may include breakouts by major industry sector for each county, Moyer ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference
Friday, April 27th, 2018

SABEW18-Ross, Hassett address policy impact on economy

By Danielle Chemtob and Brian Baker University of North Carolina and Medill News Service Trump administration officials defended recent tax reform and tariffs Friday at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s spring conference in Washington, D.C. In two separate sessions, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Kevin Hassett attributed ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference
Friday, April 27th, 2018

SABEW18 – Rubenstein expects private equity investors to look to emerging markets

By Brian Baker Medill News Service Private equity investors are likely to focus more on opportunities in emerging markets as countries like China and India increase their share of the global economy, said David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-executive chairman of private equity giant The Carlyle Group. “If the emerging markets are 55 percent of world’s GDP, but they’re only getting 17 percent ...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference

March 2018

Thursday, March 29th, 2018

Training: Optimizing your professional brand on LinkedIn

April 2018 Conduct research on companies and individuals. Develop story ideas. Build a personal brand. LinkedIn can help journalists do all of those things and more, and SABEW’s next teletraining session will teach you how. We’ll do a deep dive with Yumi Wilson, a social media expert and former LinkedIn trainer, who will demonstrate the social media platform’s research tools and share best ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training
Wednesday, March 7th, 2018

Digital Strategy: Put together an e-newsletter that readers can’t resist

You’ve got mail. Or at least, an emailed newsletter. Newsletters today come in all stripes, from conversational missives to news-driven bulletins. They are an important tool for news organizations interested in both informing and engaging audiences. SABEW’s March session will look at the evolution of this trend, and the strategies various news organizations are deploying. From timing and logistics ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

February 2018

Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

Covering Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology

Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology stands to be one of the biggest and most compelling financial stories of 2018. While bitcoin’s wild roller-coaster ride draws headlines, there are more than 1,500 other digital currencies on the market today, with companies such as Kodak, Atari and Long Island Iced Tea getting into the cryptocurrency game. Other major companies, such as Intel, IBM, Microsoft ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

January 2018

Tuesday, January 9th, 2018

Behind the lens: How to snap photos and videos that make business stories shine

High-quality photos and video can make stories sing online and in print, but in business journalism, coming up with great art can be a challenge. SABEW’s next training session will give you ideas about how to break beyond the standard ‘CEO at a desk’ shots and bring new life to business photography. Mitchell Masilun, an Arkansas-based editorial photographer and multimedia specialist, will lead ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

October 2017

Monday, October 23rd, 2017

April 26-28 – SABEW18

Schedule Conference Registration Program at a Glance Speakers Hotel and More Student Newsroom...[Read More]
Posted in Spring Conference

August 2017

Monday, August 28th, 2017

International Trade in the Era of Trump

President Donald Trump has talked tough on trade ever since he first hit the campaign trail. He criticized China for a massive U.S. trade deficit. He also said the North American Free Trade Agreement was bad for the United States. Once in office, he fulfilled a campaign promise of pulling the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation deal negotiated under former President Barack ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017

Aug. 21 at 3 p.m. ET – 10 Great Digital Tools for Business Journalists

For SABEW’s August training session, we’ve teamed up with the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism to present a webinar via the Adobe Connect video-conference platform. The session will introduce business reporters and editors to new web tools and apps that are mostly free, easy to learn, and fun to use. The digital tools will simplify many of the tasks that business journalists ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017

10 Great Digital Tools for Business Journalists

For SABEW’s August training session, we’ve teamed up with the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism to present a webinar via the Adobe Connect video-conference platform. The session will introduce business reporters and editors to new web tools and apps that are mostly free, easy to learn, and fun to use. The digital tools will simplify many of the tasks that business journalists ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

July 2017

Wednesday, July 5th, 2017

Going Public: Reporting on IPOs

Initial public offerings—the first sales of stock issued by a company to the public—are slowly making a comeback following a dearth of them in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 and uncertainty about the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. News-making IPOs this year include Snap, Inc., the parent company of communications app Snapchat, which raised $3.4 billion in March, making it ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training

June 2017

Friday, June 23rd, 2017

Training: Reporting on Sports Business Slides

Click the link below to download the slides for Covering All the Bases: Reporting on Sports Business. June 2017 Reporting on Sports Business Slides...[Read More]
Posted in Events
Thursday, June 15th, 2017

June 26 at 2:00 p.m. EDT: Covering all the bases – Reporting on Sports Business

Reporting on Sports Business Slides Writing about the business of sports has become more than just game coverage in recent years. In fact, sports business has been elevated to a significant stand-alone beat at many news outlets. The beat offers fertile ground for compelling enterprise and investigative stories on collective bargaining agreements, marketing and management initiatives, intellectual ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training
Wednesday, June 14th, 2017

Training – Covering all the Bases: Reporting on Sports Business

Click the link below to download the slides for this training session: Reporting on Sports Business Slides Writing about the business of sports has become more than just game coverage in recent years. In fact, sports business has been elevated to a significant stand-alone beat at many news outlets. The beat offers fertile ground for compelling enterprise and investigative stories on collective ...[Read More]
Posted in Virtual training
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