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November 2019
Saturday, November 9th, 2019
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019
SABEW advocates for access to government experts, records
November 6, 2019 The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) is increasingly concerned about the shroud of secrecy that has enveloped the federal government and government agencies. For that reason, we have co-signed a letter to Congress, authored by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and signed on by journalism organizations, in support of legislation that would ensure ...[Read More]
Monday, November 4th, 2019
Now accepting applications for 2020 Goldschmidt fellowships
Want to learn more about the data you use every day? If so, apply by Nov. 22 for SABEW’s 2020 Goldschmidt Fellowship data immersion workshop and learn from the government professionals that gather and analyze the nation’s economic data. This all-access weeklong session will be Jan. 13 through 17 in Washington DC. This is the seventh year of the workshop, which is funded by a grant from the Chicago-based ...[Read More]October 2019
Monday, October 28th, 2019
CNBC’s “My College Dream” launched today from College Connect posts
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., October 28, 2019 From CNBC CNBC’s Invest in You: Ready. Set. Grow., a financial wellness initiative in partnership with Acorns, today debuted My College Dream, a series of first-person accounts by students about their college and career aspirations, the serious money struggles they have faced along the way and the real-world consequences that resulted from their circumstances ...[Read More]
Monday, October 14th, 2019
Quartz Executive Editor Xana Antunes wins Front Page Lifetime Achievement Award
Quartz Executive Editor and SABEW board member Xana Antunes recently won the Front Page Lifetime Achievement Award from The Newswomen's Club of New York. Antunes is executive editor at Quartz. Prior to starting there in 2014, she was executive editor and vice president at CNBC Digital; editor at Crain's New York Business; executive editor at Fortune and CNNMoney.com; and editor, deputy editor and ...[Read More]September 2019
Tuesday, September 24th, 2019
SABEW past president Greg McCune retires after 43 years
Former SABEW board member and president Greg McCune has announced his retirement after 43 years as a journalist. “I intend to take some time to kick back with a glass of red wine to toast a great run with my wife of 36 years, Pat,” he said. “We are retiring to Manhattan, Kan., (the Little Apple) to be near both our extended families. I may eventually dabble in writing if inspiration strikes ...[Read More]
Monday, September 16th, 2019
SABEW mourns the loss of Paul Ingrassia
SABEW mourns the loss of Paul Ingrassia, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author of numerous articles and books on the auto industry. He died after battling cancer at 69. Ingrassia held senior posts at The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires and Thomson Reuters, and for more than three decades was one of the leading journalists of the auto industry. During his time at the ...[Read More]
Friday, September 13th, 2019
The Information’s Matt Drange Wins SABEW’s Birger Award for Young Business Journalists
Matt Drange, a staff reporter for The Information, is the 2019 winner of the Larry Birger Young Business Journalist contest, honoring journalists under 30. Additionally, the judging panel chose to honor two finalists: Ellen Huet, reporter for Bloomberg, and Casey Fabris, reporter for The Roanoke Times. Drange will receive the award, a $1,500 honorarium and travel stipend to New York made possible ...[Read More]August 2019
Friday, August 30th, 2019
SABEW statement on the role of the financial press
August 31, 2019 On the 125th anniversary of Labor Day, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) recognizes the contributions that our members make in delivering important information and insights to the public. At a time when markets are facing whiplash from conflicting policy directives, the role that our journalist members play in informing the public with their reporting ...[Read More]
Wednesday, August 28th, 2019
Fellows selected for 2019 FRED Advanced Data Workshop
SABEW has selected 16 business journalists for the FRED advanced data workshop at the St. Louis Federal Reserve on Sept. 19 and 20. Fellows will learn how to graph differing types of FRED data, discover new data releases and find data to help you create new stories. Speakers will discuss how they take the pulse of the American economy, feed that information to the Federal Open Market Committee ...[Read More]June 2019
Friday, June 28th, 2019
SABEW calls on the Trump administration and Congress to commit to providing adequate funds for statistical agencies
June 28, 2019 As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day on July 4, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) reminds the public of the important work performed by economists, researchers and statisticians at government agencies that is crucial to the functioning of our markets. The Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Department of ...[Read More]May 2019
Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
Bryan Borzykowski becomes SABEW’s first Canadian president
Phoenix - May, 2019 Bryan Borzykowski, an independent business journalist who has written for CNBC, the New York Times, the Globe and Mail, BBC Capital, Fortune, Inc., and Financial Planning, among other publications, was installed as the new president of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) at its annual conference on May 18, 2019, in Phoenix. He succeeds Mark Hamrick, ...[Read More]
Saturday, May 18th, 2019
Six elected to the SABEW Board of Governors at SABEW19
Ballots were cast during SABEW19, SABEW’s annual conference, in Phoenix for six seats on the SABEW Board of Governors with a term ending in 2022. SABEW members elected three new members to the Board of Governors: Alan Deutschman, Professor and Reynolds Endowed Chair of Business Journalism University of Nevada, Reno Desiree Hanford, Lecturer, Medill/Northwestern University Scott Wenger, ...[Read More]
Tuesday, May 7th, 2019
SABEW welcomes the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) welcomes the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo after more than 500 days in jail in Myanmar. As we have been saying for more than a year, they should never have been imprisoned. The reporters, who were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for exposing atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, had been sentenced in September 2018 ...[Read More]April 2019
Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
SABEW Board of Governors Elections 2019
Ballots will be cast during SABEW19 for six open SABEW Board of Governors seats with three-year terms ending in 2022. If you are interested in running send your statement of intent, bio and photo to Aimee O’Grady at [email protected] by next Tuesday May 7. Voting members will receive their ballot information directly from online voting service provider Opavote.org. Board Candidates as of 4/30/19 ...[Read More]March 2019
Thursday, March 14th, 2019
As we observe Sunshine Week, SABEW expresses outrage over the arrest of two SABEW members covering a CA protest
The arrest of any member of the working press at any time in any nation is disturbing. When it happens to SABEW members covering a public protest in the capital of the nation's most populous state, SABEW considers it to be an outrage. The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) is offering this statement in support of two SABEW members who were arrested on March 4 while videotaping ...[Read More]
Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
SABEW supports open government and Sunshine Week, March 10-16
As the nation marks Sunshine Week ’19, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) is celebrating the importance of the First Amendment and press freedom. Journalists, consumers and businesses require timely, accurate data to understand the state of the economy and to make sound decisions affecting all aspects of a democratic society. SABEW is alarmed at how Trump administration ...[Read More]February 2019
Friday, February 22nd, 2019
Mourning the loss of SABEW board member Sho Chandra
SABEW is saddened to report the death of board member Shobhana Chandra. Known as Sho to friends and colleagues, she served as an economics reporter for Washington-based Bloomberg News, which she joined in 1998. Sho joined the SABEW board in 2015. Read more about her impressive career and volunteer efforts. View the video tribute produced by Brendan Murray. Among those mourning Sho’s ...[Read More]January 2019
Friday, January 25th, 2019
SABEW continues to urge all parties to end the government shutdown so journalists have access to data.
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) is deeply troubled by the five-week partial government shutdown delaying the release of important economic reports. Timely access to data about the United States economy is critical to decision-making by our nation’s businesses and consumers. The continued partial shutdown is disrupting the vital flow of information as the Bureau of ...[Read More]
Friday, January 11th, 2019
SABEW urges all parties to end the government shutdown so journalists have access to data
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) is deeply troubled by delays in the release of important economic reports due to the partial government shutdown. Timely access to data about the United States economy is critical to decision-making by our nation's businesses and consumers. The continued partial shutdown is disrupting the vital flow of information as the Bureau of Economic ...[Read More]November 2018
Thursday, November 8th, 2018
Cheddar Seeks Younger Audiences with Different Approach to News
By John Durham, Cox-SABEW Fellow Cheddar CEO Jon Steinberg is challenged to build his audience daily, but that is a difficult task in a world where technology is constantly evolving. Cheddar’s website describes the company as a “video news network focused on covering the most innovative products, technologies and services transforming our lives.” Steinberg spoke recently at the 2018 ...[Read More]September 2018
Thursday, September 20th, 2018
2018 State of the Industry snapshot survey for released
SABEW and rbb Communications Snapshot Survey Results 80 Respondants Question 1 Answers * It seems like the general tone and tenor of today’s environment has forced reporters to use “unnamed sources” more than ever. What below best reflects your feeling on this? 1. There is a distinct, growing skepticism about the use of unnamed sources, fueled ...[Read More]
Tuesday, September 4th, 2018
SABEW stands with Reuters in condemning the sentencing of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in Myanmar
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) stands with member news organization Reuters in condemning the unjust sentencing on Sept. 3 of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. They were sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of illegal possession of official documents. Police in Myanmar detained the two reporters on Dec. 12, 2017, for allegedly “obtaining state ...[Read More]August 2018
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018
SABEW welcomes Jenny Paurys, news desk manager at S&P Global Market Intelligence, to its board of governors
Jenny Paurys, news desk manager at S&P Global Market Intelligence, has been appointed to the board of governors of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW). Paurys oversees her newsroom’s coverage of the global consumer staples and discretionary sectors. Paurys takes the place of S&P Global Market Intelligence SABEW board member Amy Gleason. Gleason was recently ...[Read More]July 2018
Monday, July 30th, 2018
Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) Unveils New Logo
SABEW has launched a new logo in conjunction with its name change to the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. The logo also represents a more modern and evolving organization. "The logo better communicates what SABEW stands for today," said SABEW Executive Director Kathleen Graham. "We've used visual elements to emphasize our forward-thinking mindset, and digital and global expansion ...[Read More]June 2018
Friday, June 29th, 2018
SABEW offers condolences to the Capital Gazette newsroom
The murderous assault on the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, MD, has left us heartbroken. As members of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing, we wish to express our condolences to the families and co-workers of the slain members of that newsroom. The rampage was an assault on the journalists there – and on free speech everywhere. We support the news professionals who have been left ...[Read More]May 2018
Tuesday, May 29th, 2018
Remembering Warren Watson, former SABEW executive director
SABEW mourns the loss of Warren Watson. This obituary is written by his longtime friend and SABEW Chair Marty Steffens, a professor at the University of Missouri Former SABEW executive director Warren Watson died May 27 at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta, where he had been hospitalized since mid-December with complications of diabetes. The longtime journalist and nonprofit executive ...[Read More]
Thursday, May 24th, 2018
SABEW takes exception to Tesla’s Elon Musk accusations
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) takes strong exception to the accusations made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has accused reporters who cover his company of being biased and influenced by advertising interests. Musk made his statements on Twitter May 23-24 after Consumer Reports announced it would not recommend the Tesla Model 3, citing performance quality issues and ...[Read More]
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
Executive Director’s Report May 2018
SABEW18 This year’s conference was all about getting back to the basics and building skills. We’ve seen a number of ground-breaking stories over the past year, and all were done the old-fashioned way — by cultivating sources, digging into documents and data, collaborating with editors, and finding angles that matter most to people. Hats off to SABEW18 conference chairs Bernie Kohn and Bryan ...[Read More]
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
SABEW supports World Press Freedom Day, May 3
UNESCO is marking the 25th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day. This year’s event comes as we absorb this week’s news of the slaughter of at least nine journalists in a bombing attack in Kabul. Around the world, journalists are being killed, assaulted, maimed and imprisoned as they attempt to do their jobs. As members of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW), we ...[Read More]April 2018
Friday, April 27th, 2018
SABEW18-SEC ‘best interest’ standard well-intended but challenges remain
By Jinman Li Medill News Service The new “best interest” standard for brokers proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission is a positive step with good intentions but several problems remain, said Maureen Thompson, vice president of public policy at Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. Thompson spoke at a panel discussion Friday at the Society for Advancing Business ...[Read More]
Friday, April 27th, 2018
SABEW18-Morgenson receives Distinguished Achievement Award
By Charlotte Norsworthy University of Georgia With the bull market in stocks in its ninth year, Gretchen Morgenson, a senior special writer in the investigations unit at The Wall Street Journal, said she thinks business journalists should be prepared for when things change. Morgenson, who won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for her coverage for The New York Times of Wall Street during the dot-com boom ...[Read More]
Monday, April 23rd, 2018
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) Announces Name Change to Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing
SABEW’s familiar acronym remains the same, but the organization is changing its name to the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. The change, which is effective immediately, is part of a broader effort to embrace a global focus on business journalism. The new name comes in advance of the SABEW18 annual spring conference in Washington, D.C., April, 26-28, 2018. As an example of SABEW’s ...[Read More]March 2018
Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Journalists Honored in SABEW’s 23rd Annual Best in Business Competition
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) announces the results of its 23rd annual Best in Business competition, which recognizes outstanding journalism of 2017. The 121 winners and honorable mentions come from all corners of the business-journalism world. One hundred seventy-three news organizations submitted 986 entries across 68 categories. For a complete list of honorees, ...[Read More]February 2018
Tuesday, February 20th, 2018
SABEW stands with Reuters in condemning the detentions of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) stands with member news organization Reuters in condemning the detentions of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo and in calling for their immediate release. Police in Myanmar detained the two reporters on Dec. 12 for allegedly “obtaining state secrets” related to a military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in the country’s ...[Read More]January 2018
Monday, January 22nd, 2018
SABEW Announces New Executive Leadership Ladder
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW), the largest association of business journalists, has elected new executive officers effective immediately. The terms of service are through spring 2019 at the annual SABEW conference. The executive ladder changes were approved unanimously by the SABEW Board of Governors. Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst and Washington bureau chief ...[Read More]
Friday, January 5th, 2018
SABEW urges the president and his administration to respect the First Amendment
SABEW welcomes the decision by publisher Henry Holt to move up the release of “Fire and Fury.” However, we strongly oppose the White House’s effort to prevent the book’s release. This is the latest example of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented and unwarranted attack on press freedom enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. SABEW urges the president and his administration to respect ...[Read More]November 2017
Monday, November 20th, 2017
The ACA: Still alive or on life support?
Join a panel of health policy experts who will discuss the impact so far of the administration's policies on the Affordable Care Act. Are people signing up on the exchanges? Are there regional or state by state differences? What is the future of the ACA? Listen to the recording. Moderator Tami Luhby, senior writer, CNNMoney. CNNMoney Senior Writer Tami Luhby covers the Affordable Care Act ...[Read More]
Wednesday, November 15th, 2017
Under Siege: The State of Press Freedom under the Trump Administration
Monday, Dec. 4 2 p.m. EST President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media pose serious obstacles to U.S. press freedom enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitution. During Trump’s 10 months in office, reporters have been arrested or manhandled for shouting questions at federal government officials, and some have been subjected to equipment searches and seizures. Some government agencies ...[Read More]October 2017
Monday, October 30th, 2017
Digital Strategy – How to use SEO to hook an audience
Monday, Nov. 6 2:00 p.m. EST Business journalists today are not only reporting, writing and editing the news, they’re also helping drive the distribution of their stories. Join our panel of experts as they do a deep dive into the subject of SEO and how it can best be used to build and engage an audience. This session will examine the tools, tips and best practices for writing headlines and meta ...[Read More]
Thursday, October 19th, 2017
Young Journalists, Big Impact
Monday, October 30 2 p.m. EDT There’s a lot to be learned from today’s young financial journalists through their strong beat reporting. Take Jillian Berman, 28, of MarketWatch, for example. Her work covering the student-debt crisis earned her this year’s Larry Birger Young Journalist Award, which honors journalists under the age of 30. The judges of the contest noted that on this extensively ...[Read More]
Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
SABEW condemns Trump’s recent tweet on revoking broadcasting licenses
President Donald Trump’s apparent advocacy for revoking the broadcasting licenses of television networks that he dislikes is unacceptable. Only in totalitarian regimes are licenses removed from networks in response to the airing of stories that upset politicians. This should not happen in a democracy such as ours. While in our system of checks and balances, we remain confident that such an anti-democratic ...[Read More]August 2017
Thursday, August 24th, 2017
SABEW protests Trump’s verbal assault on journalists
SABEW protests, in the strongest terms, President Donald Trump's latest verbal assault in Phoenix on our profession. Some of his comments were factually incorrect, but moreover, others risk inciting violence against journalists. His comments also undermine the vital watchdog role that journalism plays in our and in any healthy democracy....[Read More]July 2017
Monday, July 3rd, 2017
FOIA at 51: Still going strong, but real improvements are needed
July Fourth is not only the birthday of our nation, but also the anniversary of the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)—the groundbreaking law enabling all persons, and in particular journalists, to obtain nonexempt information from any federal government agency. At first glance, it appears as though the law, which turns 51 this year, has benefitted from recent improvements. This ...[Read More]
Monday, July 3rd, 2017
SABEW stands with CNN in condemning violence against reporters
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) stands with member news organization, CNN in condemning President Trump's tweet encouraging violence against reporters. SABEW’s First Amendment Committee is increasingly concerned about the threats against journalists from public officials and attacks on the media from President Trump. On Sunday July 2, Trump tweeted an edited video ...[Read More]May 2017
Thursday, May 11th, 2017
Executive Director’s Report May 2017
AWARD HIGHLIGHTS SABEW Distinguished Achievement Award Larry Ingrassia, managing editor of the Los Angeles Times, received the Distinguished Achievement Award at the Best in Business ceremony at SABEW17 in Seattle on Saturday, April 29. 2016 Best in Business Awards This year’s transition to a platform-agnostic contest went smoothly thanks to SABEW board members Brad Foss and Xana Antunes ...[Read More]
Monday, May 1st, 2017
Mark Hamrick of Bankrate.com takes the helm at SABEW; seven are elected to the Board of Governors
Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst and Washington bureau chief at Bankrate.com, was installed as the new president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) at its annual conference on April 29, 2017, in Seattle. Hamrick succeeds Cory Schouten, senior editor at the Columbia Journalism Review. “I’m humbled and honored to have the opportunity to serve SABEW members and ...[Read More]April 2017
Sunday, April 30th, 2017
Ingrassia: Journalists need to protect their objectivity and independence
By Mindy Tan and Hannah Levitt Medill News Service News organizations need to protect journalism's objectivity and independence, said Lawrence Ingrassia, the managing editor of the Los Angeles Times, at the Best in Business Awards Dinner of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers spring convention in Seattle. Ingrassia was on stage to receive the SABEW Distinguished Achievement Award ...[Read More]
Saturday, April 29th, 2017
Investigative reporting tips from SABEW honorees
By Urvashi Verma Medill News Service Journalists play a critical role in holding corporations, governments, and others to account by creating powerful stories using investigative journalism. BuzzFeed reporter Rosalind Adams and ProPublica’s Cezary Podkul shared how they investigated and produced award-winning stories at a session titled “Best in Business Investigative Awards: How They Did ...[Read More]
Saturday, April 29th, 2017
Working with millennials in the newsroom: two views
By Shen Lu Medill News Service Engage your 20-something employees in the newsroom; don’t try to change them. That was the message from Kristen Fife, Seattle-based senior technical recruiter, and Olivia Barrow, freelance writer at Linkedin Top Voice, at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers spring conference in Seattle on Saturday. Fife, a Gen X-er, and Barrow, a millennial, ...[Read More]SABEW - Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication,
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