First Amendment releases 2017-2019

• SABEW advocates for access to government experts, records

• SABEW statement on the role of the financial press

• Maintaining the quality and integrity of US Government Data

• SABEW calls on the Trump administration and Congress to commit to providing adequate funds for statistical agencies

• SABEW welcomes the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo

• SABEW joins Reuters in calling for imprisoned journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo to be freed

• SABEW expresses outrage over the arrest of two SABEW members covering a CA protest

• SABEW supports open government and Sunshine Week, March 10-16

• SABEW again urges all parties to end the government shutdown so journalists have access to data

• SABEW urges all parties to end the government shutdown so journalists have access to data

• SABEW is alarmed by the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi

• SABEW stands with Reuters in condemning the sentencing of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in Myanmar

• SABEW supports August 16 campaign defending press freedom

• Maintaining the quality and integrity of US government data: Discussion and Mixer

• SABEW offers condolences to the Capital Gazette newsroom

• SABEW along with journalism organizations decry seizure of NYT reporter’s records in a joint statement

• SABEW takes exception to Tesla’s Elon Musk accusations

• SABEW stands with Reuters in condemning the detentions of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo

• SABEW urges the president and his administration to respect the First Amendment

• SABEW condemns Trump’s recent tweet on revoking broadcasting licenses

• SABEW protests Trump’s verbal assault on journalists

• Maintaining the Quality and Integrity of US Government Data Discussion

• FOIA at 51: Still going strong, but real improvements are needed

• SABEW stands with CNN in condemning violence against reporters

• First Amendment Statement from Mark Hamrick, president, SABEW, Washington Bureau Chief for Bankrate.com (regarding the attack on a reporter by Montana’s then-congressional candidate Greg Gianforte)

• World Press Freedom Day 2017

The Commonwealth Fund grant focused on the intersection of public health and the economy

SABEW recently wrapped up a 12-month grant period during which we offered nine training sessions that largely focused on covering Covid-19. The pandemic highlighted the critical role business journalists play in covering the intersection of public health and the economy.

The Commonwealth Fund provided a $28,142 grant for training to help members report on the impact of shutting down the economy on businesses and citizens, how economics and epidemiology can work in harmony or be at odds, and how health insurers report big profits, benefiting from the pandemic.

The grant paid for our Feb. 2020 COVID-19 Deep Dive Virtual Symposium with five webinars covering vaccine development and policy, racial disparities and impediments to vaccination, and story ideas.

The grant also covered two virtual sessions at our Nov. 2020 conference about the Supreme Court and ACA and using the John Hopkins Covid-19 Virus Tracker.

Finally, we wrapped up the grant cycle with webinars about the vaccine rollout and a discussion of how/when we will get back to the workplace.

We’re deeply grateful for The Commonwealth Fund’s partnership.