Webinars for Business Journalists
The following are recorded webinars for business journalists. Our education committee has also created "how we did it" podcasts for journalism educators to use in journalism classrooms. Check them out.
2024
Is the Federal Reserve behind the curve?
Reporters tasked with covering the US central bank will chat about the main questions policymakers are facing as they prepare to cut, how they sort through economic data to find story ideas and how they interpret “Fed speak” to recognize when officials are sending signals on future policy.
Still Work to Do: Elevating Diversity in Journalism
This panel delves into the critical efforts and strategies newsrooms are employing to enhance diversity on their business desks and beyond. Industry leaders and journalists will share insights and their approaches to creating more inclusive and representative media environments.
How to Write Great Business Columns
Writing a column can be a tricky task for someone who has worked in journalism for years. A good column will have a strong voice and speak with authority. It may offer personal observations — something many reporters may not be accustomed to doing. It’s not news, but it needs to be relevant and timely. It will often offer advice or establish a viewpoint.
Covering the Auto Industry amid the EV Transition
For the auto industry, the future is looking … electric. But are the world’s biggest car companies — and drivers themselves — prepared? Americans can now choose from more than 100 different EV models on the market, helping to supercharge their interest in ditching traditional gas-powered vehicles. EV sales in 2023 jumped 53% from the prior year, according to trade group Alliance for Automotive Innovation.Â
Covering a troubled corporation: How to learn from reporters covering Boeing for your beat.
A terrifying — and miraculously non-fatal — midair door plug blowout. Disturbing allegations from a corporate whistleblower. Major quality control issues, and a fast-approaching deadline to come up with a new safety program. Aviation aficionados thought Boeing Co.’s reputation couldn’t nosedive any lower after the two catastrophic crashes and subsequent worldwide grounding in 2019 of the 737 Max 8. Yet, the start of 2024 has proven even more turbulent for the country’s largest airplane manufacturer, as well as the airline companies that fly its latest 737 Max model.
After the Fallout: SVB's collapse a year later
A year ago, on the second Friday of March, Silicon Valley Bank’s failure grabbed headlines and had people talking about the banking system like they did during the Great Recession.
Our moderator and panel will look at the banking system in 2024 and ask: What has changed since last year and what remains the same? Will there be any large bank failures in 2024? And what lessons can we learn from our coverage of the fallout?
Following the Money: Great Business Stories in an Election Year.
The economy promises to loom large in the 2024 elections, meaning there will be no shortage of coverage opportunities on the business desk. SABEW’s next virtual training session will examine some of the big election themes that are developing as well as the role of money and influence in politics.
We’ll talk about political finance, and how you can mine stories from data and trends. This session will also give you ideas about business stories you can develop in your own market that are tied to the election.
Best in Business Awards: How they won
Join us for an insightful panel featuring the reporters behind three of SABEW’s 2022 Best In Business (BIB) award-winning stories, as they take us on a journey through their journalistic process. Delve into the intricacies of their investigations, discover how they uncovered compelling sources and stories and learn about the strategic decisions that shaped their award-winning pieces.
2023
How to improve your reporting by cultivating diverse sources
It’s long been a tenet of journalism that reporters are only as good as their sources. For that reason, many diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in newsrooms have focused on making sure that reporters are tapping a wide array of voices for their stories. The thought is: If news organizations lack diverse sourcing, it can help reinforce stereotypes, stoke distrust of media and fuel inequities in our society. That means journalists should be sourcing their daily reporting from members of various identities, races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and socioeconomic backgrounds.
SABEW Canada: Chasing big stories
Award-winning journalists Natalie Obiko Pearson of Bloomberg and Alexandra Posadzki of the Globe and Mail will share their journeys reporting impactful stories that took dogged investigative reporting to bring to light. Whether it’s Natalie’s stories on racism at international schools and the waste produced by fast fashion, or Alexandra’s reporting on the feud at Rogers that turned into a soon-to-be-released book, learn from these industry-leading journalists as they reveal what it takes to parlay a scoop into a big story.
Covering Retail – How Are Consumers’ Spending Habits Changing in 2023
Consumer spending has remained relatively strong in the face of above average inflation and interest rate increases from the Federal Reserve. A tight labor market and rising wages have helped. However, the fourth quarter may include additional hurdles for consumers including the end of student loan forbearance, geopolitical turmoil resulting in higher gasoline costs and uncertainty going forward. What are the key trends and data points to keep an eye on this holiday season when covering consumers and retailers?
How college students can set up their first budget
Whether you’re “good” at money or “into” money, everyone needs it – and everyone needs to learn how to manage it so you have enough now – and for everything you want to do in life after this. So we’ve lined up an all-star panel to help you learn how to set up your first budget, plus tips for how to save money – and stick to your budget.
Using Social Media as an Effective Audience Building Tool
Clearly social media isn’t going away, but it does seem to be getting more complex to navigate. With limited time to dedicate to these platforms, what strategies should journalists use?
How to Move Up the Ladder in Your Career
Landing your first job is thrilling. But getting your foot in the door at a media company is just the beginning. What you do when you get there will decide where your career goes and how quickly you climb the ladder. And for that, you need a strategy.
How to Negotiate Your First Salary
First of a three-part series organized by SABEW’s education committee. This is a webinar for college students and early career journalists on how to negotiate your first salary. Why is negotiating important? Because what you get for that first salary sets the foundation for every other job – and salary – you get after that. Your financial future depends on it!
Covering the Jobs Report
What’s happening in the job market? Even the experts don’t have a clear answer. Headlines of layoffs in big tech and finance are continuing to dominate the news cycle, but job growth is still booming, and unemployment is among levels not seen for half a century. The slowdown many workers have been told to expect hasn’t yet arrived.
Covering the Business of Travel
There might be fewer flights this summer and the airline pilot and labor shortage could play a factor in travel this summer – the first summer since 2019 that the U.S. isn’t under a national emergency for COVID-19.
Covering Silicon Valley and Tech Business
Reporters covering high-tech businesses face the challenge of figuring out what’s a breakthrough and what’s overhyped, unrealistic, and potentially fraudulent. This is especially important In the wake of the crash-and-burn stories of Silicon Valley Bank, Elizabeth Holmes at Theranos and Sam Bankman-Fried at FTX. This SABEW panel discussion will offer expert advice from leading practitioners. The session will be hosted by college students in the business journalism class at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Covering the Fed – A year into rate increases
Join us as we look back on what the Fed has done to try to control inflation and what to expect for the rest of 2023. Our panel of respected journalists will talk about how they cover the nation's Central Bank and what else you should be reading/looking at. Also, the panel will discuss how recent bank failures have captured the Fed's attention, what current actions are being taken to help bank customers, what other beats can benefit from learning about the Federal Reserve and all of the tools that the Fed has to control inflation.
Covering Crypto: From fallouts to future legislation
Mine the depths of decentralized finance in this virtual training session. In this webinar, we're covering crypto - its volatility, the FTX fallout and other crypto company collapses, and what we can expect from Congress and/or the SEC in 2023.
