SABEW’s Best in Business contest accepting entries

Starting its 29th year of honoring outstanding business journalism work, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s Best in Business Awards for 2023 is now open for entries. Enter for a chance to win the most prestigious award in business news. The competition will cover work published, broadcast and posted in the calendar year […]

SABEW names shortlist for Best in Business Book award

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced the shortlist for its fourth annual Best in Business Book Awards, which recognizes and celebrates outstanding business books published between Aug. 1, 2022, and July 31, 2023. A prestigious panel of judges selected 20 books for this year’s shortlist. Twelve books are from the “business reporting” category, sponsored […]

SABEW hires Klimstra as executive director

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing has hired Stephanie Klimstra as its new executive director. She will start Sept. 11. Klimstra worked most recently for the Investigative Reporters & Editors organization (IRE) for 16 years, where she was director of events for nine years. Klimstra has 26 years of nonprofit, private sector and […]

SABEW Canada names Best in Business winners

The Canadian chapter of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) announced the winners of the ninth annual Best In Business Awards on Tuesday night at an event in Toronto. The Globe and Mail led all outlets, winning five gold medals and four silvers. Bloomberg News was honored with three golds and one […]

SABEW book competition adds management category

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing is adding a new category for its upcoming Best in Business Book Awards. New to the competition will be the management and leadership category. SABEW’s fourth annual Best in Business Book Awards will have three categories for entry this year: (1) Business Reporting, (2) Investing and Personal Finance, and […]

Reynold Center survey: Biz journalist make nearly $30k more than peers

Business journalists in the United States earn nearly $30,000 more than their peers and boast widespread salary increases, according to a recent survey by the Phoenix-based Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. A total of 254 journalists completed the SABEW supported survey, with 244 respondents reporting their salary. The median salary for business […]

SABEW Canada names Best in Business finalists

The Canadian chapter of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced Friday the finalists for its ninth annual Best in Business Awards competition, recognizing outstanding business reporting published and produced in 2022. SABEW received a record number of entries – nearly 200 in total – beating its own best-ever count from last year. […]

SABEW seeks an executive director

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW), the world’s largest association of financial journalists, seeks an executive director who has nonprofit management experience and an appreciation of business journalism. We’re looking for a leader who can take our 60-year-old organization to the next level. SABEW is an independent, nonprofit organization that advocates for […]

Leckey receives SABEW’s President’s Award

Andrew Leckey, a business journalist, author, educator and longtime member of SABEW’s board of governors, received the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing President’s Award at its annual conference last week in St. Petersburg, Florida. Leckey was honored for his tireless efforts to promote international goals for SABEW; for actively recruiting new business journalism […]

SABEW installs Hanford as president

Desiree Hanford, assistant professor and director of academic integrity and appeals at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, was installed as the new president of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing during its annual conference board meeting on April 22 at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida. Hanford […]