Scholarships available to attend SABEW conference

More than $10,000 in scholarship and travel aid is available for journalists hoping to attend SABEW’s 50th annual spring conference April 4-6 in Washington, D.C. The scholarships will be funded by the Goldschmidt Family Foundation, the SABEW Chair at the University of Missouri and SABEW’s Benita Newton Fund for minority journalists. Warren Watson, SABEW executive […]

SABEW developing biz journalism history site

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is developing an online history of business journalism in connection with its 50th anniversary. The group was founded in 1963 and will formally celebrate turning 50 at its annual meeting in Washington from April 4-7. The project, known as the American History of Business Journalism, will include […]

SABEW announces Best in Business winners

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) has announced winners of its 18th Best in Business competition, which honors excellence in business journalism across all news platforms. Click here for the complete list of winners. The 134 winners represent all corners of business journalism, from the Providence Journal to The Wall Street Journal, […]

Two biz reporters win Reynolds fellowship to SABEW

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism has awarded two journalists a $1,000 fellowship each to attend the 50th annual conference of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) in Washington April 4-6. As part of the fellowship, Jacquelinne Mejia, a producer/correspondent for EC Hispanic Media in California, and Darren L. […]

Cramer to keynote SABEW’s 50th anniversary gala

CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer will be keynote speaker at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers 50th anniversary gala on Saturday, April 6. “Cramer is an iconic figure who has contributed greatly to business journalism,” says Jill Jorden Spitz, SABEW president and assistant managing editor/business of the Arizona Star About 350 persons […]

SABEW sets record for Best in Business entries

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ 18th annual Best in Business competition attracted a record 1,120 entries this year, Warren Watson, executive director, announced Wednesday. The competition includes entries from three foreign countries, more small websites and other specialty publications, Watson said. The contest, the largest of its kind, is now being judged.  […]

Reynolds Center offering SABEW scholarships

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism will award two $1,000 fellowships to attend the annual conference of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) in Washington April 4-6. This year marks SABEW’s historic 50-year anniversary. The Reynolds Center fellowship is open to full-time journalists who want to attend the center’s […]

Two economists to speak at SABEW conference

Two noted economists will speak at the 50th anniversary conference of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in Washington D.C. on April 4-6. Peter Orszag, director of the Congressional Budget Office in 2007-2008, helped draw attention to the importance of health care reform and how current health care would negatively impact the long-term […]

Fed vice chair to speak at SABEW conference

Janet Yellen, the vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board, will be the opening keynote speaker April 4 at the 50th anniversary conference of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Yellen, second in command at the nation’s central bank, will open the annual conference at the Marvin Center at George Washington University in […]

Biz journalism freelancers seeing more pay

Nearly two-thirds of freelance business journalists who responded to an informal online poll said that their compensation has risen in the past 12 months. That’s up from a year ago, when it was nearly half of the freelancers surveyed stating that they had seen a compensation increase, according to the survey conducted by the Society […]