Executive Director's Report May 2019

Welcome to SABEW19, hosted by the Walter Kathleen Graham
Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass SABEW

Communication at ASU in sunny Phoenix, where Executive Director
SABEW’s headquarters is located. [email protected]
@KgrahamDC
SABEW’s 56th annual spring conference will explore Attend the membership
the many challenges — and opportunities — our meeting in room 256 on
industry faces today. The theme of this year’s Saturday, 1:05-1:35 p.m.
conference is journalism in a time of disruption.
Through skills session, keynotes and networking,
Award Highlights
we’ll help you do your job better and make sense of
what’s happening in our industry.
2018 Best in Business Awards: We look forward to
Hats off to SABEW19 conference chairs Bryan celebrating the 2018 BIB Award honorees at a
Borzykowski and Caleb Silver and the entire ceremony Friday night. The 122 winners and
committee who worked hard to create relevant honorable mentions come from all corners of the
programming and networking opportunities. business journalism world. Nine hundred and forty
six entries were submitted. Attend the “BIB
First Amendment Committee Winners: How They Did It” session Friday to hear
from this year’s winners. The 2019 BIB contest
SABEW’s First Amendment Committee was created opens Dec. 1.
to lead members in efforts to band together to fight
fake news, support the credibility of journalism and SABEW Distinguished Achievement Award:
protect access to data. Congratulations to Michelle Singletary, nationally
syndicated personal finance columnist at The
Over the past year, the committee released a Washington Post, who will receive the Distinguished
number of public statements supporting press Achievement Award at the SABEW19 Saturday
freedom, protecting the quality of government data luncheon.
and advocating for the safety of journalists.
The award is given to an individual who has made a
SABEW was among the first to speak out against the significant impact on the field of business
sentencing of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw journalism and who has served as a nurturing
Soe Oo by Myanmar authorities and the subsequent influence on others in the profession. Singletary will
rejection of their appeal. We highlighted their share insights, career highlights and thoughts on
continued false imprisonment during World Press journalism during a special Q&A session led by
Freedom Day, and last week we were relieved to SABEW President Mark Hamrick.
welcome their release.
Larry Birger Young Business Journalist Award: Alex
Many thanks to committee chairs Henry Dubroff Heath, 25, a senior reporter for Cheddar, won the
and James Madore for leading this initiative. 2018 Larry Birger Award. Heath received the award
and a $1,500 honorarium at the 2018 SABEW New
Membership York fall conference. Thanks to rbb Communications
for funding this award, now in its sixth year, and to
We have just under 3,000 members, trending Josh Merkin for his help shepherding the grant. The
similar to last year. SABEW welcomes new deadline for this year’s applications is July 31.
institutional member Bloomberg BNA.
Training Highlights
Virtual Training: This free member benefit Annual Business of Health Care Summit in
continues to be extremely popular. Since the 2018 Washington, D.C.: The 2018 summit was a success,
conference, SABEW has hosted nine training helping 15 journalists better cover the complexities
sessions attracting 244 participants. of health care. SABEW is seeking applications for
the seventh annual summit, June 27-29, focusing on
Topics included understanding economic indicators, health care economics and offering an update on
using metrics to magnify your journalism, covering the Affordable Care Act. Attendees will be able to
government contracting, using social media to build share and test out story ideas. Space is limited to 15
a beat and break news, shooting video for business journalists. Selected participants will receive a
stories, reporting on the economics of natural stipend to offset travel-related expenses. Go to
disasters, reaching a millennial audience, offering SABEW.org to apply by May 21. Made possible by a
tips to freelancers and understanding copyright and grant from The Commonwealth Fund.
fair use in a digital age. The topic of next month’s
training is covering the business of cannabis. Many SABEW NABE Event: For the third year we will
thanks to Kim Quillen for her efforts. partner with the National Association for Business
Economics (NABE) on a program and mixer in July
Data-immersion Workshop: Our sixth annual during NABE’s 16th annual Economic Measurement
Goldschmidt fellowship week in Washington, D.C., Seminar in Washington, D.C. The session will focus
was a huge success. Twenty-three business on protecting the quality and integrity of U.S.
journalists participated in the seminar, which government data. The 2018 session, moderated by
focused on data and accounting skills. Jerome CNN’s Lydia DePillis, included representatives from
Powell, chair of the Board of Governors of the BEA, BLS and the Census Bureau.
Federal Reserve System, addressed the group in the
historic Fed boardroom. Journalists also heard from SABEW Canada: SABEW Canada continues to
experts at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, expand and thrive with new members, social
U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, events, programs and BIB awards! The fifth annual
Congressional Budget Office, Investment Company SABEW Canada Best in Business Awards celebrated
Institute and USDA. Canadian journalism in 15 categories. The judges
chose to award 13 gold and 13 silver winners. There
Participants received special briefings from the was also the first-time recognition of a best young
Council of Economic Advisers and the Federal Canadian journalist. Honorees were celebrated
Reserve. Many thanks for the continued work of during a reception and ceremony on April 17 in
SABEW leaders Marty Steffens and Kevin Hall and Toronto.
donor Jim Goldschmidt of the Walter and Karla
Goldschmidt Foundation for supporting this Finance
initiative. The application process for the winter
2020 workshop begins in November. In keeping with best practices for nonprofits,
SABEW conducted an independent audit of our
SABEWNYC18 Fall Conference: The October 2018 2017 financials, and we will do so again for the 2018
fall conference in New York was hosted by Reuters financials. Once again, SABEW received a clean
in partnership with NEFE and attended by just audit. These results will help set the table for future
under 200 people. Participants appreciated the financial growth, since audits are a requirement of
change in venue, which offered stunning views of many grant-giving organizations.
Times Square, as well as solid programming and a
fun networking reception. SABEW will end 2018 with $428,403 in net assets.
College Connect: Check out SABEW.org for student Two-Term SABEW President
personal finance blogs. Topics range from family
financial crises to how much outside employment a My sincere appreciation goes out to SABEW
student should undertake during the academic year. President Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst
The ongoing program is funded by NEFE. Students and Washington bureau chief at Bankrate.com, for
from the University of Missouri, Arizona State his steady leadership, friendship and support over
University and the University of Georgia blog. the past two years. Thank you for your service!

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