SABEW 2010

Full coverage of SABEW's 2010 convention

More than 290 people were at the 47th annual SABEW conference which was held in Phoenix on March 19-21. | SABEW blog

Reynolds Center multimedia track:

Sh ooting video for business stories
How to look natural on-air
Taking business news photos
How to record a podcast
Photo slideshow | Random quotes
SABEW 2010 Best in Business

Great storytelling, dogged reporting net award for Bloomberg Markets

By Rosland Gammon on Mar 26, 2010 in Best Practices, Featured, Health care, Investigation, SABEW 2010, SABEW 2010 blog

David Evans, a senior writer for Bloomberg Markets magazine, noticed that drug companies were repeatedly paying large fines for illegally marketing some of their best-selling drugs “off-label,” or not for the uses for which they had been approved.
Using court records, earnings reports and interviews with former prosecutors, he found that Big Pharma was putting profits before [...]

Ricardo Salinas’ speech at SABEW sparks coverage

By Courtney Godfrey on Mar 25, 2010 in Beats, Economy, SABEW 2010

Mexico’s second richest man, Ricardo Salinas, was a major highlight for many attendees of the 2010 Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference last weekend.
He spoke to the group of journalists during an afternoon session and many were armed with recorders and note pads. Salinas’ comments have made recent news about his business and [...]

Feinberg announces cuts to big executive pay

By Courtney Godfrey on Mar 24, 2010 in Basics, Economy, SABEW 2010, SABEW 2010 blog

When Kenneth Feinberg addressed the crowd at SABEW’s annual conference Friday afternoon, he said Tuesday he would be a day of big announcements.

Mum about it during the conference, the administration’s pay czar made headlines Tuesday when he said the top 25 earners at five companies will be paid 15 percent less in 2010 than in [...]

CrainsNewYork.com wins SABEW award for broadcast-quality video

By Rosland Gammon on Mar 23, 2010 in Best Practices, Retail | Lifestyle, SABEW 2010, SABEW 2010 blog, TrendingTopic

CrainsNewYork.com won one of 13 SABEW Best of the Best in Business Awards Saturday for a three-minute video entitled, “The Making of a NY Dress.”
The segment features Crain’s New York Business fashion reporter Adrianne Pasquarelli showing how designer Nanette Lepore makes 85 percent of her clothing line in New York.
Today’s Tip: Take a cue from broadcast journalists [...]

Former WP editor Len Downie: nonprofits critical to future of news

By Linda Austin on Mar 22, 2010 in SABEW 2010, SABEW 2010 blog, Small | Private | Non-profit, TrendingTopic

Former Washington Post executive editor Leonard Downie Jr. said in the final keynote speech of the SABEW Conference that nonprofit news organizations need help to fill the gap left by the downsizing of traditional media organizations. As noted in his recently published report on the reconstruction of American journalism, co-authored with Michael Schudson of the Columbia Graduate [...]

NYT publisher to media companies: reinvent yourselves

By Linda Austin on Mar 22, 2010 in Career tips, SABEW 2010, SABEW 2010 blog, TrendingTopic

New York Times Publisher Arthur H. Sulzberger Jr. sounded a call for his media company and others to reinvent themselves in a keynote speech at the SABEW Conference. ”Are we being bold enough? Or are we allowing our past experiences to hold us back? he asked. Media companies must push change at the ”cost of cannibalizing parts of [...]

Photo editor gives three elements of great business news photos

By Linda Austin on Mar 21, 2010 in Best Practices, SABEW 2010, SABEW 2010 blog, Tools, TrendingTopic

Carlos Chavez, deputy photo editor for The Arizona Republic, told a Reynolds Center workshop that these three elements are the keys to great business news photos:

Lighting: The best lighting is outdoor lighting on an overcast day. Strong sun creates harsh shadows.
Composition: Follow the rule of thirds. Draw imaginary lines both horizontally and vertically one-third of [...]

Hyperlocal news sites — Main Street Connect — launch March 22

By Linda Austin on Mar 21, 2010 in Basics, Entrepreneurs, SABEW 2010, SABEW 2010 blog, Tools, TrendingTopic

Update: By May 20, 2010, Main Street Connect had launched three more community news sites in beta, all in Fairfield County, Conn.: The Daily Westport, The Daily Fairfield and The Daily Darien. It also announced these members of its board of directors: Chairman Peter Georgescu, chairman emeritus of ad giant Young & Rubicam Inc.; Stephen I. Sadove, CEO of [...]

LAT reporter: Toyota-recall story to turn to regulators’ role

By Linda Austin on Mar 21, 2010 in Investigation, SABEW 2010, SABEW 2010 blog, Tools, TrendingTopic

Ken Bensinger, reporter for the Los Angeles Times on the Toyota sudden-acceleration story, said the safety story will increasingly turn to how the U.S. regulators did.
Bensinger spoke at a panel Sunday on “Toyota’s fall from grace” at the SABEW Conference. Others on the panel were David Bailey, who covers autos for Reuters in Detroit, and [...]