Events
In addition to events we personally host, such as our annual Barlett and Steele Award ceremony, this page may also show events hosted by other organizations, including SABEW and the Cronkite School, that we believe may be relevant for business journalists and journalism students. Be sure to check back often for new upcoming events.
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Crafting a resume that cuts through the “blackhole” of AI filtering systems
Amid the toughest entry-level job market conditions in decades and sweeping layoffs across the media landscape, the Society for the Advancement of Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) convened a virtual panel on April 22 to address how early-career and recently laid-off reporters can make their resumes stand out. With the

Sports is business: The financial undercurrents that aspiring sports journalists should understand
Sports are not just games played on the court, field or ice: They’re lucrative content machines worth billions. The Reynolds Center’s inaugural “The Business of Sports” panel convened award-winning sports journalists and a prominent sports media executive on March 26 to discuss how business journalists can hold the sports industrial

From a K-shaped economy to a K-shaped culture: How journalists can accurately cover the U.S. economy from their audience’s perspective
There have been seemingly endless posts and headlines about the growing bifurcated economy that resembles the letter K: the rich getting richer and everyone else getting poorer. But how do business reporters accurately cover this economic trend and capture its social reverberations? A recent Society for Advancing Business Editing and

New AI tools that are genuinely useful to business journalists
It is only a little over half a year since the Society for Advanced Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) last convened a panel on AI tools for journalism. But the pace of change in what generative AI can do, and how business journalists are using it, is rapid. Even a

How business journalists can level-up in the new year by “super serving” their audience
Journalists intent on leveling up their game in the new year should focus on meeting audiences where they are, upskilling in artificial intelligence and planning their careers strategically, according to panelists at a recent webinar hosted by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW). Two of the featured

Covering changing retail strategies amid economic uncertainty
With the arrival of the holiday season and the full weight of tariffs in effect, retailers big and small are having to make tough decisions in order to balance their bottom line with customer satisfaction. This comes at a time when retail is already seeing a mass exodus of CEOs,