COLUMBIA, Mo., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Floyd Norris, The New York
Times's chief financial correspondent, will receive the 2008 Distinguished
Achievement Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers
(SABEW) at its 45th annual conference in Baltimore, Md., on April 28.

    He covers the world of finance and economics in print with his weekly
column and online with his blog "Notions on High and Low Finance." Both
also appear in the International Herald Tribune.

    "Floyd's groundbreaking, insightful coverage of the world of business
has earned him the respect and admiration of colleagues. SABEW is pleased
to acknowledge his contribution to the field of business journalism with
the Distinguished Achievement Award," said Gail DeGeorge, Sunday/Enterprise
Editor at the South Florida Sun Sentinel and president of SABEW.

    Norris is the 18th business journalist to receive SABEW's highest award
since it its inception in 1993. Other winners include: Barney Calame and
Paul Steiger of The Wall Street Journal; Stephen B. Shepard, BusinessWeek
editor in chief; Carol Loomis of Fortune and Myron Kandel of CNN.

    Before joining The New York Times in 1988, Norris worked at The
Associated Press and Barron's magazine. He is a co-author of "The New Rules
for Personal Investing," 2003, and the co-editor of "The New York Times
Century of Business," 1999.

    He also has been honored by the Loeb Foundation and New York Financial
Writers Association. He was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University,
where he received an MBA.

    He lives in New York with his wife and son.

    SABEW is a 501(c)(3) education organization representing more than
3,200 journalists from its base at the Missouri School of Journalism.
Formed in 1964 to promote superior coverage of business and economic events
and issues, it is the only business journalism association for editors and
writers. Its 2008 annual conference will be held April 27-29 at the
Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore.

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