COLUMBIA, Mo., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernie Kohn, assistant managing
editor of business for The Baltimore Sun, was named president of the
Society of American Business Editors and Writers during its annual
conference on Monday.
Greg McCune, training editor for Reuters, became vice president. Rob
Reuteman, business editor of the Rocky Mountain News, became treasurer.
Kevin Noblet, former business editor for the Associated Press, became
secretary.
SABEW, a 501(c)(3) organization with 3,500 members, is the leading
trade group for business journalists. 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. SABEW is
headquartered in Columbia, Mo., at the School of Journalism at the
University of Missouri.
The three officers assumed their new jobs at the organization's 45th
annual conference in Baltimore. Gail DeGeorge, Sunday editor of The
Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., completed her year-long term as
president at the conference.
SABEW members also elected three new board members, each serving
three-year terms, to the Board of Governors:
-- Cliff Cumber, business editor of the Frederick News-Post in Maryland;
-- Beth Hunt, manager of editorial operations for American City Business
Journals;
-- David Morrow, editor of TheStreet.com;
Three incumbent governors were re-elected:
-- Ray Hennessey, director of business news, Fox Business Network;
-- Gail MarksJarvis, columnist for the Chicago Tribune;
-- Dawn Wotapka, a reporter for Dow Jones Newswires.
The new and re-elected governors join these current members of SABEW's
board:
-- Becky Bisbee, business editor, Seattle Times;
-- Bill Choyke, business editor, Virginian-Pilot;
-- John Corrigan, deputy business editor, Los Angeles Times;
-- Diana Henriques, financial reporter, The New York Times;
-- Lisa Gibbs, executive business editor, The Miami Herald;
-- Andre Jackson, an editorial writer for the Atlanta Constitution;
-- Josh Mills, journalism professor, Baruch College/CUNY;
-- Chris Roush, journalism professor, UNC-Chapel Hill;
-- Jill Jorden Spitz, assistant managing editor for news, business and
training, Arizona Daily Star;
-- Susan Tompor, finance columnist, Detroit Free Press;
-- David Wilson, columnist, Bloomberg News;
-- Pamela Yip, personal finance reporter and columnist, Dallas Morning
News.
SOURCE Society of American Business Editors and Writers
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Related links:
http://www.sabew.org
CONTACT:
Carrie Paden, SABEW Executive Director,
+1-573-882-7862, SABEW@missouri.edu
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