April 25-28 - The Society of American Business Editors and Writers 46th Annual Conference

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has announced a tentative schedule for its 46th annual conference April 25-28 at the Westin Tabor Hotel in Denver.
More speakers and panelists will be announced in the coming weeks.

"From the opening session that will allow us to critique our own performance during the financial meltdown, through the digital toolbox sessions, to a guide on how to turn freelancing from a survival strategy into an opportunity, we are presenting a program that has high engagement and takeaway value for the times we live in," said Bernie Kohn, president of SABEW.

Register now to get the discounted early-bird rate at the hotel. For registration details, see our site at www.sabew.org.

SABEW CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FOR DENVER -- APRIL 25-28

SATURDAY April 25

9 am to 5 pm: Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, video
training course

Noon to 5: board meeting

6: SABEW seating at Colorado Rockies-LA Dodgers game



SUNDAY April 26

10 am: Conference registration, exhibit hall open

Noon to 12:30 pm: Opening of Conference
Welcome and introduction of board candidates: SABEW President Bernie
Kohn, Investigations Editor, Baltimore Sun
Welcome: Denver Metro Convention Bureau (sponsors of lunch)
Welcome: Sponsor of the opening session, National Endowment for
Financial Education

12:30 to 2: Town Hall Meeting: Coverage of the Meltdown... Did 9,000
Business Journalists Blow It?
Moderator: Paul Steiger, former Managing Editor of the Wall Street
Journal and CEO/Editor-in-Chief ProPublica
Panelists:
Larry Ingrassia, Business Editor, New York Times
Greg Miller, Associate Professor at the University of Michigan's Ross
School of Business
Jane Bryant Quinn, Personal Finance Columnist for Bloomberg News and
Newsweek
Dean Starkman, Editor/Writer for the Columbia Journalism Review's Audit
site

15 minute break

2:15 to 3:30: From Boom to Bust: Chronicling the Fall
Moderator: John Corrigan, Los Angeles Times Business Editor
Panelists:
William Cohan, author of "House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched
Excess on Wall Street" about the fall of Bear Stearns
Diana Henriques, New York Times financial investigative reporter who is
writing a book about the Bernie Madoff scandal
Dave Kansas, former Wall Street Journal Money and Investing Section
Editor and author of "The Wall Street Guide to the End of Wall Street
As We Know It"

2:15 to 3:30: A Conversation With Jane Bryant Quinn on Personal Finance

2:15 to 3:30: Introduction to Software Flash for Online Illustration
Instructor to be named

15 minute break

3:45 to 5: Reporting on the Obama Health Care Agenda
Sponsor is Commonwealth Fund
Moderator: Gail DeGeorge, Sunday Editor of South Florida Sun-Sentinel
and past SABEW President
Panelists to be named

3:45 to 5: Good Writing Still Shines Online
Instructor: Jacqui Banaszynski, Knight Chair in Editing at the
University of Missouri School of Journalism

15 minute break

5:15 to 6:15: The Global Financial Crisis: A View From Abroad
Moderator: Greg McCune, SABEW president-elect
Panelists:
Alejandro Lifschitz, Reuters Spanish Language in Latin America based in
Santiago, Chile
Others to be named

6:30 to 8:30: Opening Reception
Sponsor is Thomson Reuters



MONDAY April 27

8 am: Conference Registration and Exhibit hall opens

8 am to 9: Immigrants: A Mobile Workforce With Roots for Growth
Christina Gold, CEO at Western Union
Introduction: Rob Reuteman, former Business Editor, Rocky Mountain News

15 minute break

9:15 to 10:30: First Internet Stocks, Then Housing: What Is the Next
Bubble?
Panelists:
Dean Baker, Co-director, Center for Economic Policy and Research
Kevin Blakely, President and CEO, Risk Management Association
Lynn Turner, former Chief Accountant, Securities and Exchange
Commission

15 minute break

10:45 to Noon: After the Rocky Mountain News: New Models for Newspapers
Panelist: David Hunke, Chief Executive Officer of the Detroit Media
Partnership and Publisher of the Detroit Free Press
Others to be named

10:45 to Noon: Creating Podcasts
Instructor: Tom Merritt, Managing Editor of CNET

Noon to 1:15: Lunch With Keynote Speaker
Sponsors are Dow Jones Newswires, Wall Street Journal and Fox Business
News

15 minute break

1:30 to 2:45: The Green Panacea: Renewable Energy
Moderator: Ben Santarris, public affairs manager for SolarWorld
Industries America
Panelists: to be named

1:30 to 2:45: Scrutinizing Your Local Pension Funds
Instructor: Lynn Turner

1:30 to 2:45: Journalists Turned Entrepreneurs: Build a Business as Well as
a Portfolio
Moderator: Henry Dubroff, Founder of the Pacific Coast Business Times
in Santa Barbara
Panelists:
Jonathan Blum, Founder of Blumsday.com, a B2B content engine
Tammi Marcoullier, editorial director of Publish2 Inc., a link
journalism start-up
Susan J. Marks, freelance writer, editor and author

15 minute break

3 to 4:15: Financial Video: Where Is It Headed?
Moderator: Marty Wolk, Executive Editor of MSNBC.com
Panelists:
Ray Hennessey, Director of Business News, Fox Business News
Others to be named

3 to 4:15: Using Twitter and Other Social Networking Sites in Reporting
Instructor: Sandeep Junnarkar, Digital Media Professor at CUNY's
Graduate School of Journalism

3 to 4:15: Covering a Bank Failure in Your Community
Moderator: David Milstead, former Finance Editor Rocky Mountain News
and writer for In Denver Times
Panelists:
Mark Davis, Kansas City Star Banking Reporter
Pat Ferrier, Business/Growth Editor, Fort Collins Coloradoan
Jonathan Weil, Bloomberg News columnist

15 minute break

4:30 to 5:15: SABEW Annual Business Meeting

5:30 to 7: Reception
Sponsor is Reynolds Center

7: Annual Banquet (Best in Business Awards)
Ray Shaw, Chairman at American City Business Journals, to be honored as
Distinguished Service Award winner



TUESDAY April 28

8:00 am: Conference Registration and Exhibit hall opens

8:30 to 9:45: Gary Klott Memorial Ethics Discussion: Ethics During
Challenging Times
Moderator: Gail DeGeorge
Panelists:
David Milstead
Others to be named

15 minute break

10 to 11: How the Newspaper Best in Business Winners Did It

10 to 11: How the Online Best in Business Did It

15 minute break

11:15 to 12:30 pm: Interviewing Like an FBI Agent Without Waterboarding
Instructor: Agent from Denver FBI office

11:15 to 12:30: How to Cover Distressed Companies and Bankruptcies
Chris Roush, Business Journalism Professor at the University of North
Carolina, with assistance from the American Bankruptcy Institute

1:15 to 4: Optional tours of world's largest brewery (Coors) or National
Renewable Energy Laboratories (both are in Golden).