Reporting on CEO pay: Salaries, bonuses and those wonderful perks

A new proxy season is looming, and both journalists and companies are dealing with the SEC's revised rules for corporate disclosure of how and how much top executives are paid.

To help member business reporters get the details and get them right, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers will sponsor a 90-minute conference call on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 2 p.m. EST on covering executive compensation.

An expert panel will offer tips and guidance on how to find, add up and write about CEO pay at companies you cover. Participants also will have a chance to ask questions.

Moderating the call will be Dave Kansas, the former editor of the Wall Street Journal's 'Money & Investing" section who now directs the new personal finance Web site filife.com. The panelists are Rachel Beck, who writes the All Business column for The Associated Press; David Milstead, finance editor at the Rocky Mountain News, and David Wise, an executive pay consultant at Hay Group.

Precise instructions will follow in the next week or so on how to join the call, including a simultaneous Web-based presentation of relevant documents, However, it is IMPORTANT for SABEW to know now how many callers will participate so we can set up an appropriate conference service.

Please R.S.V.P. by replying by email at sabew@missouri.edu with "YES" in the subject line.

If you have ideas about specific issues you'd like to hear the panel address, you can email David Kansas at dave.kansas@iac.com.

And if you have any questions, feel free to contact the SABEW office or e-mail.

Posted Feb. 13, 2008