Largest business journalism contest under way

Judging is under way in SABEW’s 14th annual Best in Business contest that honors work by our members in 2007.

More than 800 entries have been sent to the judges in print, real time, magazine and student categories.

Results will be posted on our Web site, www.sabew.org, after judging has been completed by the end of March.

Winners will be honored on Sunday, April 27 during our annual conference being held at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore. Reuters and the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism are co-sponsoring the event, which begins at 6:30 p.m.

You can register online for the conference now to take advantage of the early bird rates. To reserve a hotel room, call 410-962-8300. Be sure to mention SABEW to take advantage of the discount rate of $155/night plus tax.

The entries broke down like this:
By category, 2008 vs 2007

Section: 116 vs 114
Breaking news: 67 vs 76
Enterprise: 226 vs 265
Project: 99 vs 167
Column: 91 vs 114
Student: 10 vs 25
Real time (all categories): 167
Magazines (all categories): 41

By year ….
1999 – 230
2000 – 246
2001 – 492
2002 – 568
2003 – 604
2004 – 735
2005 – 645
2006 – 829
2007 – 761
2008 -- 817

Posted Feb. 23, 2008