Eleven SABEW members seek six board seats

Eleven candidates are running for six vacant seats on the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ Board of Governors.

The top six vote-getters will serve three-year terms, beginning at the group’s annual meeting in Baltimore on April 28.

The candidates and their respective media outlets are:

-- Kathy Brister, Atlanta Journal-Constitution;

-- Cliff Cumber, Frederick News-Post;

-- Nikhil Deogun, The Wall Street Journal;

-- Dan Haar, The Hartford Courant;

-- Ray Hennessey, FOX Business Network;

-- Beth Hunt, American City Business Journals;

-- Roland Jones, MSNBC.com;

-- Gail MarksJarvis, Chicago Tribune;

-- Mark McSherry, Reuters;

-- David Morrow, TheStreet.com;

-- Dawn Wotapka, Dow Jones Newswires.

Hennessey, MarksJarvis and Wotapka are seeking re-election. The others are running for the board for the first time.

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 to April 29 at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore.

Posted March 17, 2008