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Nominations for the John Chancellor Award are due April 2, 2010. The recipient of the $25,000 Chancellor Award is selected each year by a panel of print and broadcast journalists who look across the media landscape to identify a reporter who may not be widely known by the public, but who is highly respected within the profession for the caliber of his or her work. Past awardees include Ken Armstrong, investigative reporter with The Seattle Times, Jane Mayer from the New Yorker and Andrew C. Revkin from The New York Times. Gorkana reports that NYFWA member Kathy Fitzpatrick Hoffelder has joined SCI (Structured Credit Investor) and STORM (Synthetic Transfer of Risk Markets) as U.S. Editor. She was previously the Deputy Editor, Capital Markets at dealReporter. NYFWA member and tax attorney Julian Block has compiled some information for NYFWA members who need to know IRS rules regarding taking tax deductions for job searches. Click here for his report. Long time NYFWA member and former president William G. Flanagan passed away on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, in St. Vincent's Hospital, NYC. Funeral arrangements are private. Condolences may be sent to his wife, Dawn Flanagan, at 277 West 10th Street, New York, NY 10014. Bill spent most of his career at the Wall Street Journal and Forbes and later ABC radio network. He was the author of CEOs are Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, among other books. Jack Carroll wrote to say that, "Cancer was probably the only thing that could beat him. But he wasn't defeated, certainly." NYFWA member Debra Turner invites other members to visit her lifestyle blog, the Savvy Shopper. Congratulations to former NYFWA president Myron Kandel who was presented the Emil Meier Award by Follies producer Conway Gittens at the 2009 Follies cast party on Saturday, January 23, 2010, at the Junior League club on the Upper East Side. The Emil Meier Award honors a member’s extraordinary contributions to the success of the Follies. In the more than 35 years that he has been involved with the Follies, Myron has been a participant, stage manager, and chair of the program committee. But it is his current role as chair of the Video committee, in which he works with the media organizations that contribute videos for the show, where he has made his most dramatic impact. The plaque read, “Thanks to your hard work, limitless connections, and dogged determination, videos light up the big screens in the Broadway Ballroom on Follies night. Whether it is selling ads, assembling the program, or work on the show, you are the Follies’ Myron Can-do. No one can convert an idea to reality better than you.” Click here for photos. Syngenta launched a 2010 Photo Prize competition to recognize and reward outstanding photography centered on the company purpose “Bringing plant potential to life.” First, second and third prizes of $8000, $5000 and $3000 respectively are sponsored by Canon. Open to amateur and professional photographers. Entries can be submitted between January 20, 2010 and June 20, 2010. The 2010 Photo Prize seeks outstanding images of plants, landscapes, communities and technologies in the context of global agriculture. A website dedicated to the photo prize will feature the ongoing submissions and showcase winners and entries from previous years. An international jury will convene after the submission deadline to assess the entries and the judging criteria can be found at www.syngentaphoto.com. The Society of Professional Journalists is now accepting applications for The Reporters Institute, <http://www.spj.org/ri.asp> , a training program for journalists who have graduated and are in their first three years in the profession. Young professionals are brought together with their peers, SPJ members and industry leaders for an intense learning experience. The institute is a crash course in the characteristics of outstanding journalism and the techniques of exceptional journalists. Two programs are available, one for print journalists (May 23-26) and one for broadcast journalists (June 13-16) at The Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla. If an application to the program is accepted, the individual (or company) will be responsible for a $300 registration fee and travel expenses to and from St. Petersburg. SPJ will provide your lodging and most meals. Details are on the website. The application process is very competitive, and the deadline to apply for both programs is March 1. Mediabistro.com/UK has 10 things every journalist must know in 2010. NYFWA member Marvin Chatinover is recovering from the stroke he suffered in October. Abrams Artists, his agent for his film and stage career, renewed his contract so he's looking forward to being back in business by the spring. For updates, email Marvin at mchatinover@earthlink.net. Board member Sheila Mullan alerts NYFWA members to a news items on December 22 that President Barack Obama signed a measure to extend a federal subsidy for continued health-insurance coverage for involuntarily terminated workers under employer group plans. The law extends the subsidy an additional six months for a total of 15 months, up from the current nine; the subsidy applies only to workers let go by employers. Eligibility for the subsidy had been due to expire Dec. 31 but has been extended through Feb. 28, 2010. For more details, click here. For a great way to stay abreast of what is happening in the buisiness news media, check out Talking Biz News. Longtime NYFWA member Phyllis Feinberg passed away on Friday, November 13, 2009. She was very active in the association and seldom missed a Follies, Awards Dinner, or Drinks Night. She participated in the Follies for many years. Phyllis' most recent employment was with Hedge Funds Review. Earlier, as a reporter at Crain's Pensions & Investments from 1998-2005, she won first prize in the Crain Awards for her May 2000 story, "Consultants Tell Clients to Fire Brinson," and third prize for her April 2002 story, "Pension Funds Lose $300 million." Earlier positions included freelancing as well as work at MARHedge, Quick Nikkei News and Institutional Investor magazine Phyllis attended Simmons College in Massachusetts and is survived by her mother, Helen, a sister, a niece and nephew, and several close friends. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:30 pm on Tuesday, November 17, at New Montefiore Cemetary at 1180 Wellwood Avenue in West Babylon, Long Island (631-249-7000). She was a devotee of the arts, including books, theater, ballet, song and modern dance, with a special affinity for attending Alvin Ailey's production of "Revelations" on an annual basis. Some of her friends would like to have a subsequent memorial service this winter. Please contact vzunitch@yahoo.com for more information. Good luck to NYFWA member Maurna Desmond who was recently appointed Associate Editor at BigThink.com, an online video interview forum with the world's experts. She was previously a business reporter at Forbes covering Wall Street and the broader credit markets. (Gorkana) After a decade at Forbes Magazine, NYFWA member Chana Schoenberger is now freelancing in Tokyo. She’ll focus on business, economic, and technology coverage. Contact her at chana.r.schoenberger@gmail.com NYFWA member Jon Jacobs warns the newly unemployed to be careful about accepting freelance assignments. On Monday, NYFWA member Michael Shashoua started his new job as deputy editor of Dealing With Technology. He was previously the senior editor at Global Investment Technolog. Good luck! NYFWA member and former Dow Jones reporter Eric Baum is running the NYC Marathon to raise money for blood cancer research. He's within $800 of his $3,800 fundraising goal and could use your help! To learn more about his training and how the fundraising benefits cancer research, please visit www.ericontheroad.net. To make a donatation, no matter the size, please visit: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nyc/nyc09/ebaum. Eric Baum is pursuing a graduate degree in public policy from Rutgers. Until this past summer, he was a reporter for Dow Jones and, prior to that, for Euromoney Institutional Investor where he wrote for several publications, including Absolute Return and Fund Action. He began training for the marathon, his first, early this summer. Congrats to NYFWA member Nikolaj Gammeltoft on his new job as a reporter at Bloomberg News. He is covering different beats on a rotating basis. The recent Columbia J-School grad started at Bloomberg as an intern. (Gorkana) For the best in online journalism, see the finalists for the 2009 Online Journalism Awards. NYFWA member Jon Jacobs forwarded the FT.com news article that 2/3 of UK publications may soon charge for content online. Former Follies stage manager and choreographer Amanda Ellis just had a baby. She and her husband Dan MacDonald welcomed Blair Matheson "Mattie" MacDonald on September 19, 2009. Hope NYFWA members saw the time on Page Six today. Make sure you have a seat for the Folies. Or, better yet, join the cast. Gorkana reports that NYFWA member Simon Constable of Dow Jones Newswires will be an afternoon host of the Wall Street Journal’s new daily webcast. The show will bring together reporters, editors and columnists from New Corp.’s business publications to discuss breaking news. NYFWA member Bob Flaherty informed us that long-time member David Tyson, a former associate editor at American Banker, died last month. Bob noted, “Back exactly 30 years ago when I was president of the Financial Writers, Dave volunteered to help in widening our non-Follies activities, which, besides the Spring Dinner, were very few. Dave helped co-found the Freedom of Information Committee and also helped with educational seminars which we ran a few years for students considering a career in journalism. Dave was always there with supportive, constructive advice and a helping hand.” NYFWA member Roz Bernstein has just published Boardwalk Stories, a collection of fourteen linked tales spanning the decades 1950 to 1970. Set in the shadow of the Cold War, the boardwalk characters, many of them misfits and wannabes, share their joys and sorrows in a world where kewpie dolls and prizes are often the only consolations for lost dreams. Each story is paired with a vintage black-and-white boardwalk photograph capturing the mood after World War II when a day out meant breathing in the bracing salt air and feeding coins into the machines at the penny arcade. The photographer, Dr. Kenneth S. Tydings was the author of over 70 photography books for the Eastman Kodak Company. The book is now being sold at 25 independent bookstores and on www.Amazon.com. Additional information can be found on the press website: www.blueeftpress.com. Congrats to former NYFWA president Britt Erica Tunick on her engagement to Julien Bellorgey. Details to follow. NYFWA member Julie Jason appeared on the Wall Street Journal Report on Sunday, August 23, and talked with with Maria Bartiromo about retirement security. Julie is the author of the AARP Retirement Survival Guide. Congrats to NYFWA member Dan Colarusso. He joins BloombergTV as managing editor for U.S. Television. He'll be responsible for the content and editorial direction for the network in the U.S. Previously, Dan was managing editor at Condé Nast's Portfolio.com and metro editor and business editor at the New York Post. The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) has added a ”book” category to its Excellence in Financial Journalism Award competition. The competition, introduced in 1992 to recognize reporters from the national and local press who contribute to a better understanding of business topics, currently judges entries in the categories of print, electronic media, wire services, radio and television. Books written by journalists and published between January 1 and December 31, 2009 have a December 31, 2009 deadline for submission. Authors can download an application for this category from the press room at the NYSSCPA’s website, www.nysscpa.org. Judges including NYSSCPA members and journalists from the New York Financial Writers Association will review entries and select the winner. The deadline for other non-book categories is February 1, 2010. A downloadable application form for this competition is also available in the NYSSCPA Press Room. A separate group of judges from the NYSSCPA and the NYFWA will review entries and select winners in all other categories. For additional information, contact Lois Whitehead, NYSSCPA Public Relations Manager at 212-719-8405 or lwhitehead@nysscpa.org. NYFWA member Steven J. Viuker has a new gig as a regular writer for Amex Open Forum and is looking for story ideas. Contact him at sviuker@mindspring.com NYFWA member Julie Jason's fifth book, The AARP Retirement Survival Guide: How to Make Smart Financial Decisions in Good Times & Bad will be in bookstores on August 4, 2009. The International Press Institute announces the first IPI Business Journalist Forum (IBJF), bringing together business leaders and leading financial journalists to discuss one of the most debated issues of recent times – the relationship between business and financial reporting. The IBJF is scheduled to take place 12-13 November 2009 in Baden, Austria, with business journalists and editors expected to attend along with executives, finance professionals, lawyers and academics. Registration for the event is now open. Further information and registration forms for the IBJF are available here. E-mail: mmiletic@freemedia.at Hacks Win Big on Perfect Day in Central Park NYFWA member Ben Berkowitz has moved to Amsterdam as the local Financial Services Correspondent for Reuters News, covering banks, wealth managers and macroeconomics. Freelance writer is looking for financial writer to be interviewed for article on how to succeed in a career as a financial writer. Please contact Matt Krumrie at mattkrum@yahoo.com Gorkana reports that NYFWA member and former NYFWA president Claudia Deutsch, who has been freelancing for Institutional Investor, The New York Times and various other publications since she left the Times in 2008, now writes ‘The Bottom Line’ at trueslant.com which can be viewed at www.trueslant.com/claudiadeutsch. She analyzes business news from a societal and psychological perspective. Members should register with True Slant, go to her blog and click the Follow Me button under her photo. Claudia promises: (1) it does not generate any spam; (2) she will NEVER ask anyone if they've read anything. The winners of 2009 NYFWA scholarship contest have been announced. Click here to see the list. Many thanks to Sally Heinemann, chair, and members of the judging committee: Gene Boyo, Marty Cherrin, Sharon Gamsin, Lennie Sloane, and Roberta Yafie. Congratulations to NYFWA member Bill Holstein, author of Why GM Matters. He and bride-to-be Rita Sevell were wed on May 23, 2009. The ceremony took place at the Overseas Press Club headquarters in New York City. Bill is the president of the OPC Foundation. NYFWA member Matt Nelko has started his own boutique media consulting and training agency called Nelko Media. The agency offers a comprehensive array of communications services including writing, editing, producing, and media training. Matt spent 20 years in broadcast news on television and radio. He’s also working on several comedy writing projects, and just recently performed an improv show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Congrats to former NYFWA scholarship winner Serena Ng, who along with a team of colleagues at the Wall Street Journal, won the Institute on Political Journalism’s Excellence in Economic Reporting Award 2009 for the 10 articles they authored or co-authored covering the recent Wall Street crash and subsequent global credit crunch. On April 21, 2009, the NYFWA hosted "Financial Journalism Under Fire: Did We Do Our Job?" at City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. Click here for au audio report. Click here for photos. Also, news stories: Marketwatch and AOL Finance. Former NYFWA president, Terri Thompson, executive director of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship at Columbia University, rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on April 3, 2009. Best wishes to Christopher Twarowski, NYFWA member and 2008 NYFWA scholarship recipient, who was just named Senior Reporter/Editor—Investigations at the Long Island Press. He recently completed a 9-month extended internship at the Washington Post, where he wrote for both its financial and metro desks. Congrats to NYFWA member and 2008 NYFWA scholarship recipient Elizabeth Kowitt who was just hired as a reporter for Fortune magazine. NYFWA Board member Barry Rehfeld's second lede letter on energy efficiency since November was published in the New York Times letters column today. His web site - zero energy intelligence.com - was duly noted beneath his name. Googling the site and the three words in the site's name produces 267,000 and 476,000 returns respectively where there were none in November. Getting to the next level - site advertising, writing assignments, speaking engagements, home development financing and home contractor jobs - is the goal. Anyone with ideas, eco-connections, web skills, money, writing and reporting talent or anything else of value is welcome to contribute their thoughts and efforts in the interest of the environment and potential profit. NYFWA board member Steve Govoni recommends this Forbes story about the status of journalism programs in colleges. Good luck to NYFWA member Rachel Solomon who has been appointed multimedia producer at Dow Jones Newswires. She was previously production coordinator at SmartMoney.com. (Gorkana) Long-time NYFWA member Joseph J. Duome has just published a new thriller, “Tyranny of Darkness.” It is a novel about today’s global threat of terror and terrorism. It tells the story of retired L.A. cop and his crew taking on the evil perpetrators seeking to take over the government. This is Joe’s fourth novel. The book is available for sale on Amazon.com and in leading book stores. |
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NYFWA Board Member Steve Govoni will be making his standup comedy debut on Wednesday, April 1, 2209, at Standup New York, 236 West 78th St. (between Broadway + Amsterdam). Show starts at 7 PM. Depressed about the economy and the way our elected officials are handling it? Hear the stimulus plan of seven comics. The show is moderated by Scott Blakeman, named “the top political comedian working in New York today” by NBC-TV. NYFWA member Allan Dodds Frank, formerly of Bloomberg TV, is writing for the Daily Beast. Best wishes to NYFWA member Bill Gerdes, formerly of Standard & Poor's, in his new job as an editor with the Vanguard Group. Bill will be commuting to NYFWA events from his new home in West Chester PA. NYFWA member Tom Mariam recommends members read the article Financial Journalism and its Critics in The Deal. NYFWA member Dan Colarusso, the former New York Post business editor who had run Conde Nast Portfolio’s website for the past 15 months, is now the managing editor of Silicon Alley Insider. Good luck Dan! Reporters looking for information on the sorry state of America’s healthcare system may want to check out the website of the Connecticut Center for Patient Safety (www.ctcps.org), which compiles stories of medical error, industry misconduct, and ongoing legislative issues. Did you know that the average Minnesota psychiatrist gets about $55,000 a year in gifts from the pharmaceutical industry? NYFWA board member Steve Govoni was President of CTCPS for five years and continues to serve on that board. He can be reached at stevegovoni@aol.com. NYFWA member Paramjit Mahli has a great resource for NYFWA members and other journalists who need comments on legal issues for stories. She’s involved with SCG Legal PR Network which lets journalists post queries explaining their stories and what types of attorneys or legal professionals they are seeking for comment. These queries are emailed to a database of legal communications personnel along with the reporter’s contact information and deadline. If a journalist doesn’t have time to submit a query and wait for replies, he or she can simply look up some promising experts in the database and contact them right away. The database contains legal experts from the US and the United Kingdom. Journalists need to first register at http://www.suncommunicationsgroup.com/journalists.htm. Query forms will ask for a brief explanation of the story and legal area of expertise needed, the name of the news organization, email address, phone number, and the date and time of your deadline. Congrats to NYFWA member and former officer Chana Schoenberger on the birth of her son, Henry Sidney, December 15. Henry has a sister, Abigail Esther Zimmerman. Chana is based in Tokyo and is an associates editor at Forbes. NYFWA Board member Barry Rehfeld's letter to The New York Times was the first of seven published November 11, 2008, responding to Al Gore's "Climate For Change" op-ed piece, which appeared in the paper two days earlier. Barry edits www.zeroenergyintelligence.com, a web site and blog - as the Times was kind enough to note. Google "zero energy intelligence" and you get 434,000 results with the web site and a recent blog appearing first and second when you hit return. Barry welcomes comments, criticism and help! NYFWA member Julian Block, a nationally recognized attorney and author based in Larchmont NY, has free advice for NYFWA members on ways to trim taxes for this year and even get a head start for next year. Email julianblock@yahoo.com to request a complimentary PDF file. The file contains newspaper and magazine articles that offer clear, concise, uncomplicated and immediately useful advice on tax strategies. Learn what to do now to sidestep pitfalls and take advantage of frequently missed, perfectly legal opportunities that can save many thousands of dollars. Julian has been cited as “a leading tax professional” (New York Times), "an accomplished writer on taxes" (Wall Street Journal) and “an authority on tax planning” (Financial Planning Magazine). Since receiving an Ed Swietnicki Professional Development Award in ’07, NYFWA member Dorianne R. Perrucci has written or collaborated on several investing books. John Wiley & Sons will publish the latest, Asset Allocation For Dummies, in May. In 2008, she collaborated on I.O.U.S.A., One Nation, Under Stress, In Debt (Wiley), the companion book based to the Sundance documentary film. Other titles this spring include AARP Guide to Creating Retirement Income, by fellow NYFWA member Julie Jason, and The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide, by New York Times-bestselling author Martin D. Weiss. Contact Dori at doriperrucci@comcast.net. NYFWA member Eileen P. Gunn wants NYFWA members to know that she is putting her many years of experience as a business writer and career expert to work writing and editing resumes. Eileen writes, “Anyone who is looking for a job needs a resume that clearly tells their story and efficiently communicates their skills and abilities. People who haven't had to job search in a while, who are trying to change careers or who can take their experience in several directions often particularly need help in effectively articulating their abilities and work history. So this is what I'm helping people to do.” If any members think they would benefit from this kind of service they should email her at eileen.gunn@gmail.com. And of course if they know others in other professions who would benefit from this type of consultation, referrals are always appreciated. Britt Erica Tunick Named 2008 Recipient of Emil Meier Award Sad News: Long-time member Ripley Watson Jr., who retired from the Journal of Commerce, passed away on December 28,2008. Congratulations to former NYFWA president Randall W. Forsyth who was named Editor-in-Chief at Barrons.com. (Gorkana) NYFWA member Gail Silberman has a room to rent in her sunny, spacious luxury building apartment at East 79th Street and Second Avenue. High-rise condo with great access to public transportation. Garage in building. Great deal for right person: $1,400/month plus utilities. Call Gail at 212-879-0530 or 917-514-4639. Gorkana reports that NYFWA member and 2008 NYFWA scholarship recipient Kelly Nolan has joined the General Assignment Desk at Dow Jones Newswires as a full-time reporter. Good luck! President Steve Gelsi wishes NYFWA members a great holiday season and a healthy 2009. For the latest update (and Comments from members), see his blog. NYFWA member and Follies cast member Carolyn Crapo posted a link for members to see what it likes to be in the Follies from the cast's perspective. President Steve Gelsi has an update for his blog. Congrats to NYFWA member Jim Edwards who won a Freelance Writers with a Legal Reporting Fellowship from the Carnegie/Newhouse School. The program awards fellowships for freelance journalists examining some aspect of the American legal system. Jim is researching a Web-based project to survey judicial conflicts of interest. (Gorkana) Longtime NYFWA member Jack O’Dwyer of O’Dwyer’s PR Newsletter (http://www.odwyerpr.com) is upset with the PRSA for its attack on him in the PRSA house organ, The Tactics, and the organization's unwillingess to print his response. In an open letter to PRSA members, the PRSA board accused O’Dwyer of subjecting “PRSA’s leadership and volunteers to innuendo and personal attacks in his print and Internet publication.” The board was upset that he has called associates, supervisors, local media and others to criticize PRSA. The letter read that the "PRSA is facing one of the more extreme examples of attack journalism." Click here for Jack O’Dwyer’s response. Click here for the latest installment in the President's Blog from 2008 NYFWA president Steve Gelsi. Gorkana reports that NYFWA member and 2008 NYFWA scholarship recipient Avi Salzman, previously an intern covering business and finance stories for BusinessWeek, has joined Barron's Online as a reporting assistant. He will cover investment-related topics. Congratulations to NYFWA member and 2008 NYFWA scholarship winner Andrew Tangel who has been hired by The Record in Bergen County NJ as a reporter covering commercial real estate. (Gorkana) Long-time member Amy Friedman is relocating from New York to Chicago. She covers the insurance industry, banking and the economy, retail financial services, governance, and business technology. She'll be available for new freelance commissions starting October 1. Please contact her by email at afriedman101@gmail.com, or by phone at 917-566-7159. NYFWA member and Ed Switnicki Professional Development Award winner Orla O'Sullivan, formerly the Editor of Bank Technology News, has joined Techweb (CMP) as a Senior Editor. Prior to joining Bank Technology News, Orla was the Personal Finance Editor of the Irish Independent newspaper and was most recently a Freelance Writer. (Gorkana) NYFWA member Spencer Jakab is joining the Lex team at the Financial Times in New York. Good luck, Spencer (Gorkana). Good luck to NYFWA member Dane Hamilton who has been appointed to run the blog on The Icahn Report. He was previously Senior Correspondent at Reuters. At The Icahn Report he will be writing about corporate governance and related issues and seeking to create a movement for change in this country. (Gorkana) Best wishes to former NYFWA board member Colleen O’Connor-Grant who is moving to Dow Jones Newswires to cover practice-management. Also joining DJN is NYFWA member and 2006 NYFWA scholarship winner Simon Constable, as a columnist covering commodities (Gorkana). The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants has added a ”book” category to its Excellence in Financial Journalism Award competition. The competition, introduced in 1992 to recognize reporters from the national and local press who contribute to a better understanding of business topics, currently judges entries in the categories of print, electronic media, wire services, radio and television. Past award recipients include reporters from Fortune, The Associated Press, Bloomberg, Newsweek, Business Week, CNBC, Marketwatch Radio, CFO.com and ABC-TV. Books written by journalists and published between January 1 and December 31, 2008 have a December 31, 2008 deadline for submission. Authors can download an application for this category from the press room at the NYSSCPA’s website, www.nysscpa.org. Judges including NYSSCPA members and journalists from the New York Financial Writers Association (NYFWA) will review entries and select the winner. The deadline for other non-book categories is February 1, 2009. A downloadable application form for this competition is also available in the NYSSCPA Press Room. A separate group of judges from the NYSSCPA and the review entries and select winners in all other categories. Congratulations to NYFWA member and 2008 NYFWA scholarship winner Beth Braverman. She just landed a job with Financial Week covering real estate, insurance and risk management. The NYFWA is launching a feature on its website today, July 18, 2008: The President's Blog. NYFWA president Steve Gelsi will keep the membership up to date from his perspective as the 2008-2009 leader of the nation's oldest press association for business and financial journalists. Best wishes to NYFWA member Donna Miskin who was recently named Editor-In-Chief at Treasury & Risk Management. Donna had been Editor of Incisive Media’s financial technology Waters magazine. Congratulations to 2005 NYFWA scholarship recipient Serena Ng. She was one of four Wall Street Journal reporters to win a 2008 Gerald Loeb Award for Best Writing for “Breakdown at Bear Stearns.” July 1, 2008 – Deadline for DuPont Award Congratulations to new Knight-Bagehot fellows of the Class of 2008, especially to NYFWA members Dimitra DeFotis, Jim Edwards, and Paul Glader. The 10 Knight-Bagehot fellows earned master's degrees from Columbia University through a joint program in the journalism and business schools. Dimitra is returning to her post as staff writer at Barron's magazine. Edmonds is freelancing and Glader has returned to the Wall Street Journal. NYFWA board member Barry Rehfeld represented the NYFWA at a U.S. Department of State event for Middle Eastern group of journalists studying the "Role of the Media in U.S. Foreign Policy" on June 6, 2008, at the DOS offices in New York City. The three-day program was run by the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), an official U.S. government exchange program administered by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs <http://exchanges.state.gov/education/. The objective of the program is to advance U.S. foreign policy goals by increasing mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those of other countries. Marketwatch salutes NYFWA’s Myron Kandel Flacks Take Win in Annual Game Jerry Flint, columnist for Forbes magazine, is the 2008 winner of the Elliott V. Bell Award, the New York Financial Writers’ top recognition for distinguished contributions to the field of financial journalism. One of the nation’s most tenured and respected automotive reporters, Flint began his career at the Detroit News. The Detroit native has worked for the both the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, serving from 1967 to 1973 as the Times’ Detroit bureau chief. Flint has been with Forbes since 1979. Representing the New York Financial Writers, NYFWA board member Barry Rehfeld met with international economic and trade specialists, policy planners, academics, economic journalists and labor leaders in a program organized by the U.S Department of State along with various U.S. Embassies in Europe. The professional-exchange program, entitled "Trade and Economic Development," was designed to give participants an understanding of the U.S. political and economic systems and the domestic economic forces that influence U.S. trade policy and the policy-making process. Former NYFWA persident Britt Erica Tunick, was named a senior editor at Absolute Return Magazine. Good luck, Britt. The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants has announced the 2008 winners for its Excellence in Financial Journalism Awards that recognize reporters from the national and local press who contribute to a better understanding of business topics. Twelve judges, representing the NYSSCPA and the New York Financial Writers Association, selected winners. Journalists will be presented with their awards at a luncheon at the Yale Club on May 1, 2008. For a complete list of winners, click here. Best wishes to former NYFWA president and current board member Rich Koreto who is joining the Connor Group (www.cg3.com) as its editor-in-chief. The Jersey City-based company is building a new website for its investors, complete with editorial, blogs, and analytics. NYFWA member Richard Beales is now associate editor at Breakingviews.com. A former NYFWA scholarship recipient, Beales was previously US Markets Editor at the Financial Times. NYFWA at Columbia J-School Career Day Vote for NYFWA Member Peter Phelan Good luck to Poonkulali Thangavelu in her new job as senior associate editor at Penton Media’s National Real Estate Editor. She had been an associate editor for National Mortgage News. She joined Source Media in 1997. At that time, the company was known as Faulkner&Gray. New Job for NYFWA member Eric Baum. He is now with Hedge Fund Trades, a weekly publication at Dow Jones Newswire. He'll be covering vendors, prime brokers, regulators and anything that may influence trading. Eric was previously with Alpha Magazine at Institutional Investor.
Good luck to NYFWA member and former board member Joe Treaster who is leaving his position as a business writer for the New York Times to teach journalism in the communications department at the University of Miami. A Florida native, Joe wrote a book last year entitled Hurricanes. Funny Man Phelan Showcases Act Myron Kandel, Founding Editor of CNN, To Lead New Hampshire Initiative on Corporate Governance NYFWA President Calls for Federal Shield Legislation Hacks Edge Flacks 8-7 to Take Series Lead, 2-1 Financial Reporters, Pr Pros To Square Off At Annual Softball Game In New York's Central Park BCAA Honors Nyfwa Member Roslyn Bernstein With Annual Faculty Award Renowned Financial Public Relations Executive, Peter Thurber Earle, Dies At Age 71 Who is the ".Lady in the House."? Hacks Defeat Flacks 17-13 to Even Series at One Each Reporters Seeking To Avenge Loss to PR Practitioners Labor Department Issues New Rules on Overtime Spitzer Keynote Speaker At Nyfwa Annual Dinner NYFWA Member's Golf Radio Show Begins Second Season TJFR Cites Three NYFWA Members Journalists Receive Awards from NYSSCPA for Financial Reporting  June 29, 2006 - Earlier this year NYFWA member Peter Phelan, humor columnist for Employee Benefit News & 2004/2005 Follies scribe, made the top 25 out of over 3500 entrants in a Dream Job contest run by Kiplinger's Personal Finance. While the dream job Peter pitched -- being The Comedian of Personal Finance -- didn't make the short list of three winners, there's no need to shed too many tears for him. He landed a freelance assignment for Kiplinger's, has been contributing to Wealth Manager, and is getting a lot of bookings for comedic speaking engagements at conferences in the finance arena. Peter can be reached via his web site: funnyphelan.com. December 14, 2005 - CONCORD, NH (December 14, 2005) – New Hampshire Governor John Lynch and Secretary of State William Gardner announced today that veteran CNN financial editor Myron Kandel has agreed to spearhead a major initiative in New Hampshire focusing on issues related to corporate governance and investor protection. Kandel appeared with the Governor, the Secretary of State and legislative and educational leaders at a press conference this morning at the State House in Concord. The project, titled the Initiative for Corporate Governance and Investor Protection, will be primarily funded by an endowment created by the $5 million securities settlement negotiated in 2002 by the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation and Tyco International. The settlement was one of the largest ever negotiated by a state securities regulator and stipulated the $5 million penalty be earmarked for investor education and a corporate governance program. Securities Director Mark Connolly said, “We see this unique settlement as being an endowment that will grow in value and scope. One that will help all citizens, particularly the youth—the investors of tomorrow—to more fully understand that success or accomplishment is not merely about money, but about values and respect.” The Investor Protection Trust (IPT), based in Washington, D.C., a national organization funded by multi - state settlements and dedicated to providing independent, objective consumer information has also committed additional funding support. Don Blandin, president and CEO of the IPT, also attended the press conference and expressed his support for the program. The Initiative will be affiliated with the New Hampshire College and University Council (NHCUC), a nonprofit consortium of 16 public and private institutions of higher learning dedicated to enhancing educational opportunities for their more than 50,000 students. NHCUC Chair and Franklin Pierce College President George Hagerty said Kandel’s affiliation will bring together the leaders of higher education, business and government in a collaborative effort. “I’m extremely pleased and honored that Myron Kandel has agreed to lead this important initiative,” said Secretary of State Gardner. “Anyone who has watched him on CNN for 25 years or read his commentaries knows he has spent a lifetime examining issues related to proper corporate governance and investor protection, which are so essential to maintaining the integrity of America’s corporations and financial markets. We will not only be looking to him to develop an effective program in the short term, but will be seeking his guidance and advice in successfully maintaining this endowment over the long term so that future generations might benefit from the Initiative’s continuing scrutiny of these important issues” “I’m delighted to head up this groundbreaking program, which will conduct an ongoing series of high-profile public discussions and seminars on matters that are basic to the health of the nation’s economy,” said Kandel. “The last four chairmen of the Securities and Exchange Commission have agreed in principle to take part, as have other national leaders in government, business, finance and the media. When the presidential primary season approaches, we expect all the major aspirants to the presidency to discuss their views on keeping American corporations honest and protecting the interests of the nation’s investors.” Kandel says he and the council plan to stage these events on various campuses around the state, aiming to involve students, faculty members and the general public in a broad-based examination of these crucial issues. “I’m particularly pleased,” he added, “to conduct this program in New Hampshire, which has such a long history of citizen involvement and sophistication in political, business and social issues. Our mission is to shine a national spotlight on the lessons learned from the recent rash of corporate and financial misdeeds and emphasize the value of public responsibility in government, business and everyday life. Echoing the words of Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, we believe sunshine is the best disinfectant. But also looking forward, we hope to formulate standards of proper conduct for the future.” In announcing the new project, Governor John Lynch said, “Using the Tyco settlement, the Secretary of State’s office has worked to develop a comprehensive initiative that will help educate present and future business leaders about appropriate standards of conduct, stimulate a national debate about sound corporate governance and help protect the nation’s investors. I’m pleased that such an outstanding journalist as Myron Kandel will head this effort. As CNN’s founding financial editor and economics commentator, Kandel helped pioneer the coverage of business issues on network television. Before joining CNN he served as the financial editor of three newspapers -- the Washington Star, the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Post. He was also a foreign correspondent, a syndicated columnist and the editor of the New York Law Journal. In 2000 he was named one of the ten most influential business journalists of the twentieth century. He has long been an- advocate of shareholder rights and improved corporate governance, having written and spoken on these and related issues during his more-than-half-century career in journalism. Kandel has served as president of five journalism groups, including the 3,000-member Society of American Business Editors and Writers, and has received a number of career- achievement awards. Earlier this year, the New York Financial Writers’ Association named him to its Financial Journalism Hall of Fame, making him only the seventh person so named in the group’s 67-year history. Currently, he provides monthly commentary on the Public Broadcasting System’s Nightly Business Report. November 21, 2005 - NEW YORK, NEW YORK- The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants has announced its annual Excellence in Financial Journalism Award competition to recognize reporters from the national and local media who contribute to a better understanding of business topics. The Society presents awards in print, radio, television, wire service and electronic media published or broadcast between January 1 and December 31, 2005. Deadline for entries is February 1, 2006. An application for the Excellence in Financial Journalism Award can be obtained at the Society's website, www.nysscpa.org in the Press Room. Questions regarding the Award may be directed to Lois Whitehead, NYSSCPA Public Relations Manager at 212-719-8405 or lwhitehead@nysscpa.org July 9, 2005 - Richard J. Koreto, president of the New York Financial Writers Association, released the following statement: It was inevitable that Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine, two investigative reporters who were digging into the Valerie Plame case, would be compared with Woodward and Bernstein, However, it’s a mistake to think this is an issue that comes up only once a generation, or only involves the White House. Our public companies are supposed to be as open as our government, but the convictions of WorldCom’s Bernard Ebbers and Tyco’s Dennis Kozlowski, and the destruction of Enron and Arthur Andersen, made it clear that’s an ideal many captains of industry, like politicians, don’t live up to. We depend on investigative reporters for the business pages as much as for the national section. The long pages of stock quotes that appear after every business day are perhaps the most prosaic parts of this paper, and we all assume, without thinking about it, that they accurately reflect their companies’ value. That most do is often thanks to journalists who pore over SEC filings, ask CEOs the hard questions—and like their colleagues on the political desk, rely on anonymous sources that those in power would like to see revealed. But for the honesty of our government and our capitalist system, sources have to feel they can talk to a reporter in safety. Many journalists and concerned readers on the left and right have called for a federal law to make sure reporters are never put in the position of choosing between jail and revealing a source. We can call for such a law, but to get it passed we have to realize this is not a narrow red state vs. blue state political issue. It is about whether all of who care about democracy and our capitalist system can see how broad this problem is: An unfettered press can help make sure our 20-year-old sons and daughters in the military are kept as safe as possible overseas, and the retirement accounts our 80-year-old parents spent a lifetime building are kept as safe as possible at home. June 18, 2005 - Hacks centerfielder Colleen O’Connor’s clutch catch off the hot bat of sizzling Flacks star Eric Samansky ended a Flacks rally and helped preserve the one-run victory for the Hacks as they managed to edge out the Flacks 8-7 in the Third Annual Hacks vs. Flacks game in Central Park on June 18, 2005. The narrow win was the second straight for the Hacks; they now lead the series two games to one. Sponsored by the New York Financial Writers Association, the softball game and picnic is an annual event that pits financial journalists against public relations professionals. Long ball and defense dominated the day with the lead changing hands each inning, thanks to home runs by Dan Collarusso, Mike McDonald and Rob Kelley for the Hacks and Samansky and Scott for the Flacks. Both teams vowed to return next year and the disgruntled Flacks were heard to question, “Where was Adamonis?” May 20, 2005 - Hacks vs. Flacks Series Continues, New Players Welcome On June 18 Financial writers and public relations professionals are searching for their baseball gloves and imagining the lush green lawn of New York’s Central Park. Each team plans to pull ahead in the win column at the third annual “Hacks vs. Flacks” softball game on June 18 sponsored by the New York Financial Writers’Association. The simmering series, open to all practicing financial journalists and PR professionals, stands at one game a piece. “Last year, the writers emerged victorious and evened the series, despite extraordinary play by the public relations practitioners,” said Richard Koreto, NYFWA president, and executive editor of Advising Boomers magazine. The game is scheduled to start at 11 AM at Field 7 on the Great Lawn in Manhattan’s Central Park. Participants in the softball game don’t have to be members of the NYFWA, but must be working financial journalists or practicing public relations professionals. There are no fees for participation and refreshments will be provided. All players need to do is bring their own basic equipment, such as a glove and a hat. The NYFWA provides everything else. For additional information, or to sign up for the event, please contact the NYFWA at info@nyfwa.org. March 1, 2004 - By PHYLLIS FURMAN, DAILY NEWS BUSINESS WRITER Financial news icon Myron Kandel is retiring from CNN after 25 years - another milestone in the cable net's retreat from its once-vaunted position in business news. CNN financial editor Kandel, who pioneered business reporting on TV in launching shows like "Moneyline," will deliver his last report March 11. The 74-year-old veteran New York journalist, known to friends as Mike, will remain at CNN as a consultant and keep his famously cluttered office at the Time Warner Center. His "Moneyline" commentary and frequent CNN reports - as many as 17 a day during the stock market boom - made him one of the country's most recognized financial news journalists. But lately Kandel has been in front of the camera far less. And that has a lot to do with a sharp decline in business news at the Time Warner-owned network. Today, daily money programs are all but absent on CNN - a sharp reversal from the 1990s, when CNN had as much as six hours a day devoted to business coverage. "Moneyline," CNN's flagship business show, has morphed into "Lou Dobbs Tonight," a general news program where Dobbs rails against hot-button issues like outsourcing. And in its most dramatic retreat from business, last December CNN pulled the plug on financial network CNNfn. That came just as rival Fox News Channel is getting ready to launch a biz news net, while CNBC still continues to churn out mega profits from its business coverage. CNN execs contend they still have business news covered, with three weekend business shows, regular market updates, and Web-site postings. "We have certainly not abandoned business news coverage," said Ken Jautz, executive vice president of CNN News Group. While the dot-com bust gets some of the blame for CNNfn's demise, critics also fault CNN execs for failing to find the sizzle in business news. That's just what Kandel was hired to do back in 1980 when he was tapped by CNN's first chief, Reese Schonfeld, to lead business coverage at Ted Turner's yet to be launched network. "I was the first person hired in New York, on Jan. 28, 1980," Kandel said. "We went on the air on June 1." Kandel already had enjoyed a distinguished career in print, with a resume that included financial editor of the New York Herald Tribune and editor of the New York Law Journal. "He gave us credibility," Schonfeld said. At the time, business news on TV was a wasteland - but the public's interest in finance was rising as disposable income grew. Kandel launched "Moneyline," the country's first national daily business newscast - and hired Dobbs, who would become one of CNN's most valued anchors. Kandel later ceded his management role to Dobbs. Kandel's tough-minded commentary became a fixture on "Moneyline." At one point he even attacked his own boss, Time Warner's then-chief Gerald Levin, for defending the media empire's distribution of a CD featuring controversial song "Cop Killer" by rapper Ice-T. Kandel charged Levin with "trying to cloak this garbage as freedom of expression." He kept his job, nonetheless. "He showed that business coverage is not just the stock market going up or down," Jautz said. "He showed how it effects people's lives." Kandel, who turns 75 on March 14, said he plans to write. Among the projects he has in the works is a book on successful people who've overcome rejection. While his CNN career is ending, don't expect to see him moving on to a rival network. "CNN is my baby," Kandel said. "There's no way I'd compete against it." Career highlights (from the New York daily News, February 28, 2005) November 30, 2004 - Written by NYFWA member Bernard Baumohl, who served as TIME magazine’s senior economics reporter for more than 15 years, The Secrets of Economic Indicators shows investors how to profit from these indicators just as the professionals do. This easy-to-read book explains what the plethora of indicators reveals about the economy and how they can be used to make more informed investment decisions. In particular, Baumohl clarifies which of the indicators pack the greatest wallop in the financial markets and why. He also highlights those that do the best job at predicting where the economy is headed. And he identifies the 10 most important foreign economic indicators, which are increasingly critical as the United States grows increasingly dependent on other economies for trade. Baumohl begins the book by describing the drama that typically surrounds the daily release of sensitive economic indicators. He quickly covers some basic economic terms, then moves to the heart of the book. In it, he evaluates the most important U.S. indicators, from housing starts and the consumer price index to the advanced report on durable goods orders and the unemployment rate. For each indicator, he covers why it is important, who produces it, how it is computed, what it says about the future, and how stocks, bonds and the dollar react to it. Baumohl includes actual examples of how each indicator is reported, explains where to find it on the Internet, and how to read the charts and graphs. He offers a similar analysis of the 10 most influential foreign indicators, including the Eurozone Purchasing Managers Index, China Industrial Production, and OECD Composite Leading Indicators. In addition, Baumohl provides web sites for locating free information about each indicator. About the author: Bernard Baumohl is director of The Economic Outlook Group, a consulting firm that evaluates global economic trends and risks. He was an award-winning TIME magazine economics reporter for two decades and covered the domestic and international economy from TIME’s New York and Washington bureaus. As an economist for European American Bank, he monitored and developed forecasts of U.S. economic activity. He also served as an analyst for the Council on Foreign Relations. A frequent guest on television and radio, he has lectured on economics and journalism at New York University and Duke University. A recipient of the John Hancock Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism, Baumohl has a master’s degree in international affairs and economics from Columbia University. About the book: Wharton School Publishing, ISBN: 013145501X, $27.95, Cloth Cover, October 2004 November 10, 2004 - The Baruch College Alumni Association is pleased to announce that Professor Roslyn Bernstein is the recipient of this year’s Faculty Service Award in recognition of her distinguished contributions to Baruch College during the past 30 years. A formal presentation will be held during BCAA’s annual meeting on June 9th. Roslyn Bernstein is the founder of the Journalism and Business Journalism programs, which she directed for 15 years. She is also the publisher and founder of Dollars and $ense, the Baruch College business review, and is the director of the Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program at the College. Since it was created in the fall of 1998, the Harman Residency has brought 12 distinguished writers to campus including Edward Albee, Tony Kushner, Paul Auster, John Edgar Wideman, Philip Gourevitch, Anita Desai, Yehuda Amichai, and Colum McCann. The program has also awarded student creative writing prizes each semester as well as a fall literary internship at Poets & Writers magazine. During her career as a journalist, Bernstein has written about education, media and the arts, including features on funding for the arts and corporate art collections, stories on non-profits and start-ups, and profiles of inPidual artists, educators and business leaders. She has reported from the United States, Eastern Europe, Israel, and China, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, Newsday, The Village Voice, New York, Parents, Artnews and the Columbia Journalism Review. Professor Bernstein closely follows New York City business growth and neighborhood economic development. Her teaching interests include journalistic writing, media ethics, feature article writing, covering New York City business, and covering the business of arts and culture. A recipient of Baruch’s Distinguished Teaching and Service awards, Bernstein is a graduate of Brandeis and holds a Ph.D. in English from N.Y.U. As a faculty fellow in Baruch College's Office of College Advancement, she helped create the literature and wrote proposals for The Campaign for Baruch, a fund raising initiative that has raised millions for the College. During her 30 years at Baruch College, Dr. Bernstein served as the advisor to The Ticker, the student newspaper, ran the Reuters Journalism Lecture Series, and was an active member of numerous committees including the Vertical Campus Art Committee, the College Personnel and Budget Committee, and the English Department Curriculum Committee. September 19, 2004 - September 19, 2004 – Peter Thurber Earle, a well-known name in the financial public relations field, died yesterday at age 71 of probable heart failure, at home. Mr. Earle was most recently a resident of Middle Village, Queens, N.Y. He was born in White Plains, N.Y. in 1933 and and grew up in Hartsdale, N.Y. In Pound Ridge, N.Y. where he resided for 20 years, he enjoyed tending to his rose garden and playing golf at Lakeover Country Club in Bedford, N.Y. A veteran of the Korean conflict, he served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Artillery Pision, and was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, along with the Korean Service and the U.N. Service Medals. A graduate of Salisbury School, Salisbury, Conn. in 1951, and a graduate of Columbia University Business School in 1960, Mr. Earle was a member of New York Financial Writers Association. Mr. Earle began his career as a journalist for United Press International, and went on to work at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., AMF Sporting Goods and Carl Byoir & Co. Mr. Earle was known for his attention to detail and his ineffable charm. His long-time companion, Joyce McDonough, along with her children and grandchildren, mourn his passing. Mr. Earle is survived by his brother, John Dudley Earle of White Plains, N.Y., his former wife, Barbara Saxby Earle of Pound Ridge, N.Y., and his children, Clifford S. Earle of Clemmons, N.C., Virginia Earle Giardina of New Canaan, Conn., and Jeffrey S. Earle of Stamford, Conn., as well as his four grandchildren. A wake will be held on Tuesday, September 21, 2004, from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at Hillebrand Funeral Home, 63-17 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, N.Y. Mr. Earle will be interred at White Plains Rural Cemetary. July 6, 2004 - A new, gripping novel stolen from today’s headlines, tells the story of today’s “lady," a beautiful, devoted public servant who suddenly becomes Commander-in-Chief, President of these United States! Challenged as the first woman in the nation’s history to occupy the Oval Office, Stephanie Lindstrom, escapes an assassination, is called upon to deal with global terrorism, learns that her daughter is being held captive by renegade Muslims and weathers the murder of her philandering Barrymore-esque husband. She is steadfast and up to each task successfully. All the while she is falling madly in love with a newspaperman, a man who becomes her bastion of strength through it all.“…Lady in the House..” , available at all fine books stores, including Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, et al, is authored by a former New York newsman and NYFWA member, joseph j duome, a resident of Newtown, Pa. (in 2002 he authored the well received “Return to Yesterday”, a WW II novella in war torn Italy.) June 5, 2004 - The NY Post's Dan Colarusso snagged a pop-up fly ball to end the Flack threat with two runners in scoring position. Led by captain Rich Adamonis of the New York Stock Exchange, the Flacks battled back all day but in the end could not overcome a shaky defensive start when errors in the field led to the Hacks running up a 6-0 first inning lead. Hacks captain Britt Tunick, whose stellar recruiting effort was key to the Hacks rebound from last year's defeat, credited the timely hitting and critical defensive plays as keys to her team's victory. More than 30 people and players participated or cheered on their respective squads as the predicted rain showers never materialized in Central Park. Both sides vowed to return next year for the annual softball game between financial reporters and public relations practitioners. May 7, 2004 - NEW YORK, May 7, 2004—The New York Financial Writers’ Association’s Second Annual “Hacks versus Flacks” softball game will be played June 5, 2004 at the ball fields on the Great Lawn at New York City’s Central Park, Britt Tunick, event chair, said today. “The rivalry between reporters and public relations practitioners hasn’t yet reached the fever pitch of a Yankees-Red Sox match-up, but reporters are itching to square the series won last year by the public relations team,” said Ms. Tunick, a reporter at Investment Dealers’ Digest. Participants in the softball game do not have to be members of the Association, but must be working financial journalists freelancers, or practicing public relations at profit or non-profit organizations, or public relations agencies. “The game is sponsored by the Association: there are no fees for participation. But, all players must bring their own equipment, such as a glove,” Ms.Tunick said. The Association provides the softballs, bats and a few refreshments. For additional information, or to sign up for the event please contact the Association at info@nyfwa.org. All attendees must sign up in advance! April 22, 2004 - The Department of Labor has issued new rules that impact whether employees are eligible for overtime or not. CCH Inc. has published an "Employment Law Briefing" that includes an article "Are journalists exempt or nonexempt under the FSLA." Its conclusion "Under the new rules, the vast majority of journalists will almost certainly be classified as exempt" and not eligible for overtime pay. Furthermore, the article notes "The new rules expressly identify functions such as conducting interviews, reporting or analyzing public events as exempt duties." But the authors' think that newspaper reporters who merely rewrite press releases or "whose work product is subject to substantial control by their employer, are not likely to regarded as exempt creative professionals." To read the article as well as whole briefing, go to www.cch.com. April 2, 2004 - NEW YORK, March 30, 2004 - Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General for the State of New York, will be the keynote speaker at the New York Financial Writers Association’s Annual Awards Dinner on Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. At the event, the Association will also present its prestigious Elliott V. Bell Award to Jane Bryant Quinn, financial columnist for Newsweek. Named for the renowned journalist and first president of the NYFWA, the Elliott V. Bell Award is awarded annually and recognizes a journalist’s long-term contribution to the profession of financial journalism. In addition, the Association will also present scholarships to New York metropolitan area college students with specialties in business or financial journalism, according to Brad Finkelstein, this year’s Association president. Ten students from three different journalism schools and universities will receive awards of $2,400. The scholarship program was begun in the 1970s and is regularly funded by the Association from portions of proceeds of various Association events. Since becoming the state’s 63rd Attorney General on January 1, 1999, Eliot Spitzer has advanced initiatives to make New York a national leader in investor protection, environmental stewardship, labor rights, personal privacy, public safety and criminal law enforcement. Spitzer’s investigations of conflicts of interest on Wall Street have been the catalyst for dramatic reform in the nation’s financial services industry. His prosecutions of sophisticated white collar crimes have resulted in some of the nation’s largest fraud recoveries. Spitzer brings considerable experience to the office. He was a clerk to US District Court Judge Robert W. Sweet; an associate at Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison; and Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan from 1986-1992. He also worked at the NY law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, and was a partner at Constantine & Partners. Spitzer is a 1981 graduate of Princeton and a 1984 graduate of Harvard Law School Tickets for the mid-year dinner are priced at $1,500 for a table of 10, or $150 per person. For additional information on ticket sales, contact Jane Reilly at 201-612-0100, or info@nyfwa.org. The New York Financial Writers’ Association is a professional organization of business and financial editors and writers employed full-time or freelance for major print and broadcast news organizations headquartered or with bureaus in the New York metropolitan area. The NYFWA was founded in 1938 and is 66 years old. Throughout its history, the NYFWA had dedicated itself to raising and maintaining high standards of business and financial journalism. March 29, 2004 - NYFWA member Tom Mariam is pleased to report The Metro Golf Show, the New York metropolitan area’s only regularly scheduled radio program devoted to golf, will begin its second season on WVOX (1460 AM) on Saturday March 27. The Metro Golf Show will be heard every Saturday morning from 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. on WVOX-AM, America’s great community radio station. Tom, who is host along with Bill Meth, return for The Metro Golf Show’s second round of linking golf fans of all levels to all angles of the local golf scene. The Metro Golf Show features profiles of area golf courses, playing tips, interviews with leading experts in all aspects of golf as well as the latest news, both local and national, from the links. March 26, 2004 - TJFR Publishing and the Business News Reporter just announced its Annual 30-under-30 Awards. Congrats to: Jennifer Bayot, The New York Times - NYFWA member and former NYFWA scholarship winner Erika Hymowitz, CNN - NYFWA Board Governor and Follies Program chair Chana Schoenberger, Forbes - NYFWA member and Programs committee member Great job! March 23, 2004 - NEW YORK, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants has announced winners for its Excellence in Financial Journalism Awards that recognize reporters from the national and local press who contribute to a better understanding of business topics. Winners selected were: * Print Over 1,500 Words, Accounting: * Print Over 1,500 Words, General Audience: * Print Under 1,500 Words, General Audience: * Print Over 1,500 Words, Business/Financial: * Print Under 1,500, Business/Financial: * Business/Financial Columnist: * General Audience - Columnist: * Electronic Media/Business and Financial: * Electronic Media/General Audience: * Wire Service: * Radio: * Television: A panel of CPAs from the Society and financial journalists from the New York Financial Writers Association judged the competition. Entries were judged on accuracy and thorough research, the ability to communicate an understanding of the topic and the fair and balanced representation of the issue. Winners will receive their awards at a ceremony to be announced shortly. About the NYSSCPA Representing nearly 30,000 accountants and CPAs, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) is the oldest and largest state accounting organization in the nation. Incorporated in 1897, the Society is a nonprofit organization that seeks to establish and maintain high standards of integrity, honor, and character among certified public accountants. Its members are CPAs working in public or private practice in a state that serves as the home of Wall Street and major financial centers. The New York State Society of CPAs is located at 530 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10036. To learn more about the Society call 800-633-6320 or visit the Society's website at www.nysscpa.org. Source: New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants CONTACT: Lois K. Whitehead, Public Relations Manager of NY State Society |
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