More than 65 NYFWA members gathered at the New York Junior League's headquarters on October 17th for Jane Reilly's retirement party, honoring her 13 years of service to our organization.
Jerry Sherman, 83, a long-time member of the New York Financial Writers' Association, died peacefully at his home near Albany, NY, where he lived in recent years with Bobbie, his wife of 58 years. Jerry began his career in journalism at the tender age of 16 as a copy boy on the New York Journal of Commerce while he was still in high school in the Bronx. He rose to reporter, associate editor and foreign correspondent and joined the NYFWA in the late 1940s.
Longtime NYFWA member David Mulcahy passed away at the age of 90 on October 2, 2013 at his home in Newtown, PA. Mulchay retired in 1996 as the editor of Standard & Poor's Daily News, following 35 years with the company. Nonetheless, he still kept his hand in financial journalism unitl the time of his death, serving as the director of communications for the Finance & Budget Commission and secretary of the Property, Maintenance & Improvement Commission, according to his obituary in Trenton's The Times.
Allison Hemming, CEO and founder of the Hired Guns addressed members of the NYFWA at our recent "Marketing Yourself as a Freelancer" drinks night on October 8. Hemming presented members with tips on best positioning themselves in the ever-increasing freelance market.
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.
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
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:
Joseph Weber, Michael Arndt, Emily Thornton, Amy Barrett, Dean Foust, Business Week, "CFOs on the Hot Seat"
