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SABEW Spring Conference
April 23-25, 2015
Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile

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Saturday, April 25 • 9:30am - 10:30am
Diversity matters, and it's more than numbers

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We all know how to report right. We carefully craft leads and nut graphs, we check and double-check our numbers and we get all sides of the stories. Or do we? We know diversity is important but does our work reflect that? Are we doing our readers and viewers a disservice by not including a larger variety of sources more often? Join a conversation about what business journalists can do to include more diversity in business coverage.
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Will Sutton

Dir., DJNFBiz15 (biz internship program), Dow Jones News Fund
Director, Dow Jones News Fund Business Reporting Internship Program SABEW Member Former Reynolds Visiting Professor of Business Journalism, Grambling State University, Grambling, La. Member, former president, Nat. Assn. of Black Journalists (NABJ) Co-founder, UNITY: Journalists... Read More →

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Margaret Holt

Margaret Holt is standards editor of the Chicago Tribune. She has a particular interest in urban issues and diversity of coverage and regularly meets with community leaders and groups. Also, Holt has a background in training and staff development; she is a past chair of the Mid-America... Read More →
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Garry D. Howard

Director of Corporate Initiatives, American City Business Journals
A graduate of Lehigh University and The Lawrenceville School (1977), where he received a four-year academic scholarship through the A Better Chance Program, Garry began his journalism career at the Trenton Times as a Sports Reporter. He worked as an obituary, police and municipal... Read More →
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Blanca Rios

President, National Association of Hispanic Journalists Chicago
Blanca Rios is the current NAHJ Chicago Chapter President.  She graduated from Northern Illinois University and was born and raised in west suburban West Chicago. Blanca has more than 15 years of experience.  Her journalism career began as a Field Producer for Telemundo Chicago... Read More →

Saturday April 25, 2015 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Lakeshore East, 3rd Floor 633 North Saint Clair Chicago, Illinois 60611
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