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SABEW26

12:00pm EDT

SABEW registration Symphony Ballroom Foyer, third level

1:00pm EDT

Welcome/opening remarks/sponsor & exhibitor recognition/announce and recognize fellows Symphony Ballroom, third levelPia Sarkar

1:30pm EDT

Artificial intelligence in business journalism: Using new tools without losing editorial control Ormandy West, lobby levelMike Reilley Navigating Reddit: An insider's guide on how to get the most of the social media platform Symphony Ballroom, third levelGabriel Sands

2:25pm EDT

Business of college sports Symphony Ballroom, third levelTisha Thompson • Dan Murphy Money in the bank: How to find and understand financial data Ormandy East, lobby levelAlan Kline Seeing the story in the numbers: Data visualization tools and techniques for business journalism Ormandy West, lobby levelMike Reilley

3:15pm EDT

Connection Exchange Ormandy West, lobby level

4:00pm EDT

Building blocks of a better team Ormandy East, lobby levelTara Puckey Making financial stories personal Ormandy West, lobby levelGeoff Rogow • Hugh Son • Rachel Wolfe Sourcing up: How to build trust with reluctant sources Symphony Ballroom, third levelCharlotte Sutton • Hannah Natanson • Khadeeja Safdar • Matt Sedensky The DEI Pullback: How to uncover revealing and important stories as companies scale back the hiring and promotion of women and minorities Concerto, third levelRuth Umoh • Julian Mark • Taylor Nicole Rogers • Lauren Weber

5:15pm EDT

Off-site opening reception and A Conversation with Matt Strauss, Chairman, NBCUniversal Media Group (Sponsored by Comcast)Caleb Silver • Matt Strauss • Comcast

8:15am EDT

Continental breakfast Symphony Ballroom Foyer, third level

8:30am EDT

Decoding economic data Ormandy West, lobby levelAbha Bhattarai • Matt Grossman • Erika McEntarfer The journalist creator: Authority in the age of TikTok and influencers Symphony Ballroom, third levelErin Reynolds • Alicia Adamczyk • Sarah Foster • Myles Tanzer What the heck is MCP and how can it help journalists? Two ways to build a data collection tool without coding experience Ormandy East, lobby levelJennifer Burns Writing and reporting with authenticity: The keys to breakthrough viewer connection Concerto, third levelKevin Benz

9:30am EDT

Higher re-education: How colleges cope with growing chaos Symphony Ballroom, third levelRyan Sharrow • John Fry • Ali Houshmand Verifying information online Ormandy East, lobby levelLaura Kurtzberg

10:30am EDT

AI at the bedside: Real or rhetoric Concerto, third levelMarty Steffens • Brittany Trang B2B journalism: What’s next for the sector Ormandy East, lobby levelChana R. Schoenberger • Greg Crawford • Vandana Sinha From Wall Street to Main Street: Covering private equity’s growing reach Ormandy West, lobby levelAntoine Gara • Maureen Farrell • Miriam Gottfried • Megan Greenwell Unlocking information: FOIA strategies for business reporters Symphony Ballroom, third levelDesiree Hanford • David Cuillier • Suzy Khimm • Tim Marchman

10:45am EDT

One-on-One coaching Symphony Ballroom Foyer, third levelKevin Benz

11:25am EDT

A conversation with Charles Forelle, managing editor, CBS News Symphony Ballroom, third levelCharles Forelle • Ben Smith

12:10pm EDT

Lunch (on your own)

12:15pm EDT

RSVP event: Lunch and Learn by Bright Journalism Ormandy East, lobby levelJennifer Burns

2:00pm EDT

Follow the money: Understanding AI profit in health care Concerto, third levelKevin L. Carter • Marty Steffens • Brittany Trang Sports betting and scandals Symphony Ballroom, third levelTisha Thompson • Sean Patrick Griffin • David Purdum Beyond earnings: How reporters can decode financial statements Ormandy West, lobby levelPaul Fischer

3:00pm EDT

A conversation with SABEW’s 2026 Distinguished Achievement Award recipient Marty Steffens Symphony Ballroom, third levelDean Murphy • Marty Steffens What audiences actually want to know about money: A chat with Alexis and Dean Indot Ormandy East, lobby levelVincent Duffy • Alexis Indot • Dean Indot

4:00pm EDT

How to bring the global trade upheaval home to local audiences Ormandy West, lobby levelCara Rubinsky • Lydia DePillis • David Lynch • Aime Williams In your backyard: How to cover the AI and data centers boom Ormandy East, lobby levelHannah Beckler • Kevin Hardy • Laila Kearney • Ivan Penn The obesity industry in flux Concerto, third levelKaren Blum • Matthew Klebanoff • David B Sarwer

5:00pm EDT

Best in Business & President's award ceremony Ormandy West, lobby levelRebecca Baker • Pia Sarkar • Scott Wenger • Bloomberg

6:00pm EDT

Best in Business award reception (Sponsored by Bloomberg) Symphony Ballroom, third levelBloomberg

8:00am EDT

Continental breakfast Symphony Ballroom Foyer, third level

8:15am EDT

Speed mentoring Ormandy East, lobby level

9:00am EDT

Running on empty: Why we might be doing this to ourselves, and how to get re-energized about work Ormandy East, lobby levelNicholas Whitaker Understanding bankruptcy: How to make sense of corporate reorganizations Symphony Ballroom, third levelRachel Jaffe Mauceri • Becky Yerak

10:00am EDT

AI doom or boom? Covering how AI disrupts and advances business Ormandy West, lobby levelHilke Schellmann • Henry Chandonnet • Hayden Field Covering business and finance in communities: Reporting power, opportunity and impact Ormandy East, lobby levelCassie Owens Investigating businesses and nonprofits Symphony Ballroom, third levelLaura Kurtzberg

11:00am EDT

Data in the diaspora: How to find the right details in reporting about the economy and ethnic communities Ormandy East, lobby levelAlex Kenney • Viviane Eng • Julia Park • Irene Casado Sánchez Hiding in plain sight: How to find (most) anyone's phone number and email address Ormandy West, lobby levelZack Kopplin Pulling back the curtain on private companies Symphony Ballroom, third levelBen Glickman • Corrie Driebusch • Echo Wang

12:00pm EDT

Beyond the Byline: How to cover business stories across platforms Symphony Ballroom, third levelCraig Duff • Stephanie Dhue • Tom Fitzgerald • Stacey Vanek Smith Business coverage in the age of shrinking newsrooms Ormandy West, lobby levelLetrell Crittenden • Julie Bykowicz • Cynthia Henry • James B. Nelson

12:45pm EDT

SABEW election results announced. Pass the gavel Symphony Ballroom, third levelPia Sarkar

1:15pm EDT

Board of Governors meeting Aria B, third level