August 5, 2025 - The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) is raising concerns over the continual attack on reliable and independent government data that business journalists depend on to accurately report on the economy. The latest blow comes with the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner…| SABEW
July 23, 2025 - The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) strongly condemns the Trump Administration’s decision to bar The Wall Street Journal from covering the president’s trip to Scotland in apparent retaliation for its independent reporting. According to administration officials, the ban stems from dissatisfaction with the…| SABEW
July 3, 2025 - As Americans prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) warns that a pillar of our democracy is under threat: the federal statistical system. Without reliable, independent government data, the American people cannot know the truth about their…| SABEW
June 10, 2025 - SABEW, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing, is raising alarm over troubling signs of deterioration in the quality and timeliness of work by federal statistical agencies. In a recent LinkedIn post, Ron Wasserstein, executive director of the American Statistical Association, reports on delays in the…| SABEW
The Trump administration’s decision to exclude reporters from The Associated Press, Bloomberg and Reuters from Air Force One for the president’s first overseas trip violates First Amendment principles and is a disservice to millions of people who rely on the wires for their news. The Society for Advancing Business Editing…| SABEW
The Trump Administration’s actions threaten the government's ability to produce reliable statistics about the economy, population growth, employment and other areas of life. As we celebrate Sunshine Week, SABEW’s First Amendment Committee reminds our members that economic data is part of the public record. We join the American Statistical Association,…| SABEW
We are entering a period of unprecedented change in the free flow of information about the U.S. economy. SABEW, the Association of Business Journalists, is increasingly alarmed by efforts to disrupt or distort that flow by restricting press access to the White House and suggesting changes to the calculation of…| SABEW
SABEW's First Amendment Committee is warning about threats to the nation's statistical agencies and their ability to deliver timely, accurate reports on the economy. We also see troubling signs from China which has warned economists to deliver only upbeat reports. On January 31, multiple news organizations reported pages missing from government web sites…| SABEW