Josh Dawsey, a senior at the University of South Carolina, received the inaugural David Morrow Scholarship for Business Journalism at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers' annual conference earlier this month.

Dawsey, a former editor of The Daily Gamecock, has interned with Fortune magazine and Fortune.com and will intern this summer for the Boston Globe.

Dawsey writes on the School of Journalism and Mass Communication's website about the award and what it means to receive it.

He writes, "Over the conference's three days, we heard from Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, Securities and Exchange Commissioner Mary Schapiro, top executives from major corporations and The New York Times business editor Larry Ingrassia.

"Topics dissected included the intersection of business and politics to the lingering effects of the Great Recession to the rising big money business of college sports. More specialized sessions focused on how journalists can use public records and online resources to find tucked away but important stories. On the plane ride back to Columbia, I scribbled dozens of story ideas onto a tiny notepad.

"The SABEW conference provided ample time for networking, as well. There were receptions each evening, when the world's top financial journalists converged for renewed friendships and stories of lore. That is, when they weren’t crowding the open bar and reminding me that Morrow, too, loved an open bar.

"But his mom, Emily, who greeted many of Morrow's friends with generous wit and memories of her beloved son, shared a heartfelt story with me that serves as a fitting end to this remembrance.

"Morrow wanted to eventually move back to his beloved Palmetto State and retire on Lake Bowen, a scenic oasis near Spartanburg. He built a house and told her to move in until he could eventually take over. Unfortunately, his retirement dream never came true.  

"We can only hope the scholarship will serve as an indelible mark to the state he loved."

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