Judges for the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants Excellence in Financial Journalism Awards selected the following winners for awards to be presented on May 10 at the Yale Club in New York City.
These awards recognize reporters from the national and local press who contribute to a better understanding of business topics. Entries submitted by the journalists were published in 2010.
Wire Services – Business Financial: Daniel Golden, John Hechlinger and John Lauerman, Bloomberg News, for “Education Inc.,” an expose of taxpayer-funded expansion of for-profit schools through aggressive marketing leaving low-income students, veterans and the homeless burdened with lifelong debt.
Wire Services – General Audience: Isaac Wolf, Scripps Howard News Service, for “Is Our Thirst for Energy Ruining Our Water?” an investigation of revolutionary types of natural gas drilling worth billions of dollar to the energy industry.
Print/General Audience/Newspaper Over 1,500 words: Tom Herman, The Wall Street Journal, for “How to Fight the IRS.” What to do or not do when audited by the IRS.
Print/General Audience/Newspaper Under 1,500 words: Byron Acohido, Calum MacLeod and Kathy Chu of USA Today for “How China Does Business,” on how Google threatened to pull its stakes in China because of cyber attacks and censorship.
See all of the winners here.
