The Wall Street Journal, STAT News and The Economist were among the winners of the Gerald Loeb Awards on Thursday evening.
AUDIO
The Economist’s Scam Inc. – The Economist
Sue-Lin Wong, Sam Colbert, Alizée Jean-Baptiste, Claire Read, Rosie Blau, Weidong Lin and John Shields
BEAT REPORTING
STAT’s Reporting on FDA Chaos – STAT
Lizzy Lawrence
BREAKING NEWS
Liberation Day – The New York Times
Ana Swanson, Tony Romm, Patricia Cohen and the Staff of The New York Times
COMMENTARY
The Financial Engineering Fueling the AI Race – The Wall Street Journal
Jonathan Weil
EXPLANATORY
The Militarization of Space – The Washington Post
Christian Davenport
FEATURE
The Deadliest Workplace in America – The Washington Post
Todd Frankel and Andrew Van Dam
INTERNATIONAL
Dark Fleets – Reuters
Paul Carsten, Prasanta Kumar Dutta, Lucy Craymer, Gleb Stolyarov, Anna Hirtenstein, Stefanie Eschenbacher, Shariq Khan and Stephen Eisenhammer
INVESTIGATIVE
Money Trail at the White House – The New York Times
Eric Lipton, David Yaffe-Bellany, Cecilia Kang, Tripp Mickle and the Staff of The New York Times
LOCAL
Killer Train – The Miami Herald and WLRN News
Brittany Wallman, Aaron Leibowitz, Daniel Rivero, Joshua Ceballos, Susan Merriam, Shradha Dinesh and Allison Beck
PERSONAL FINANCE & CONSUMER REPORTING
Burned – San Francisco Chronicle
Megan Munce, Susie Neilson and Sara DiNatale
VIDEO/LONGFORM
Can’t Look Away – Bloomberg Businessweek and DCTV
Matthew O’Neill, Perri Peltz, Olivia Carville and Kristin Powers
VIDEO/NEWS
CBS News 60 Minutes: The Price of Life – CBS News/60 Minutes
Scott Pelley, Aaron Weisz, Ian Flickinger, Michelle Karim, Joe Schanzer, Don Lee, Sean Healey, Rob Fortunato and Mark LaGanga
VISUAL STORYTELLING
End of The Line: How Saudi Arabia’s Neom Dream Unraveled – Financial Times
Alison Killing
2026 Competition Honorable Mentions
The following is a list of the journalists and media outlets that received Honorable Mentions in two competition categories:
EXPLANATORY
The Business of Babies – The Wall Street Journal
Katherine Long, Ben Foldy, Dana Mattioli, Emily Glazer, Lingling Wei, Sara Randazzo and Amy Dockser Marcus
VIDEO/LONGFORM
Inside the Secretive World of America’s AI Data Centers – Business Insider
Staff of Business Insider\
