The following is a list of the journalists and media outlets that received 2025 Gerald Loeb Awards in the 12 competition categories. The awards were announced Thursday night at a dinner in New York:
AUDIO
“Into America: Uncounted Millions” – MSNBC
Trymaine Lee, Aisha Turner, Max Jacobs and Janmaris Perez
BEAT REPORTING (tie)
“The Murdoch Family Battle” – The New York Times
Jim Rutenberg and Jonathan Mahler
“Blowout/Fallout” – The Seattle Times
Dominic Gates, Lauren Rosenblatt, Paige Cornwell and Patrick Malone
BREAKING NEWS
“Inside the Alaska Airlines Blowout: ‘Is It OK if I Hold Your Hand?'” – The Wall Street Journal
Alison Sider, Patience Haggin, Allison Pohle, Sharon Terlep, Nancy Keates, Benjamin Katz and Andrew Tangel
COMMENTARY
“Kevin Roose on A.I.” – The New York Times
Kevin Roose
EXPLANATORY
“The War on Recovery” – STAT
Lev Facher
FEATURE
“The Egg” – Bloomberg Businessweek
Natalie Obiko Pearson, Jessica Brice, Susan Berfield, Vernon Silver, Kanoko Matsuyama, Cindy Wang, Sinduja Rangarajan and Fani Nikiforaki
INTERNATIONAL
“The Money War” – The Washington Post
Staff of The Washington Post
INVESTIGATIVE
“Medicare Inc.: How Giant Insurers Make Billions Off Seniors” – The Wall Street Journal
Christopher Weaver, Tom McGinty, Anna Wilde Mathews, Mark Maremont and Andrew Mollica
LOCAL (tie)
“Steward Health Care Investigation” – The Boston Globe and The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Staff of The Boston Globe
“KARE 11 Investigates: Recovery Inc.” – KARE 11-TV
A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert, Gary Knox, Brandon Stahl and Kelly Dietz
PERSONAL FINANCE AND CONSUMER REPORTING
“Dirty Weed” – Los Angeles Times
Paige St. John, Adam Elmahrek, Alex Halperin, Sean Greene and Lorena Iñiguez Elebee
VIDEO
“Social Security’s Secret” – Cox Media Group and KFF Health News
Jodie Fleischer, Josh Wade, Amy Hudak, John Bedell, Justin Gray, Leah Dunn, Samantha Manning, David Hilzenrath, Fred Clasen-Kelly, Ben Becker, Jesse Jones, Shannon Butler, Christine Swartz, Alex Fruin and Ted Daniel
VISUAL STORYTELLING
“AI Data Centers Wreak Havoc on Energy Grids and Power Quality” – Bloomberg News
Leonardo Nicoletti, Josh Saul, Naureen Malik, Andre Tartar, Saritha Rai, Dina Bass, Ian King, Jennifer Duggan, Seth Fiegerman, Chloe Whiteaker and Millie Munshi
Final judges determined not to present an award this year in the Interview category.
