The Miami Herald, Fortune, Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Industry Group were among the winners in the 92nd annual National Headliner Awards.
The annual competition, which was founded by the Press Club of Atlantic City in 1934, honors the best print, online, television, radio and photographic journalism in the news industry. More than 1,000 entries were received for this year’s National Headliner Awards competition that covered journalism published in 2025.
Bloomberg News won a Best in Show for a yearlong investigation revealing that Tesla electronic doors could entomb passengers in a crash. Its results were profound.
“Federal investigations opened. Legislation was introduced. Industrywide design changes followed,” judges said. “That’s the full arc of accountability journalism, and this team ran it all the way out.”
Here are some of the business news related winners:
Newspapers business news coverage, commentary and/or columns.
First Place
Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald
Judges’ notes: Shirsho Dasgupta looks at two contractors who are key to Florida’s efforts to detain illegal immigrants and house them in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ and how the state attempted to conceal its dealings with them and other contractors. Excellent reporting.
Second Place
“CURE Awash in Complaints, Lawsuits”
Chad Livengood, The Detroit News
Third Place
Bloomberg staff
Magazines coverage of a major news event or topic
First place
Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune Media
Judge’s comments: “Fear on the Farm” by Emma Hinchliffe intimately and sensitively details the work of Beth Ford, chair of the immigration committee of Business Roundtable, revealing how Trump’s deportation policy has deprived farmers of a cheap labor force causing a rise in U.S. farm bankruptcies. Ford pushes a practical solution, declaring, “Hope is not a strategy.” A fluid narrative draws in the reader and brings home the realities of a politically motivated crisis.
Second place
Paolo Confino and Leo Schwartz, Fortune Media
Third place
Monte Reel, Bloomberg
Civic/political affairs podcast
First Place
‘The Rise and Fall of Agency Power: From Chevron Deference to Loper Bright”
Matthew Schwartz and Josh Block, Bloomberg Industry Group
Judges’ comments: Bloomberg Law’s Rise and Fall of Agency Power transformed a very mundane legal subject into a highly informative and amusing listen that made the case come alive. The series featured excellent sound design, well-written storytelling, strong narration, and smile-inducing cultural moments – like the brief use of music from Schoolhouse Rock. A great job from start to finish!
Digital presentation of a single features topic
First Place
“India’s Digital Dream, Hacked”
Natalie Obiko Pearson, Suparna Sharma, Anand RK, Bloomberg
Judges’ notes: Some stories find their form. This one did. A deep investigation into one of India’s most insidious scams, told across formats that felt not just creative but necessary — the graphic novel treatment among the more original approaches we encountered, and never gratuitous. The illustrations and photography moved together with intention, each element earning its place. This was design and execution that served the investigation, rather than just illustrating it.
Second Place
Noah Sheidlower, Business Insider
See all of the winners here.
