The Canadian chapter of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) announced the winners of the 11th annual Best in Business Canada Awards on Wednesday night at an event in Toronto.
The Globe and Mail led all outlets with six gold awards and nine silvers, which include an award for Report on Business Magazine. Bloomberg News was honoured with three golds and one silver, while the Toronto Star earned two gold prizes and three silver. The Logic earned two gold awards. Other winners included BetaKit, and The Canadian Press.
Former Globe and Mail and Wall Street Journal reporter Jacquie McNish was the winner of the Outstanding Achievement Award. Her deep commitment to accuracy, tireless work ethic and bold questioning not only produced standout reporting but also set the bar for excellent journalism. Sean Silcoff, a journalist with Report on Business at The Globe and Mail, presented Jacquie’s award.
Ana Pereira, from the Toronto Star, was awarded the 2024 Jeff Sanford Best Young Journalist Award. Ana’s work embodied all of the things that make a standout business journalist. With meticulous and comprehensive reporting, she was not only able to land big exclusives that moved the needle, but take news that already made headlines, make it her own and move the conversation forward.
SABEW Canada’s Best in Business Awards are the only Canadian journalism awards dedicated exclusively to recognizing exemplary works of business journalism. The 11th annual edition honored work published in the 2024 calendar year.
The awards are made possible thanks to the generous support of professional development sponsor Fidelity Investments Canada.
Here’s the complete list of this year’s Canada BIB winners:
Beat Reporting
Gold: Vanmala Subramaniam – Labor and immigration, The Globe and Mail
Silver: Sean Silcoff – Tech, The Globe and Mail
Honourable Mention: Jake Edmiston – Business of Food, Toronto Star
Breaking News Coverage
Gold: TD will pay $3 billion in fines after pleading guilty to money laundering – Tim Kiladze, Stefanie Marotta, James Bradshaw, Andrew Willis, Rita Trichur, The Globe and Mail
Silver: The Canadian Press – Rail work stoppage – The Canadian Press team, led by Christopher Reynolds
Honourable Mention: Rogers buys BCE’s stake in MLSE for $4.7 billion – Andrew Willis, Cathal Kelly, Alexandra Posadzki, Tim Kiladze, Simon Houpt, The Globe and Mail
Commentary
Gold: Martin Patriquin – Quebec Ink, The Logic
Silver: David Milstead, The Globe and Mail
Honourable Mention: Kevin Carmichael, The Logic
Editorial Newsletter
Gold: Bay Street Edition – Christine Dobby, Bloomberg
Silver: The Globe and Mail’s Business Brief newsletter – Chris Wilson-Smith, The Globe and Mail
Honourable Mention: Shift – Anita Balakrishnan, The Logic
Feature, Long-form
Gold: China’s Arctic Dreams Clash with Geopolitics in Tiny Norway Port – Danielle Bochove, Bloomberg News
Silver: TD Bank’s dirty laundry – Tim Kiladze, Rita Trichur, James Bradshaw, Stefanie Marotta, The Globe and Mail
Honourable Mention: Encrochat – Joe Castaldo, Alexandra Posadzki, The Globe and Mail
Feature, Short-form
Gold: Grand span: When the two halves of the iconic Gordie Howe bridge are joined, Canada’s busiest border crossing will be set for its first major expansion in nearly a century – Ivan Semeniuk, Patrick Dell, Murat Yukselir, The Globe and Mail
Silver: The saga of Cobre Panama – Jacob Lorinc, Bloomberg News
Honourable Mention: Pacific dreams: Can the Port of Vancouver deliver for Canada? – Brent Jang, The Globe and Mail
General Excellence, Reporter at a Small Publication
Josh Scott
General Excellence, Small Publication
BetaKit
Investigative
Gold: I went undercover as an Uber Eats courier and made just $1.74 per hour online – Ghada Alsharif, Toronto Star
Silver: Exposing the cottage industry fueling short-term rental bylaw evasion – Brendan Kennedy, May Warren, Sheila Wang, Toronto Star
Honourable Mention: The Algorithm: It was supposed to fix Canada’s food safety system. Instead, it missed a deadly listeria outbreak – Grant Robertson, Kathryn Blaze Baum, The Globe and Mail
Jeff Sanford Best Young Journalist
Ana Pereira
Multimedia
Gold: Canada social safety net – Bloomberg team, Bloomberg News
Silver: The Condo Catch: How investors have wreaked havoc on Toronto’s condo market – Clarrie Feinstein, Andres Plana, Toronto Star
Honourable Mention: Lost in Space: Rising vacancies threaten Toronto’s office towers – Jason Kirby, Rachelle Younglai, James Bradshaw, Jeremy Agius, The Globe and Mail
Outstanding Achievement Award
Jacquie McNish
Package
Gold: Wasted Space: How public land can help fix Canada’s housing crisis – Erin Anderssen, Chen Wang, Rachelle Younglai, The Globe and Mail
Silver: Windsor pop-up bureau – Jason Kirby, Ivan Semeniuk, Adam Radwanski, Clare O’Hara, Andrew Willis, The Globe and Mail
Honourable Mention: The Big Flip – Victoria Gibson, Diana Zlomislic, Manuela Vega, Clarrie Feinstein, Andrew Bailey, Toronto Star
Personal Finance and Investing
Gold: Behind by design – Erica Alini, Matt Lundy, The Globe and Mail
Silver: Bare Trusts and UHT Coverage – Erica Alini, The Globe and Mail
Honourable Mention: The Best Dividend Stocks in Canada 2024 – Michael McCullough, Aman Raina, Lisa Hannam, Jaclyn Law, Justin Dallaire, MoneySense
Podcast
Gold: City Space – Irene Galea, Kyle Fulton, Jay Cockburn, Kate Helmore, Alisha Sawhney, The Globe and Mail
Silver: Stress Test, Season Nine – Rob Carrick, Roma Luciw, Kyle Fulton, Emily Jackson, Zahra Khozema, Kiran Rana, The Globe and Mail
Honourable Mention: Road Trip: Electric Avenues – Marco Chown Oved, Sean Pattendon, Matthew Hearn, Toronto Star
Profile
Gold: Li-Cycle’s struggles threaten North America’s EV dreams – Anita Balakrishnan, Catherine McIntyre, The Logic
Silver: Hot potatoes: Innovator of the Year Max Koeune – Jason Kirby, Report on Business Magazine
Honourable Mention: Out of thin air – Martin Patriquin, The Logic
Scoop
Gold: Government officers told to skip fraud prevention steps when vetting temporary foreign worker applications – Ghada Alsharif, Kenyon Wallace, Toronto Star
Silver: Accenture – Chris Hannay, Mahima Singh, The Globe and Mail
Honourable Mention: Shots fired at homes of two executives tied to management giant GFL – Robyn Doolittle, Tim Kiladze, The Globe and Mail
