The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced Wednesday the 144 recipients of its 30th annual Best in Business Awards, honoring excellence in business journalism from 2024.
The Best in Business Awards attracted 1,103 entries from 181 news organizations, ranging from international, national and regional news outlets to specialized business publications. The awards are made possible by the 150 judges who volunteered their time to support excellence in business journalism. Thank you to all the judges.
“It’s inspiring to see hundreds of great submissions to this contest, and it was as difficult as ever to pick the winners out of an extremely competitive field,” said Joanna Ossinger, co-chair of the Best in Business Awards and markets editor at Bloomberg News. “At a time of rapid changes and challenges in our industry, it’s wonderful to see so many strong entries.”
Individual journalists were recognized for their exceptional coverage in SABEW’s Best Range of Work award, where they submitted work across the broad spectrum of content platforms and categories. The winners are Ben Cohen from The Wall Street Journal, Mike Hughlett from The Minnesota Star Tribune, and Matthew Herper from STAT.
Highlights include:
- The top five winners capturing the most overall awards include: The Wall Street Journal (13 total, nine winners and four honorable mentions); Bloomberg (12 total, eight winners and four honorable mentions); The New York Times (11 total, three winners and eight honorable mentions); The Information (eight total, four winners and four honorable mentions); STAT (seven total; three winners and four honorable mentions).
- General Excellence award winners include The Examination (Industry/Topic Specific category), Bloomberg News (large category), Barron’s (medium category) and STAT (small category).
- Small-sized newsrooms that won in multiple categories are Inside Climate News with three wins and St. Louis Business Journal with two wins.
- Medium-sized newsrooms that won in multiple categories are Barron’s, with three wins, and Fortune Magazine and The Minnesota Star Tribune, each with two wins.
- Student reporters at the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University won the Student Journalism award for “Lithium Liabilities.” This story was published nationally on PBS NewsHour, USA Today and Cronkite News.
Scott Wenger, Best in Business Awards co-chair and senior economics editor at the World Bank, said, “At an unnerving time in media, it’s quite heartening to see many relatively new news outlets and many legacy organizations producing such first-rate content. The world urgently needs this kind of journalism, and it’s always a privilege for us at SABEW to honor it.”
View the complete list of 2024 BIB honorees. View the judges’ comments for each entry.
Awardees will be celebrated during a reception at SABEW’s annual conference, April 3-5, at the Hyatt Centric Arlington just across the river from Washington, D.C. The Best in Business celebration will be on Friday, April 4.
