STAT News wins awards for health insurance coverage

STAT News executive editor Rick Berke posted the following: Dear Readers, Please bear with me as I brag about two of STAT’s most accomplished (and humble) reporters: Casey Ross and Bob Herman. This week they won the Batten Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in American journalism, for their series revealing an explicit strategy by the […]

WSJ receives first Peabody Award nomination

The Wall Street Journal received its first Peabody Award nomination for its video documentary, “Shadow Men: Inside Wagner, Russia’s Secret War Company.” The 40-minute documentary goes deep inside the lethal global expansion of the Russian private military company Wagner—tracing the group’s evolution from a small, guns-for-hire operation into a sprawling network of businesses that has been active on […]

Hillman Prizes awarded to Quartz, Bloomberg Businessweek

A project between Type Investigations and Quartz, as well as a Bloomberg Businessweek article about Dollar General working conditions have won 2024 Hillman Prizes. The award for reporting on racial and economic justice went to Aurora Almendral for “Merchants of Care,”  a project of Type Investigations and Quartz. The COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented staffing crisis […]

Swisher to receive Lifetime Achievement Webby

Longtime technology journalist Kara Swisher has been awarded the 2024 Webby Lifetime Achievement Award. The Webby Awards are given by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. The Webby Awards states: As one of the most recognized voices in technology, media and business, Kara Swisher holds an incomparable career as a veteran tech journalist covering a […]

FT/Schroders seek Business Book of the Year entries

The Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award, now in its 20th year, is open for entries. The global competition offers a £30,000 prize to a book that delivers the most compelling and enjoyable insights into modern business challenges, spanning topics from management and technology to climate change, finance and economics. Shortlisted […]

Murphy receives SABEW’s President’s Award

Dean Murphy

Dean Murphy of The New York Times has received the President’s Award at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing annual conference in Chicago. The President’s Award is given by the current SABEW president at their discretion. Murphy has been a SABEW board member. He is currently the associate managing editor for investigations at the Times. His career, […]

McLean to receive SABEW’s Distinguished Achievement Award

Bethany McLean

Business journalist, best-selling author, Business Insider contributor and Vanity Fair contributing editor Bethany McLean will receive the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s highest honor – its Distinguished Achievement Award – for 2024. The award is given to an individual who has made a significant impact on the field of business journalism and has been […]

Child labor coverage wins Goldsmith Prize

Hannah Dreier of The New York Times has won the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for her coverage of the rise of child labor in the United States. In this 20-month long investigation, Dreier uncovered a culture of careless disregard for child labor laws at construction sites, slaughterhouses and in factories across the country and […]

Rest of World, Business Insider win National Magazine Awards

Global tech news site Rest of World and Business Insider were among the winners of National Magazine Awards on Tuesday night. Rest of World won in the design category for for “40 Companies That Are Beating the West,” Oct. 5; “How AI Reduces the World to Stereotypes,” Oct. 10; and “China, the World’s Shopping Cart,” […]

Reuters names its Journalist of the Year winners

Reuters celebrated the extraordinary work and dedication of its journalists at its annual Journalists of the Year Awards, which recognized the best of Reuters journalism from 2023. The ceremony celebrated individuals and teams across 14 categories. The program included reflections from Reuters journalists on delivering their award-winning coverage from all corners of the globe, while […]