FT and McKinsey name short list for Business Book of the Year
From more than 400 entries, Financial Times journalists have helped select a longlist of 15 titles, from which the panel of judges will winnow a shortlist of six, to be announced on Sept. 23. Andrew Hill of the FT writes, “Books specifically about the impact of coronavirus are likely to land only in time for the […]
Al Jazeera, WSJ and PBS nominated for business Emmys
The nominations for the 41st annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards including the following in the business categories: For Outstanding Business, Consumer of Economic Report, the finalists are: “Targeted by a Text” by Al Jazeera International USA; “Recovering from Rehab” by Al Jazeera International USA; “System Failure: The Boeing Crashes” by Al Jazeera International USA; […]
Biz journalist Antilla on writing “investor protection crap”
Dean Rotbart of 2020 Business News Luminaries interviewed longtime business journalist Susan Antilla about her career. Antilla, who worked at USA Today, the New York Times and Bloomberg News, among others, wrote the 2002 book, “Tales From the Boom-Boom Room: The Landmark Legal Battles That Exposed Wall Street’s Shocking Culture of Sexual Harassment,” that was first […]
SABEW launches Best in Business book contest
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced Friday its inaugural Best in Business Book Awards contest recognizing and celebrating outstanding business books, and the journalists who write them. SABEW is known for its prestigious Best in Business annual awards, but this is the first year it is focusing on business books as a […]
Bloomberg News, Philly Inquirer reporters win awards for labor coverage
Reporters from Bloomberg News and the Philadelphia Inquirer have won the 2020 Kenneth May Media Award from the Labor Employment and Relations Association. Josh Eidelson of Bloomberg and Juliana Feliciano Reyes of the Inquirer are the winners. LERA annually recognizes superior reporting regarding issues of importance to our labor-management community including academics, practitioners, industries, and […]
Reuters wins award for exposing Supreme Court protection of police
The Sidney Hillman Foundation announced that Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jackie Botts, and Guillermo Gomez of Reuters have won the June Sidney Award for Shielded: For Cops Who Kill, Special Supreme Court Protection. The investigation includes a groundbreaking data analysis that shows how the Supreme Court has honed the doctrine of qualified immunity to […]
Miami Herald wins Esserman-Knight Journalism Prize for investigative reporting
Miami Herald’s Julie K. Brown and Emily Michot were recognized with the Esserman-Knight Journalism Prize on Wednesday for their investigative series Perversion of Justice. Brown and Michot are the winners of a $10,000 prize. “Emily and I are very honored and grateful that our work is being recognized with this prestigious award,” Brown said in […]
WSJ reporters win WHCA award for coverage
Three Wall Street Journal reporters have won the Merriman Smith Memorial Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure for Print from the White House Correspondents Association. Alan Cullison, Rebecca Ballhaus and Dustin Volz won for their story, “Trump Repeatedly Pressed Ukraine to Investigate Biden’s Son.” The judges wrote, “As described by the […]
NYFWA seeks nominations for Impact Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism
The New York Financial Writers’ Association is accepting nominations for its 2020 Impact Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism. Launched last year, the award is an effort to honor a distinguished story or body of work by reporters whose work spurred impact during the previous calendar year, irrespective of when the story or stories were published. It is recognition for financial reporting that […]
Barlett & Steele Award entries now being accepted
Entries are now being accepted for the 2020 Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism, the nation’s top investigative business journalism contest. The annual awards contest, named in honor of renowned investigative business journalists Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, celebrates the best in investigative business journalism each year. It is sponsored by […]
