WERT Prize extends deadline to May 31
Nominations for the WERT Prize, honoring excellence in business journalism by a woman for work that fosters a greater understanding of global business, have been extended to May 31. The prize is presented by the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia’s Journalism School in partnership with the Women’s Economic Round Table (WERT). […]
WSJ, “Frontline” win Bingham Prize for Indian health service coverage
Matt Murray, editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement: Dear All, An enthusiastic, if virtual, round of applause is due to our colleagues who yesterday won the 2019 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism, awarded by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, for the “Forsaken by the Indian Health Service” […]
WSJ wins National Press Foundation award for PG&E coverage
Three Wall Street Journal reporters have won the Thomas L. Stokes Award for Best Energy and Environment Writing from the National Press Foundation for three articles on “How PG&E Burned California” The winners are Katherine Blunt, Russell Gold and Rebecca Smith, who cover energy and environment for the newspaper. The Stokes Award carries a $2,500 […]
FT/McKinsey launch its 16th best business book competition
The Financial Times and McKinsey launched its 16th edition for the best business book of the year in partnership for Business Book of the Year Award, reports the publication. In addition, this year’s contestants will see two new faces on the panel of judges including: Roula Khalaf, the FT’s editor; Raju Narisetti, global publishing director […]
SABEW Canada names Best in Business finalists
The Canadian chapter of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) is excited to (belatedly) announce the list of finalists for the 6th Annual Best in Business Awards competition, recognizing outstanding business reporting published and produced in Canada in 2019. This year’s finalists covered a wide range of stories, including a rags-to-riches-to-rags tale […]
Bloomberg’s Wong receives Sanford Best Young Journalist Award
The SABEW Canada chapter has given its second annual Best Young Journalist Award to Natalie Wong of Bloomberg News. The award is named after former Financial Post and Canadian Business journalist Jeff Sanford. Soon after joining Bloomberg in 2017, Wong broke news about the Canadian government’s plan to impose steel tariffs on importers, which moved […]
Easton: The art of storytelling is being a good listener
Dean Rotbart of Business News Luminaries spoke with Nina Easton, a former Fortune journalist who co-runs its “Most Powerful Women” franchise, as part of celebrating top business journalists of the 21st century. “Storytelling and capture the visions of leaders in a range of industries and politics and journalism is one of the most important contributions […]
Detroit Free Press reporter Howard wins National Headliner Award
Detroit Free Press auto reporter Phoebe Wall Howard has won the National Headliner Awards for business news coverage. Howard won for “Out of Gear.” The judges wrote, “An investigation into the use of faulty transmissions in the Ford Fiesta & Focus led to a congressional investigation and manufacturing changes. The information was hard to find […]
WSJ, Frontline wins OPC awards for best international business coverage
The Wall Street Journal has won the Malcolm Forbes Award from the Overseas Press Club, which recognizes the best international business reporting in newspapers, news services and magazines. The reporters were Nick Kostov and Sean McLain, and their coverage was on former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn. The judges wrote, “Kostov and McLain’s persistent enterprise over […]
SABEW announces Best in Business winners
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) announced Monday the results of its 25th annual Best in Business competition, which recognizes outstanding business journalism of 2019. Panels of judges selected 69 winners and 68 honorable mentions out of 1,082 entries. Submissions came from 183 news organizations across all platforms representing the breadth of […]
