Bloomberg’s Leopold wins Freedom of Information Award
Jason Leopold, senior reporter for Bloomberg News and government-described “FOIA Terrorist,” is this year’s winner of the Brechner Freedom of Information Award for his tenacity and passion in acquiring public records. The award is administered by the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. Leopold was selected among 27 […]
Business Insider, STAT News win Polk Awards
Business Insider and STAT News were among the winners of George Polk Awards announced Wednesday, writes Katie Robertson of The New York Times. Robertson writes, “The environmental reporting award went to the staff of Business Insider for their series ‘The True Cost of Data Centers,’ which examined the many impacts on communities and the environment of the […]
The Examination, NY Times win award for covering lead trade
Will Fitzgibbon and Peter Goodman’s rigorous series, “The Poisonous Lead Trade,” an investigation by The Examination and The New York Times, has won the 2026 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting. The annual award, one of the foremost honors in investigative journalism, has been presented by the USC Annenberg School of Journalism for 37 years. The […]
Murphy wins NPF award for trade reporting
The National Press Foundation named Daniel Murphy of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism as the winner of the 2025 Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade for its series on China’s hidden forced labor and its impact on the global supply chain. In “China’s Economy Runs on Uyghur Forced Labour,” Murphy traced this forced labor […]
Bloomberg, Business Insider win duPont-Columbia Awards
Bloomberg News and Business Insider are among the winners of a duPont-Columbia Award Silver Baton. Bloomberg and DCTV won for “Can’t Look Away,” a carefully researched documentary that followed a team of lawyers battling Snapchat, Meta, and YouTube to spotlight the devastating impact social media platforms have on teenagers and their families. Business Insider won […]
Real estate journalism competition accepting entries
The National Association of Real Estate Editors has issued a call for entries for NAREE’s 75th Annual Journalism Competition. Prepare entries now for work published in 2025 for NAREE’s Real Estate Journalism Contest. Awards will be presented at NAREE conference in Miami in June. NAREE’s Real Estate Journalism Contest includes categories for residential, commercial, design, data […]
KC Star wins National Press Foundation award for local biz reporting
The Kansas City Star has won the National Press Foundation’s inaugural U.S. Chamber Award for Excellence in Local Business Reporting for its investigation into the Kansas City-based company CBD American Shaman. Business reporter David Hudnall tells the story of the man behind the company selling the opioid 7-OH in gas stations and smoke shops across the […]
Business Insider’s Hornstein named best new journalist
Business Insider reporter Julia Hornstein has been named the winner of the Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist, honoring reporters who show exceptional promise and impact early in their careers. In a series of standout pieces, Hornstein wrote about Gen Zers skipping college to found companies and work at Palantir, chronicled the rise of defense tech and […]
Child labor abuse coverage wins Sidney Award
Robert J. Lopez, Barbara Davidson and Lorena Iñiguez Elebee win the December Sidney Award for their two-part series exposing child labor abuses on California farms, produced in partnership with Capital & Main, the Los Angeles Times and the McGraw Center for Business Journalism at the City University of New York’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. Experts estimate that between […]
Nvidia book named FT Business Book of the Year
American journalist Stephen Witt is the winner of the 2025 Business Book of the Year Award for “The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip,” published by The Bodley Head (UK) and Viking (US), The Financial Times and Schroders announced Wednesday. “The Thinking Machine” is an investigation into the rise of […]
