Tenacious reporting defines Kish’s career

Suzanne Stevens, the editor of the Portland Business Journal, writes about reporter Matthew Kish, who earlier this week was named a Knight-Bagehot fellow at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Stevens writes, “The Columbia Journalism School program is highly competitive. Just 10 fellows are selected for the honor each year. Matt’s class includes reporters from […]

WSJ staffers named to Rising Stars list

The News Media Alliance announced the recipients of its Rising Star awards (previously the Top 30 Under 30 Awards) at mediaXchange 2017, being held this week at the New Orleans Marriott. The awards program honors young leaders working in every aspect of the news media who are contributing to the future success of the industry. Recipients […]

ACBJ’s Hunt receives SABEW’s President’s Award

Beth Hunt of American City Business Journals has received from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers one of the highest honors, the President’s Award. The award recognizes her service to SABEW and her commitment to raising the standards of business journalism. She received the award at SABEW’s annual conference in Seattle. Hunt, along with […]

Center for Public Integrity wins award for best energy reporting

The Center for Public Integrity has won the National Press Foundation’s 2016 Thomas L. Stokes Award for Best Energy Writing for its investigation into the nation’s worst fossil fuel polluters. The heart of the winning entry was a project titled “America’s Super Polluters.” NPF judges said of the project, which is part of CPI’s overall […]

WSJ’s Barry Newman to receive Elliott Bell Award

The New York Financial Writers’ Association announced that Wall Street Journal reporter Barry Newman is the recipient of its annual Elliott V. Bell Award, which honors journalists who have made a significant contribution to the field of financial journalism. Over a 43-year career at The Journal that started in 1970, Newman mastered the art of getting color, […]

Bloomberg, Vanity Fair win business journalism awards from Silurians

A Bloomberg series on how Wall Street is addressing technological and strategic changes to its business has won the business and financial news category at the Silurians’ annual Excellence in Journalism Awards. Here are the buisness journalism winners: NEWSPAPER, WIRE SERVICE AND ONLINE Medallion: Bloomberg News for “The New Wall Street” by Hugh Son, Matt Leising and Annie […]

SABEW Canada names Best in Business winners

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers Canada announced the winners of the third annual Best in Business Canada competition. Below are the winners for each category: Beat Reporting Financial Post Claudia Cattaneo Coverage of Canada’s Energy Industry Commentary Canadian Business Deborah Aarts The Realist Column Feature (Long-form) Canadian Business Joe Castaldo The Last Days […]

Columbus Dispatch reporter wins National Headliner Award for biz reporting

Columbus Dispatch Reporter Dan Gearino has been awarded a National Headliner Award for business reporting. A story on its website states, “Gearino joined the Dispatch Business news staff in 2008, primarily covering the energy, manufacturing and automotive industries. “His entry included ongoing coverage of ‘submeter’ companies’ fight to continue their practice of unregulated utility markups […]

Panama Papers, WSJ’s Peggy Noonan win Pulitzer Prize

The Panama Papers stories have won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting. The stories were written by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy, The Miami Herald and more than 100 other media partners. Journalists from nearly 80 countries speaking dozens of languages joined forces to delve into 11.5 million files, 214,000 offshore entities and almost […]

Entries sought for Business Book of the Year competition

Submissions are now being accepted for the 2017 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times, will chair the panel of judges for the Business Book of the Year Award. The Business Book of the Year Award is designed to highlight the book that provides the […]