IRE Medals given to two works in business journalism
Investigative Reporters and Editors has bestowed the IRE Medal, its highest honor, to two works of business journalism. The first went to “Seafood from Slaves” from Associated Press reporters Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Martha Mendoza and Esther Htusan. View this story online The judges noted, “AP reporters discovered an island home to thousands of enslaved […]
SABEW Canada announces Best in Business finalists
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers Canada announced Tuesday the list of nominees for its second Canadian Best in Business competition, which recognizes outstanding business reporting published or broadcast in 2015. This year’s contest had a record number of entries, and publications from across Canada submitted their work. Journalists from places such as the […]
Deadline Club names business reporting award finalists
The Deadline Club, the largest chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, announced the finalists in the 2016 Annual Awards Contest, representing excellence in journalism from newspapers, magazines, radio, television and the internet. There were more than 90 judges and a record 623 entries. Here are the finalists in the business journalism categories: Business Feature […]
Morgan Housel says business journalism is better than ever
Business journalism is at its best. That’s what Morgan Housel, columnist with the Motley Fool, thinks. “The quality of business journalism right now, in my opinion, is as high as it’s ever been,” Housel declared. In an interview on the podcast Market Foolery on March 30, Housel spoke with host Chris Hill about his recent […]
Clark and O’Leary of “Marketplace” win Gracie Awards
Two journalists from the “Marketplace” public radio show have won Gracie Awards from The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation. The Gracie Awards honor media created by women. Senior correspondent Krissy Clark received a Gracie for investigative program or feature in the radio category. Clark works on the “Marketplace” wealth and poverty desk, where she helps make sense of […]
SABEW names Best in Business winners
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) announced Thursday the winners and finalists in its 21st annual Best in Business Awards competition, which recognizes outstanding business journalism that was published or aired in 2015. Adding up winners and finalists, Bloomberg led with seven honors, while The New York Times earned six honors — […]
AP, Las Vegas Review-Journal reporters win ethics award
A group of Associated Press reporters who uncovered slaves used to catch fish sold at large retailers and restaurants and Las Vegas Review-Journal reporters who disclosed the newspaper’s new owner were named winners of the 16th annual Ancil Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism on Tuesday. The awards are administered by the University of Oregon School […]
WSJ wins Scripps Howard biz journalism award
The staff of The Wall Street Journal won the William Brewster Styles Award for business/economics reporting and $10,000 for “Private Risk,” a series that revealed how technology firms fudge their finances, how private tech shares are traded in a shadowy market, and how millions of Americans own risky shares of private tech firms through their […]
WSJ’s Carreyrou wins Polk Award
Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou has won the Polk Award in financial reporting for his coverage of Theranos. His investigation of Theranos, Inc. raised serious doubts about claims by the firm and its celebrated 31-year-old founder, Elizabeth Holmes, that its new procedure for drawing and testing blood was a transformational medical breakthrough in wide use at the […]
AP’s series on slave fishing wins Selden Ring Award
Reporters from the Associated Press have won USC Annenberg’s 2016 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting, for a series of stories that showed how seafood sold in U.S. grocery stores and restaurants had been produced by slaves. Their work prompted reforms and prosecutions – and the release of more than 2,000 people who had been […]
