Swisher to receive Lifetime Achievement Webby

Longtime technology journalist Kara Swisher has been awarded the 2024 Webby Lifetime Achievement Award. The Webby Awards are given by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. The Webby Awards states: As one of the most recognized voices in technology, media and business, Kara Swisher holds an incomparable career as a veteran tech journalist covering a […]

FT/Schroders seek Business Book of the Year entries

The Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award, now in its 20th year, is open for entries. The global competition offers a £30,000 prize to a book that delivers the most compelling and enjoyable insights into modern business challenges, spanning topics from management and technology to climate change, finance and economics. Shortlisted […]

Murphy receives SABEW’s President’s Award

Dean Murphy

Dean Murphy of The New York Times has received the President’s Award at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing annual conference in Chicago. The President’s Award is given by the current SABEW president at their discretion. Murphy has been a SABEW board member. He is currently the associate managing editor for investigations at the Times. His career, […]

McLean to receive SABEW’s Distinguished Achievement Award

Bethany McLean

Business journalist, best-selling author, Business Insider contributor and Vanity Fair contributing editor Bethany McLean will receive the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s highest honor – its Distinguished Achievement Award – for 2024. The award is given to an individual who has made a significant impact on the field of business journalism and has been […]

Child labor coverage wins Goldsmith Prize

Hannah Dreier of The New York Times has won the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for her coverage of the rise of child labor in the United States. In this 20-month long investigation, Dreier uncovered a culture of careless disregard for child labor laws at construction sites, slaughterhouses and in factories across the country and […]

Rest of World, Business Insider win National Magazine Awards

Global tech news site Rest of World and Business Insider were among the winners of National Magazine Awards on Tuesday night. Rest of World won in the design category for for “40 Companies That Are Beating the West,” Oct. 5; “How AI Reduces the World to Stereotypes,” Oct. 10; and “China, the World’s Shopping Cart,” […]

Reuters names its Journalist of the Year winners

Reuters celebrated the extraordinary work and dedication of its journalists at its annual Journalists of the Year Awards, which recognized the best of Reuters journalism from 2023. The ceremony celebrated individuals and teams across 14 categories. The program included reflections from Reuters journalists on delivering their award-winning coverage from all corners of the globe, while […]

FT wins Overseas Press Club award for biz reporting

The Financial Times won the Overseas Press Club’s Malcolm Forbes and Morton Frank Award for best international business news reporting. Miles Johnson won for “Wagner Inc: The Criminal Empire of Yevgeny Prigozhin.” The judges wrote, “Miles Johnson’s reporting exposed how Western lawyers and other professionals helped the Russian criminal known as ‘Putin’s chef’ evade international […]

SABEW names Best in Business winners

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced Thursday the 147 recipients of its 29th annual Best in Business Awards, honoring excellence in business journalism from 2023. The Best in Business Awards attracted 1,103 entries from 181 news organizations, ranging from international, national and regional news outlets to specialized business publications. Thank you to […]

ProPublica wins NYFWA award for distinguished financial journalism

The New York Financial Writers’ Association announced that ProPublica reporters Justin Elliott, Josh Kaplan, Brett Murphy and Alex Mierjeski have been named winners of the 2023 Impact Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism. The award is for a series of articles investigating conflict of interest, failed oversight and ethical indiscretions at the nation’s highest court. The series is titled, “Friends of the Court: […]