Kandel wins honor from Missouri School of Journalism
Myron Kandel, one of the top business journalists of the 20th century, is one of this year’s recipients of the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism from the University of Missouri’s journalism school. Kandel was recognized for his vision and hard work in helping citizens understand the world of business. Kandel pioneered financial […]
Economist, Businessweek, Harvard Business Review win Olin prizes
The Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis announced the winners of the first Olin Corporate Strategy Prize honoring the best business journalism covering a company experiencing significant strategic change. The business school hopes the annual prize will help to expand awareness and understanding among business school students and the general business public […]
Reuters, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel win Barlett & Steele awards
Reuters received the gold award and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the silver award in the fourth annual Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism, the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism announced Monday. “Diagnosed with Breast Cancer, Dropped by Insurer” by Murray Waas of Reuters received the top gold award of $5,000. […]
CNBC wins documentary Emmy
Business news network CNBC received a News and Documentary Emmy Award in the category of outstanding business and economic reporting—long form for the network’s one-hour documentary “Inside the Mind of Google.” The awards, which recognize the best news reports and documentary films aired on national television or streamed over the Internet, were presented by the […]
Finalists named for best business book
Judges have selected six finalists for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. Andrew Hill of the Financial Times writes, “Michael Lewis’s The Big Short was praised for its ‘human and accessible’ take on the turmoil, via the stories of the dysfunctional and maverick investors who profited from the coming […]
Recognizing top business journalists
Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman annoints a number of business journalists who are at the top of the game when it comes to breaking news and blogging. Here are his selections: Scoop-meisters: Jeff Bercovici, Keith Kelly, John Koblin Bercovici of AOL’s Daily Finance, Kelly of the New York Post and Koblin of The New York […]
WSJ repeats as softball champs
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The Wall Street Journal softball team defended its 2009 championship in the New York media league, defeating High Times 8-6 in a game played Sunday afternoon on a Central Park softball field. In the semifinals, the Journal beat DC Comics by a 21-5 score. The Journal is the first team in […]
Personal finance story winners named
The McGraw-Hill Companies 2010 Personal Finance Journalism Awards will go to journalists from Mercado De Dinero, Telemundo and The Hartford Guardian for coverage of consumer debt and the housing crisis. The winners are: * First Place: Elizabeth Ostos for her article “Credit consolidation in a country in debt” in monthly newspaper Mercado de Dinero. The […]
Most influential biz journalists in terms of corporate governance
The National Association of Corporate Directors named on Monday its 100 most influential people in terms of issues related to corporate governance and included 11 business journalists on its list. Those listed were: Charles Gasparino of Fox Business Network; Andrew Ross Sorkin, Eric Dash, Gretchen C. Morgenson, Louise Story and Joe Nocera of The New […]
Morgenson to receive Bell award
Gretchen Morgenson, assistant business and financial editor and a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times, is the 2010 winner of the New York Financial Writers’ Association’s Elliott V. Bell Award, honoring an individual’s lifetime contributions to the field of financial journalism. Morgenson has covered the world financial markets for The Times since 1998 and […]
