Florida Trend named top regional biz magazine
Florida Trend has been named the nation’s best regional business magazine by the Alliance of Area Business Publications. The Associated Press reports, “The magazine won the ‘Gold Award’ in the AABP’s annual competition. It also won eight other awards including, best cover for its February 2009 issue; best feature and best overall design. “The annual […]
More Loeb winners: Fortune and Detroit News
Here are some more Gerald Loeb Award winners announced Tuesday night in New York: In the magazine category, the winner is James Bandler, Nicholas Varchaver and Doris Burke of Fortune magazine for “How Bernie Did It.” The story explained Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. In the breaking news category, the winner is the Detroit News for […]
Early Loeb winners: NYT’s Sorkin and Pogue
Andrew Ross Sorkin, who covers Wall Street and mergers and acquisitions for The New York Times, is the first winner Tuesday of a Loeb Award, considered the Pulitzer Prizes of business journalism. Sorkin wins for his book, “Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial […]
Loeb Awards announced tonight; We’ll have live coverage
The 2010 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism will be awarded tonight in New York. Talking Biz News will be posting the winners as they are announced. Cocktails begin at 6 p.m. Dinner and the award ceremony starts at 7 p.m. Come back then. The awards, started in 1957, are managed by […]
Deadline looming for Barlett & Steele awards
The deadline of Aug. 2 for entries in the fourth annual Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism is fast approaching. The Gold Award recipient receives $5,00 and the Silver Award winner $2,000, funded by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. Judges look for investigative enterprise, strong business theme, elegant writing […]
NAREE award winners announced
The Kansas City’s Star’s House + Home section has been named the best home or real estate section in the country by the National Association of Real Estate Editors. The judges, faculty of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, said about House + Home: “Appealing to readers of many backgrounds, this section […]
New biz journalism prize announced
The Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis has announced the creation of the Olin Corporate Strategy Prize with $10,000 in honoraria for the best reporting on a significant shift in corporate strategy. A distinguished panel of judges including journalists, business school scholars, strategy experts and corporate leaders will award prizes to the […]
LATimes coverage of Toyota receives Publisher's Prize
The Los Angeles Times’ coverage of problems with Toyota vehicles received the paper’s prestigious Publisher’s Prize, according to a note posted on the paper’s Web site. “Toyota: Road to Recall,” was written by business reporters Ken Bensinger and Ralph Vartabedian. It was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize as well. Editor Russ Stanton said, “It […]
Loebs and blogging don't mix
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon, who was a Loeb Award judge this year, argues that the Pulitzer Prizes of business journalism still haven’t figured out blogging, and bloggers still haven’t figured out the Loebs. Salmon writes, “Reuters nominated me for the Online Commentary and Blogging category and I didn’t make the final four. And this is […]
Loebs and blogging don’t mix
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon, who was a Loeb Award judge this year, argues that the Pulitzer Prizes of business journalism still haven’t figured out blogging, and bloggers still haven’t figured out the Loebs. Salmon writes, “Reuters nominated me for the Online Commentary and Blogging category and I didn’t make the final four. And this is […]
