Safian zigs with Fast Company while others zag
Barbara Lippert of Adweek profiles Fast Company editor Robert Safian, whom the magazine anoints as a hot editor to watch in 2009. Lippert writes, “With its focus on technology, innovation, sustainability and design, the magazine attracts ‘a constituency of business person who does not define himself by paycheck,’ Safian says. ‘The thinking is more, ‘I […]
Financial Week, now dead, is big winner at Neal Awards
Financial Week, the Crain Communications print publication that was shut down at the end of last year, ended up winning five Jesse Neal Awards on Thursday. The awards are presented by American Business Media to primarily trade publications. Financial Week, which had its Web site closed earlier this month by Crain, won in the category […]
Business journalists named to Digital Hall of Fame
Three business journalists have been named to the min Digital Hall of Fame for their work in developing their media outlet’s online presence. They are John Byrne of BusinessWeek, Dave Morrow of TheStreet.com and Kevin Poulsen of Wired. For Byrne, the Hall of Fame stated, “John understands that the Internet changes the editorial equation and […]
Biz magazines nominated for National Magazine Awards
Wired, Fast Company and BusinessWeek received multiple nominations for the annual National Magazine Awards, according to an announcement Wednesday. The Economist was also named a finalist in the general excellence category. Wired received four nominations, in the general excellence category, in the interactive online category, in the magazine section category and in the design category. […]
Preliminary Loeb judging held Monday
The Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism held its annual preliminary judging meeting Monday at the UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles. This year’s preliminary judges include leading journalists representing major print, online and broadcast media organizations from across the nation, as well as a faculty member from UCLA Anderson […]
CNBC wins two Gracie Awards
Business news network CNBC has won two Gracie Awards, one for outstanding host and another for outstanding commercial campaign, according to an announcement Wednesday. Suze Orman, host of CNBC’s “The Suze Orman Show,” is recognized as “Outstanding Host — Information or Entertainment,” and the CNBC promotional campaign “I am American Business” has won in the category […]
Eight students receive Reynolds business journalism scholarships
Eight university students from around the country who have shown promise in the field of business journalism have each been awarded a $4,000 scholarship from the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. After being nominated by a faculty member on the basis of achievements, each student submitted an application packet to indicate proficiency […]
Tracking financial crimes in a new era
Twenty prestigious journalism fellowships will be awarded to working journalists to attend a two-day conference and workshop “How Do They Get Away With It? Tracking Financial Crimes in a New Era” on  April 1 and April 2 at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. The John Jay Center on Media, Crime […]
Business, labor stories among Polk winners
Stories about business and labor were among the winners of the George Polk Awards for 2008 announced on Monday. Robert McFadden of the New York Times writes, “The award for labor reporting went to Paul Pringle of The Los Angeles Times for disclosing that the Los Angeles chapter of the Service Employees International Union, representing […]
Tech stories sought for contest
The Public Relations Society of America is seeking entries for the PRSA Technology Section’s Awards for Excellence in Technology Journalism. The awards recognize technology journalists who have published articles that show value, show clarity in the communication, and are significant in disclosing, explaining, interpreting and reporting innovation and recognizing newsworthiness. The awards recognize technology journalists […]
