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 […]
Nominations being accepted for Decade of Excellence award
Nominations are now being accepted for the nomination for the 2009 Decade of Excellence Award, the world’s most important award for sustained achievement in business or financial journalism. Past winners include Paul Steiger from The Wall Street Journal and Bill Emmott from The Economist. The Decade of Excellence Award is presented during the annual Business […]
Deadline approaching for SABEW Best in Business contest
Time to enter the Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ Best in Business contest is running out. Entries must be completed by 5 p.m. Central time on Friday, Jan. 30. Daily and weekly newspaper General Excellence entries must be postmarked by that day. But don’t wait until Friday to enter. Here are two important […]
Financial Week goes out in style
Financial Week, the Crain’s weekly business paper that was launched in 2006 and shut down at the end of 2008, is going out with a bang. The publication, which continues on as a Web site with a skeleton staff, has been notified that it has been nominated for five Jesse H. Neal awards, given by American […]
Reynolds Center names business journalism interns
Eight students from universities across the country have been selected for 10-week business journalism internships at major media outlets in summer 2009, the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism announced today. The students were selected by the host organizations in conjunction with the Reynolds Center, which funds the internships designed to help improve […]
Loeb Awards seeking 2009 nominations
The G. and R. Loeb Foundation Inc. and UCLA Anderson School of Management invite business, financial and economic journalists from print, online and broadcast media to submit entries and nominations for the 2009 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. The Loeb Awards are the most prestigious honor in business journalism recognizing writers, […]
SABEW now accepting Best in Business contest entries
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is now accepting entries for the 2009 Best in Business contest. The contest honors the best business journalism published in 2008, with categories for all publications as well as categories specifically for online publications and magazines. This year SABEW is launching its new Best of the Best […]
Shaw named SABEW's distinguished achievement winner
Ray Shaw, chairman of American City Business Journals, will receive the 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers at its 46th annual conference in Denver in late April. Shaw has run the publisher of 40 business weekly newspapers since 1989. Before that, he was president and chief operating officer […]
