Winners of 12 competition categories of the 2019 Gerald Loeb Awards were named at a banquet in New York .
The following is a list of the 2019 Loeb Award recipients.
Audio Winner
“Medicaid, Under the Influence” by Liz Essley White, Joe Yerardi and Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak – The Center for Public Integrity and NPR
Beat Reporting Winner
“Age Discrimination” by Peter Gosselin, Ariana Tobin and Ranjani Chakraborty –ProPublica and Vox
Breaking News Winner
“Amazon’s HQ2 About-Face” by Scott Calvert, Eliot Brown, Peter Grant, Tawnell Hobbs, Katie Honan, Melissa Korn, Douglas MacMillan, Eric Morath, Keiko Morris, Shayndi Raice, Stephanie Stamm, Laura Stevens, Jimmy Vielkind and Lauren Weber – The Wall Street Journal
Commentary Winner
“Inside View” by Andy Kessler – The Wall Street Journal
Explanatory Winner
“Sign Here to Lose Everything” by Zachary R. Mider, Zeke Faux, Demetrios Pogkas and David Ingold – Bloomberg News
Feature Winner
“‘If Bobbie Talks, I’m Finished’: How Les Moonves Tried to Silence an Accuser” by James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams and Ellen Gabler – The New York Times
International Winner
“The Code that Crashed the World: The Untold Story of NotPetya, The Most Devastating Cyberattack in History” by Andy Greenberg – Wired
Investigative Winner
“Facebook, Disinformation and Privacy” by Nicholas Confessore, Matthew Rosenberg, Carole Cadwalladr, Sheera Frenkel, Cecilia Kang, Paul Mozur, Jack Nicas, Gabriel J.X. Dance, Michael LaForgia and Brian X. Chen – The New York Times
Local Winner
“Time Bomb: How Atmos Energy’s Natural Gas Keeps Blowing Up Texas Homes” by Cary Aspinwall, Allan James Vestal and Holly K. Hacker – The Dallas Morning News
Personal Service Winner
“The Daunting Road to Forgiveness” by Ron Lieber – The New York Times
Video Winner
“Blackout in Puerto Rico” by Rick Young, Laura Sullivan, Emma Schwartz, Fritz Kramerand Kate McCormick – Frontline PBS and NPR
Visual Storytelling Winner
“Tesla Tracker” by Tom Randall and Dean Halford – Bloomberg News
