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ACBJ names finalists for its annual news awards competition

Below are the finalists for the 2018 American City Business Journals News Awards. The winners will be announced after a vote of the editors of its publications.

ACBJ operates 43 print and online business publications.

GENERAL EXCELLENCE

Nashville Business Journal
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington Business Journal

BREAKING NEWS

“Regions-Harbert Plaza,” Birmingham Business Journal
“Fidelity buyouts,” Boston Business Journal
“Thrivent Financial,” Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
“Studio Bank,” Nashville Business Journal
“LG Electronics,” Nashville Business Journal
“Microsoft restructuring,” Puget Sound Business Journal

ENTERPRISE

“Albany city assessor’s mistake,” Albany Business Review
“We did everything we could,” Baltimore Business Journal
“Culture shock: Inside Beretta’s initial misfire,” Nashville Business Journal
“Why black banks matter,” Philadelphia Business Journal
“The Price of Homelessness,” Puget Sound Business Journal

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BEAT

Mike DeMasi, Albany Business Review
Ashley Fahey, Charlotte Business Journal
Tom Demeropolis, Cincinnati Business Courier
Adam Sichko, Nashville Business Journal
Daniel J. Sernovitz, Washington Business Journal

BEATS/OTHER

Greg Ryan, Boston Business Journal, Public Policy & Economic Development
David Mann, Louisville Business First, Manufacturing
Meg Garner, Nashville Business Journal, Banking
Coral Garnick, Puget Sound Business Journal, Retail
Andy Medici, Washington Business Journal, Money/Tech

DATA

Albany Business Review
Nashville Business Journal
Portland Business Journal
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington Business Journal

DESIGN

Dallas Business Journal
Kansas City Business Journal
Memphis Business Journal
Nashville Business Journal
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington Business Journal

PHOTO

W. Marc Bernsau, Boston Business Journal
Kathleen Levine, Denver Business Journal
Nathan Morgan, Nashville Business Journal
Anthony Bolante, Puget Sound Business Journal
Jock Fistick, South Florida Business Journal

AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT

Kansas City Business Journal
Memphis Business Journal
Milwaukee Business Journal
Nashville Business Journal
Triad Business Journal
Triangle Business Journal

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.