Biz journalism finalists named in Scripps Howard Awards

Scripps Howard Awards (PRNewsfoto/The E.W. Scripps Company)

Three finalists have been named in the business journalism category for the 65th Annual Scripps Howard Awards.

The finalists are:

Business/Financial Reporting:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – “Mexico Blackouts”
Reuters – “The Body Trade”
The Post and Courier – “Stickin’ With the Pig: A Tale of Loyalty and Loss”

A panel of veteran journalists convened Feb. 22-23 to judge the entries at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The Scripps Howard Foundation presents more than $170,000 in prize money to the winning organizations and journalists of the Scripps Howard Awards. The Foundation’s corporate parent, The E.W. Scripps Co., is the presenting sponsor of the Awards.

Winners will be announced at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6, during a live stream on Facebook and YouTube.

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.