Categories: OLD Media Moves

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.

Recent Posts

Is it a news organization, or a hedge fund?

Clare Malone of The New York writes about Hunterbrook, which is using reporting from journalists to…

58 mins ago

Awards editor Coates is leaving The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter awards editor Tyler Coates is leaving the news organization. His last day will be…

1 hour ago

Purkess promoted to consumer features editor at The Sun

Laura Purkess has been promoted to consumer features editor at The Sun. She will maintain…

1 hour ago

Ferrier, senior biz reporter at Coloradoan, is retiring

Pat Ferrier, senior business reporter at the Coloradoan in Fort Collins, is retiring after 23…

1 hour ago

TheStreet.com hires Gittens as anchor

Financial news site TheStreet.com has hired Conway Gittens as an anchor and video producer. His most recent…

1 hour ago

Loyola of Maryland creates biz journalism minor

The economics and communication departments at Loyola of Maryland have created an interdisciplinary minor for…

1 hour ago