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Biz publication group names annual contest winners

The Alliance of Area Business Publishers presented 116 Editorial Excellence awards to newspaper and magazine business periodicals this past weekend at the closing celebration of its three-day annual Summer Conference in Atlanta.

With 511 entries from 41 publications in the U.S., Canada and Australia, the competitive field was both impressive and diverse. As in past years, the most popular categories were Best Feature and Best Explanatory Journalism.

This year, submissions for Best Ancillary Publication and Best Scoop also topped the list, with superb pieces from writers in all circulation categories.

“The high-quality journalism being done by these publications keeps readers thoroughly up-to-date and, importantly, includes a lot of data, context and historical perspective that are especially important as truth increasingly gets drowned in a flood of social media snippets,” said Reuben Stern, who coordinated the judging by faculty members at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

By uncovering news of business expansion and related economic impacts, keeping an eye on how public dollars and tax incentives are allocated, and providing guidance for business people trying to navigate a host of modern complexities, regional business publications continue to offer a vital information resource in print and online.

The annual AABP Editorial Excellence competition recognizes excellence in journalism, photography and design achieved by regional business publications. Twenty-four judges, faculty members from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, bring their expertise to the selection process.

Some highlights from this year’s awards include:

Best Magazine to Hawaii Business;

Best Newspaper: Small Tabloids to Greater Wilmington Business Journal;

Best Newspaper: Medium Tabloids to BizTimes Milwaukee;

Best Newspaper: Medium Tabloids to Crain’s Detroit Business;

Best Cover: Magazines to Hawaii Business;

Best Front Page: Newspapers to Crain’s Cleveland Business;

Most Improved Publication to Hartford Business Journal;

Best Website to Crain’s Chicago Business;

Best Daily E-mail to Business North Carolina; and

Best Specialty E-newsletter to Indianapolis Business Journal.

2019 EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS DESIGN CATEGORIES

1. Best magazine cover Bronze: Insight on Business Silver: Twin Cities Business Gold: Hawaii Business

2. Best feature layout – magazine Bronze: Florida Trend Silver: Twin Cities Business Gold: Hawaii Business

3. Best overall design – magazine Bronze: Business North Carolina Silver: dbusiness Gold: Hawaii Business

4. Best front page – newspaper Bronze: Crain’s Chicago Business Silver: Crain’s New York Business Gold: Crain’s Cleveland Business

5. Best feature layout – newspaper Bronze: Crain’s Chicago Business Silver: BizTimes Milwaukee Gold: Crain’s Cleveland Business

6a. Best overall design: small tabloids No bronze or silver award. Gold: Greater Wilmington Business Journal

6b. Best overall design: medium tabloids Bronze: Mainebiz Silver: San Fernando Valley Business Journal Gold: BizTimes Milwaukee

6c. Best overall design: large tabloids Bronze: Indianapolis Business Journal Silver: Crain’s Detroit Business Gold: Crain’s Chicago Business

7. Best Use of Photography/Illustrations Bronze: D CEO Silver: Crain’s Chicago Business Gold: Hawaii Business

ONLINE CATEGORIES

8. Best use of multimedia Bronze: Des Moines Business Record Silver: Indianapolis Business Journal Gold: Crain’s Chicago Business

9. Best daily email Bronze: Journal of Business Silver: Des Moines Business Record Gold: Business North Carolina

10. Best specialty e-newsletter Bronze: Crain’s Detroit Business Silver: Des Moines Business Record Gold: Indianapolis Business Journal

JOURNALISM CATEGORIES

11. Best scoop

SMALL No awards.

MEDIUM Silver: Hartford Business Journal Gold: Arkansas Business

LARGE Silver: Indianapolis Business Journal Gold: Crain’s Detroit Business

12. Best feature

SMALL Silver: Vermont Business Magazine Gold: Corridor Business Journal

MEDIUM Silver: BizTimes Milwaukee Gold: Worcester Business Journal

LARGE Silver: Crain’s New York Business

13. Best personality profile

SMALL Silver: The Business Journal, Fresno Gold: dbusiness

MEDIUM Silver: Columbus CEO Gold: Rochester Business Journal

LARGE Silver: D CEO Gold: Florida Trend .

14: Best body of work, single writer

SMALL Silver: GSA Business Report Gold: dbusiness

MEDIUM Silver: Twin Cities Business Gold: Business North Carolina

LARGE Silver: Baton Rouge Business Report Gold: Crain’s New York Business

15. Best recurring feature

SMALL Silver: dbusiness Gold: Insight on Business

MEDIUM Silver: BizTimes Milwaukee Gold: Biz New Orleans

LARGE Silver: Florida Trend Gold: D CEO

16. Best coverage of local breaking news

SMALL Silver: No award. Gold: Vermont Business Magazine

MEDIUM Silver: Virginia Business Gold: Worcester Business Journal

LARGE Silver: Crain’s Detroit Business Gold: Indianapolis Business Journal

17. Best investigative reporting

SMALL Silver: New Hampshire Business Review Gold: dbusiness

MEDIUM Silver Hartford Business Journal Gold: Worcester Business Journal

LARGE Silver: Indianapolis Business Journal Gold: Crain’s Chicago Business

18. Best explanatory journalism

SMALL Silver: New Hampshire Business Review Gold: dbusiness

MEDIUM Silver: Providence Business News Gold: Biz New Orleans

LARGE Silver: Florida Trend Gold: Crain’s Chicago Business

19. Best local coverage of a national business/economic story

SMALL Silver: dbusiness Gold: Vermont Business Magazine

MEDIUM Silver: Mainebiz Gold: Providence Business News

LARGE Silver: Hawaii Business Gold: Indiana Business Journal

Category 20: best auxiliary publication

SMALL Silver: Delaware Business Times Gold: Insight on Business

MEDIUM Silver: BizTimes Milwaukee Gold: Arkansas Business

LARGE Silver: Indianapolis Business Journal Gold: Baton Rouge Business Report

21. Best bylined commentary

SMALL Silver: No award. Gold: Columbia Regional Business Report

MEDIUM Silver: San Fernando Valley Business Journal Gold: Twin Cities Business

LARGE Silver: Crain’s Detroit Business Gold: Baton Rouge Business Report

22. Best editorial

SMALL No awards.

MEDIUM Silver: BizWest Gold: Hartford Business Journal

LARGE Silver: Indianapolis Business Journal Gold: Crain’s Detroit Business

BEST OF SHOW CATEGORIES

23. Most improved publication

Winner: Hartford Business Journal

24. Best website

Bronze: Providence Business News Silver: BizTimes Milwaukee Gold: Crain’s Chicago Business

25. Best magazine

Bronze: Florida Trend Silver: D CEO Gold: Hawaii Business

26A. Best newspaper: small tabloids Bronze: The Business Journal, Fresno Silver: Daily Herald Business Ledger Gold: Greater Wilmington Business Journal

26b. Best newspaper: medium tabloids Bronze: San Fernando Valley Business Journal Silver: Worcester Business Journal Gold: BizTimes Milwaukee

26C. Best newspaper: large tabloids Bronze: Indianapolis 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.

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