The Business Journalist of the Year award, which has been given every year since 1999, is accepting applications until Feb. 1, according to a notice on its web site.
Past winners include Peter Elkind of Fortune in 2007, Martin Dickson of The Financial Times in 2005, Catherine Arnst of BusinessWeek in 2004, and Richard Behar of Fortune in 2001. They are the only awards for business writers that are open to journalists of all nationalities, and the only awards to cover the entire spectrum of business and financial reporting.
Categories for 2008 include best corporate journalist, best economics journalist, best finance & markets journalist, best personal finance journalist, best broadcast story, best magazine story, best newspaper story, best scoop, best deadline story and The Decade of Excellence award, which has been won by Paul Steiger of The Wall Street Journal.
The judges will receive nominations for the Decade of Excellence Award until March 7. Winners will be named at the annual Business Journalist of the Year Awards gala dinner, which takes place in the Grosvenor House, London, on April 24. There are no entry fees, but you or a representative from your publication have to be present at the dinner.
The Business Journalist of the Year Awards are judged by journalists and governed by the world’s leading business editors. The Editors’ Committee comprises of Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times; Robert Peston, business editor at the BBC; Daniel Dodd, business & economics editor of the BBC; Steiger, former managing editor of the Wall Street Journal; and Rik Kirkland, former managing editor of Fortune.
The Business Journalist of the Year Awards are organized by The World Leadership Forum.
