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Crain’s New York named best paper, website

Crain’s New York Businesswon 13 editorial awards from the Alliance of Area Business Publications last month, including top honors for Best Newspaper in the Large Tabloid category and Best Website.

A story on its website states, “‘It’s hard to get better than that—being named both the best local business newspaper and best local business website in the country,’ said Crain’s Editor Glenn Coleman. ‘It’s a testament to our newsroom’s talents.’

“Crain’s New York won five more gold honors in the contest: Best Editorial (on behind-closed-doors dealmaking in Albany); Best Body of Work by a Single Reporter (for Wall Street stories by Aaron Elstein); Best Use of Photography/Illustration; Best Special Section Design (for the 2011 ’40 Under 40′ feature package) and Best Overall Design.

“Two silver honors were awarded to Barbara Benson for Best Online Scoop and Best Investigative Reporting, for stories on Peninsula Hospital’s bankruptcy. Ms. Benson’s and Gale Scott’s Crain’s Health Pulse newsletter also won silver for Best Industry-Specific E-newsletter.”

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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.