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Financial journalism award deadline extended

The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants has extended the deadline to apply for its annual Excellence in Financial Journalism Award to Feb. 10.

The award recognizes reporters from the national and local press who contribute to a better understanding of business topics. The society presents awards in the categories at a special awards luncheon in May.

A panel of members from the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and the New York Financial Writers Association judges entries on accuracy and thoroughness of research, the ability to communicate an understanding of the topic, and fair and balanced representation of the issue(s).

Last year’s winners included Daniel Golden, John Hechlinger and John Lauerman of Bloomberg News for “Education Inc.,” an expose of taxpayer-funded expansion of for-profit schools through aggressive marketing leaving low-income students, veterans and the homeless burdened with lifelong debt.

To apply, see the application information here.

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.