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Gerald Loeb Awards names finalists for 2021

The following 2021 Gerald Loeb Awards finalists were chosen among more than 465 entries submitted in all media by local, regional and national outlets and individual journalists.

The Gerald Loeb Awards ceremony will take place as a live virtual event and watch party on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021.

Tyler Mathisen, co-anchor of CNBC’s “Power Lunch,” will host this year’s show, announcing the winning journalists and outlets for each competition category. During the show, winners will be able to give their acceptance speeches live from anywhere in the world. The Loeb Awards has partnered with the Fenway Group to produce a virtual environment where event attendees can interact with one another and watch the awards show. Sponsors will be able to reserve private video chat-enabled watching rooms to view the live stream and celebrate with colleagues, friends or family.

The official invitation to the 2021 Gerald Loeb Awards — with registration and sponsorship information — can be viewed at theloebawards.com.

The G. and R. Loeb Foundation Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates primarily on competition entry fees, banquet ticket sales, sponsorships and private support.

 AUDIO FINALISTS

 “Blood River” – Bloomberg

Monte Reel and Topher Forhecz

“STUCK: Inside California’s Housing” – KPCC Southern California Public Radio

Aaron Mendelson, Rina Palta, Priska Neely, Shana Daloria, Chava Sanchez, Adriene Hill, Mike Kessler, Megan Garvey, Dana Amihere and Mark Schoofs

“American Rehab” – Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX

Shoshona Walter, Laura Starecheski, Ike Sriskandarajah, Brett Myers, Kevin Sullivan, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Katharine Mieszkowski, Najib Aminy, Rosemarie Ho, Al Letson, Amy Julia Harris, Amy Mostafa, Matt Thompson, Esther Kaplan, Andy Donohue, Amanda Pike, Narda Zacchino, Gabe Hongsdusit, Sarah Mirk, Claire Mullen, Byard Duncan, David Rodriguez, Eren K. Wilson and Hannah Young

BEAT REPORTING FINALISTS

“Confronting Climate Change in California” – Los Angeles Times

Sammy Roth

“The Peril Ahead” – The New York Times

Ben Casselman

“Amazon’s Abuses” – The Wall Street Journal

Dana Mattioli, Cara Lombardo, Patience Haggin and Shane Shifflett

“Essential Workers on the Front Lines” – The Washington Post

Kimberly Kindy, Taylor Telford, Robert Klemko, Abha Bhattarai, Nicole Dungca, Jenn Abelson and Meryl Kornfield

BREAKING NEWS FINALISTS

 “60 Minutes: The Jobless” – CBS News

Scott Pelley, Aaron Weisz, Ian Flickinger, Sean Kelly and Jan Mann

 “Collapse of Wirecard” – The Financial Times

Dan McCrum, Olaf Storbeck, Stefania Palma, John Reed, Guy Chazan and Laurence Fletcher

“A Vaccine Arrives” – The New York Times

Katie Thomas, Sharon LaFraniere, Noah Weiland and the staff of The New York Times

“Paycheck Protection Program Rollout” – The Wall Street Journal

Bob Davis, Ruth Simon, Peter Rudegeair, Yuka Hayashi, Heather Haddon and Andrew Duehren

COMMENTARY FINALISTS

 “Morgan Housel Commentary” – The Collaborative Fund

Morgan Housel

“An Unequal Economy” – Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik

“The Trump Administration’s Use and Abuse of Regulation” – The Washington Post

Catherine Rampell

“Sincerely, Michelle” – The Washington Post

Michelle Singletary

 EXPLANATORY FINALISTS

 “Fumed Out” – Los Angeles Times

Kiera Feldman

“Google the Giant” – The Markup

Adrianne Jeffries, Leon Yin, Maddy Varner and Sam Morris

“How Covid Tore Apart Small Businesses” – The Wall Street Journal

Ruth Simon, Valerie Bauerlein, Bob Davis, Yuka Hayashi and Peter Rudegeair

 FEATURE FINALISTS

 “Cruising for Catastrophe” – Bloomberg Businessweek

Austin Carr, Christopher Palmeri, Michael Smith, Drake Bennett, K. Oanh Ha and Matthew Campbell

 “Unlucky Charms: The Rise and Fall of Billion-Dollar Jewelry Empire Alex and Ani” – Marker

Aaron Gell and Danielle Sacks

“The Recession’s Reach in Florida” – The Washington Post

Greg Jaffe

INTERNATIONAL FINALISTS

 “Fruits of Labor” – Associated Press

Margie Mason and Robin McDowell

“The FinCEN Files” – BuzzFeed News and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Michael W. Hudson, Dean Starkman, Simon Bowers, Emilia Díaz-Struck, Tanya Kozyreva, Will Fitzgibbon, Sasha Chavkin, Ben Hallman, Karrie Kehoe, Richard H. P. Sia, Tom Stites, Joe Hillhouse, Delphine Reuter, Agustin Armendariz, Margot Williams, Hamish Boland-Rudder, Antonio Cucho, Gerard Ryle, Mago Torres, Scilla Alecci, Jelena Cosic, Miguel Fiandor Gutiérrez, Madeline O’Leary, Patricia Marcano, Kyra Gurney, Miriam Pensack, Spencer Woodman, Michael Sallah, Anne L’Hôte, Amy Wilson-Chapman, Ashlee Guevara, Anthony Cormier, Jason Leopold, Tom Warren, Scott Pham, John Templon, Jeremy Singer-Vine, Richard Holmes, Emma Loop, Sophie Comeau, Waylon Cunningham, Sam Feehan, Nancy Guan, Kristy Hutchings, Kylie Storm, Felicia Tapia, Karen Wang, Abby Washer and Ashley Zhang

“Facebook’s Struggle to Police Hate in India” – The Wall Street Journal

Jeff Horwitz, Newley Purnell and Rajesh Roy

“Huawei, 5G, and the Man Who Conquered Noise” – Wired

Steven Levy

INVESTIGATIVE FINALISTS

 “Addicted to Profit” – Bloomberg News

Cam Simpson, Michael Smith and Nacha Cattan

“Inside Wirecard” – The Financial Times

Dan McCrum, Olaf Storbeck, Sam Jones, Paul Murphy, Helen Warrell, Henry Fox, Max Seddon, Andrew England and Erika Solomon

“In the Shadows: The Rise of Hospital Violence” – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Raquel Rutledge, John Diedrich and Daphne Chen

“Back to the Jungle” – The New Yorker

Jane Mayer

LOCAL FINALISTS

 “Thousands Of D.C. Renters Are Evicted Every Year. Do They All Know to Show Up to Court?” – DCist and WAMU

Josh Kaplan

“Deceit, Disrepair and Death Inside a Southern California Rental Empire” – KPCC Southern California Radio and LAist

Aaron Mendelson, Rina Palta, Chava Sanchez, Shana Daloria and Priska Neely

“Dying for Dollars” – Los Angeles Times

Kim Christensen and Ben Poston

PERSONAL FINANCE AND CONSUMER REPORTING FINALISTS

 “Blacklight” – The Markup

Surya Mattu, Aaron Sankin and Julia Angwin

“Evenflo, Maker of the ‘Big Kid’ Booster Seat, Put Profits Over Child Safety” – ProPublica

Daniela Porat, Patricia Callahan and Lucas Waldron

“A Personal-Loan Company Sues Its Customers — During a Pandemic” – The Texas Tribune and ProPublica

Kiah Collier, Perla Trevizo, Ren Larson, Paul Kiel, Lexi Churchill and Chris Essig

 VIDEO FINALISTS

“Opioids, Inc.” – FRONTLINE and Financial Times

Thomas Jennings, Annie Wong, Nick Verbitsky, Hannah Kuchler, Rebecca Blandón, Anna Auster and Shaunagh Connaire

 “The Luanda Leaks Documentary” – International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, FRONTLINE and The New York Times

Staffs of International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, FRONTLINE, The New York Times and other media partners

“The Electric Vehicle Road Test” – The Wall Street Journal

Frank Matt, Aja Harris, Christina Rogers, Nora Naughton, Erich Schwartzel, James Areddy, Valerie Bauerlein, Katherine Blunt, William Boston, Lee Hawkins, Sean McLain, Laura Kammermann, Clement Burge, George Downs and Robert Alcaraz

“Banking Below 30” – WFAA-TV

David Schechter, Jason Trahan, Chance Horner and T. Nicole Waivers

 VISUAL STORYTELLING FINALISTS

 “Climate Scoreboard” – Bloomberg Green

Aaron Rutkoff, Rachael Dottle, Brian Eckhouse, Brittany Harris, Dina Khrennikova, Laura Millan Lombrana, Will Mathis, Rachel Morison, Paul Murray, Demetrios Pogkas, Mira Rojanasakul, Eric Roston, Anna Shiryaevskaya, Olga Tanas, Andre Tartar, Will Wade, Hayley Warren, Jillian Goodman, Sharon Chen, Alex Tribou, Martin Keohan and Yue Qui

“Visualizing the Pandemic Economy” – The New York Times

Rich Harris, Blacki Migliozzi, Niraj Chokshi, Bill Marsh, Guilbert Gates, Ella Koeze, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Larry Buchanan, Aliza Aufrichtig, Michael Corkery, Derek Watkins, Josh Holder, James Glanz, Weiyi Cai, Benedict Carey, Jeremy White, Jonah Markowitz and Christina Goldbaum

“COVID-19: Tracking and Economic Impacts” – Reuters

Jon McClure, Chris Canipe, Gurman Bhatia, Prasanta Kumar Dutta, Sarah Slobin, Matthew Weber, Ally Levine, Howard Schneider, Feilding Cage and Sangameswaran S.

“WSJ Graphics Portfolio” – The Wall Street Journal

Tonia Cowan, Inti Pacheco, Stephanie Stamm, Peter Santilli, Yan Wu, Vivien Ngo, Jared S. Hopkins, Peter Loftus, Juanje Gómez, Taylor Umlauf, Anthony DeBarros, Ryan Tracy, Maureen Linke, Eliza Collins, Ariel Zambelich, Jessica Wang, Jessica Kuronen, Danny Dougherty, Madeleine Ngo and Katherine Riley.

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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