Goldsmith Prize finalists include business journalism

The finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting included several works by business journalists or about how businesses operate.

A team from the Associated Press — Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Martha Mendoza, and Esther Htusan — is a finalist for their series “Seafood from Slaves” about how seafood sold in U.S. restaurants and retailers comes from slave workers in Asia.

Neela Banerjee, John H. Cushman Jr., David Hasemyer, and Lisa Song of Inside Climate News are finalists for “Exxon: The Road Not Taken,” which examined how the gas and oil company knew about the potential for climate change from fossil fuels.

Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Michael Corkery, and Robert Gebeloff of the New York Times are finalists for “Beware the Fine Print,” which looks at arbitration clauses in contracts that prevent Americans from taking complaints to court.

The Goldsmith Prize honors reporting that best promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government, the making of public policy, or the practice of politics. The winner receives $25,000, and five finalists receive $10,000. While the subject can address issues of foreign policy, a submission qualifies only if it has an impact on public policy in the United States at the national, regional or local level.

Financial support for the Goldsmith Awards Program is provided by an annual grant from the Goldsmith Fund of the Greenfield Foundation. The program is administered by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

The winners will be named March 3.