Hertzberg of WSJ, Bloomberg to receive Bell Award

The New York Financial Writers’ Association has named Dan Hertzberg as the winner of the 2015 Elliott V. Bell Award for his significant contribution to the world of financial journalism during his career.

Hertzberg, a 1988 Pulitzer Prize winner while at The Wall Street Journal, is the 40th recipient of the Bell Award, named after the NYFWA’s founding president and which recognizes individuals who have made long-term contributions to financial journalism and have had a significant impact on the industry.

Last year’s winner was John Huey of Fortune and The Journal.

Hertzberg spent much of his 46-year news career covering financial crises and meltdowns, from the 1987 stock market crash, which earned him his Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism, to leading coverage of the financial sector in the wake of the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis at Bloomberg News.

His position as Bloomberg News senior editor and executive editor followed a 32-year tenure at The Journal during which Hertzberg covered a succession of beats that included banking, mergers and acquisitions and insider trading and rose through the ranks to become senior deputy managing editor in 2005.

As part of the May 18 award ceremony, Hertzberg will moderate a panel with leading financial editors and reporters entitled “Will We Be Able to Spot the Next Financial Crisis?” The discussion will explore how – and if – financial journalists can spot the next financial bubble before it boils over into the real economy like the events of 2008.

Hertzberg will be joined by Michael Siconolfi, who heads up investigations at The Wall Street Journal;  Lisa Abramowicz, who covers credit markets for Bloomberg; and Nik Deogun of CNBC, among others.

For more information, go here.