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Loeb Awards now accepting entries

The UCLA Anderson School of Management and the G. and R. Loeb Foundation invite business, financial and economic journalists from print, online and broadcast media to submit entries and nominations for the 2012 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism.

The Gerald Loeb Awards are the most prestigious honor in business journalism, recognizing writers, editors and producers who make significant contributions to the understanding of business, finance and the economy for both the private investor and the general public.

Consideration is limited to entries that were published or broadcast in the United States during calendar year 2011. All submissions and nominations must be submitted online at www.loeb.anderson.ucla.edu by 11:59 p.m. PST Tuesday, Jan. 31.

The Gerald Loeb Awards are also accepting nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes exceptional career contributions in the field of business, financial and economic news; and the Lawrence Minard Editor Award, which recognizes career contributions in business journalism editing. Nominations will be accepted online only at www.loeb.anderson.ucla.edu.

More information and submission guidelines can be found at www.anderson.ucla.edu/x3294.xml or by contacting the Gerald Loeb Awards office at loeb@anderson.ucla.edu or (310) 825-4478.

For more information, read 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.

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