Loeb Awards now accepting nominations

The UCLA Anderson School of Management and the G. and R. Loeb Foundation invite all journalists and outlets from print, online and broadcast media to submit entries in 12 competition categories and nominations for two career achievement awards for the 2016 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism.

This year, the Video/Audio category has been split into two separate categories and the Images/Visuals category has been replaced with the Images/Graphics/Interactives category to reflect the evolution of digital journalism.

All competition categories encourage submissions in all journalistic forms and in any combination of forms – broadcast (video, audio and podcasts), digital/online, print, still photography, graphics, interactives, data visualization, and social media. Detailed descriptions of category changes and submission guidelines for the 2016 competition can be found online here.

All entries must be submitted online at www.loeb.anderson.ucla.edu no later than Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at 11:59:59 p.m. Consideration is limited to entries that were published or broadcast in the United States during calendar year 2015.

Entries Accepted in 12 Competition Categories:

• AUDIO – Exemplary spoken-word coverage, story-telling or expository journalism on a contemporary business, financial or economic subject.
• BEAT REPORTING – Exemplary coverage of a business, financial or economic beat.
• BREAKING NEWS – Exemplary coverage of a competitive business, financial or economic news story within seven days of an event, with special attention paid to the first 24 hours.
• COMMENTARY – Including business, financial or economic editorials, columns, syndicated columns, blogs, on-air or video commentary or analysis.
• EXPLANATORY – Exemplary in-depth analysis and clear presentation of a complex business, financial or economic subject.
• FEATURE – Pieces in any medium that explain or enlighten business topics with exemplary craft and style.
• IMAGES/GRAPHICS/INTERACTIVES – Recognizes the exemplary use of images, graphics, and interactives (still photography, video, charts, data visualizations, graphics, illustrations, news apps) to tell stories. These visual elements should be essential to the reporting in order to explain, enlighten or educate the reader/viewer/user about contemporary business, financial or economic topics. The images, graphics, or interactives, and any accompanying text, voice track or sound, can appear in any media.
• INTERNATIONAL – Covering international business, financial or economic stories. Must be English language and published in the US.
• INVESTIGATIVE – For a business, financial or economic story or group of up to five (5) stories in any medium or in a combination of media. Factors the judges will consider include originality, creativity and persistence in gleaning information, storytelling power and impact.
• LOCAL – Recognizes excellence in the coverage of a business, financial or economic story centered in a particular geographic area and offered primarily to consumers in that area. Pieces would be from a local newspaper, magazine, television, radio station or website.
• PERSONAL FINANCE – Excellence in business, financial or economic journalism that informs and protects the individual investor and consumer. Eligible entrants include journalists and also experts who are determined not to have conflicts of interest or personal agendas related to the submitted material.
• VIDEO – Exemplary coverage, story-telling and presentation in video of a business, financial or economic story.

Nominations will also be accepted for: (1) the Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes exceptional career contributions in the field of business, financial and economic news; and (2) the Lawrence Minard Editor Award, which recognizes career contributions in business journalism editing.