Loeb finalists announced

Finalists for the 2010 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, considered the Pulitzers of business journalism, were announced on Monday.

Winners in the 13 competition categories will be announced at the 2010 Loeb Awards dinner on Tuesday, June 29, at Capitale in New York City.

Winners in the 13 competition categories will be announced from among the finalists, which were chosen from among a record 513 entries. Television breaking news and news services finalists will be announced later this week.

The finalists include:

Large Newspapers Category Finalists

• Gretchen Morgenson, Don Van Natta Jr., Peter S. Goodman and Jenny Anderson for “Back to Business” in The New York Times
• Michael Moss and Andrew Martin for “Food Safety” in The New York Times
• Charles Duhigg for “Toxic Waters” in The New York Times
• Kate Kelly, Jon Hilsenrath, Dan Fitzpatrick, Suzanne Craig, Deborah Solomon, Damian Paletta and David Enrich for “USA Inc.: The State of Capitalism” in The Wall Street Journal
• Mark Maremont for “The Talented Mr. Pang” in The Wall Street Journal

Medium & Small Newspapers Category Finalists

• Rick Montgomery and Dan Margolies for “Enterprise Rent-A-Car Airbags” in The Kansas City Star
• Michael Sallah, Rob Barry and Lucy Komisar for “Keys to the Kingdom: How State Regulators Enabled a $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme” in The Miami Herald
• Raquel Rutledge for “Cashing in on Kids” in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Kirsten Grind for “WaMu’s Final Days” in Puget Sound Business Journal

Magazines Category Finalists

• James Bandler, Nicholas Varchaver and Doris Burke for “How Bernie Did It” in Fortune Magazine
• Joe Nocera for “Risk Mismanagement” in The New York Times Magazine
• Nina Munk for “Rich Harvard, Poor Harvard” in Vanity Fair
• Fred Vogelstein for “Facebook Versus Google” in Wired Magazine

Commentary Category Finalists

• David Leonhardt for “Economic Scene” in The New York Times
• Joseph E. Stiglitz for “Capitalist Fools and Wall Street’s Toxic Message” in Vanity Fair
• Michael Wolff for “The Ultimate Bubble and Rupert to Internet: It’s War!” in Vanity Fair
• Steven Pearlstein for “Commentary by Steven Pearlstein” in The Washington Post

See all of the finalists here.