New 30 under 30 named

NewsBios announced the 2007 NewsBios 30 Under 30 Award recipients. This select group of journalists showcases up-and-coming business and financial reporters and editors.

NewsBios first honored young journalists for their exceptional work in 1987 and has since bestowed the awards in 18 of the past 20 years. (The awards were not issued in either 2005 or 2006).

The 2007 list includes 20 first-time winners and reflects top talents at 18 different news organizations. The journalists, who had to have been under 30 years of age as of Dec. 31, 2006, were nominated by their editors and peers for their professional contributions in calendar year 2006.

Because of the large number of outstanding nominees for 2007, making this year’s list was extremely difficult and many high-caliber journalists had to be eliminated to keep the list to 30.

Among the youngest in the Class of 2007 is Charles Forelle, who along with his Wall Street Journal colleagues James Bandler and Mark Maremont, has already received several 2007 journalism citations, including being a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize.

The 2007 list also includes veterans Adrienne Carter of BusinessWeek and Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times. Both are five-time winners who likely would have been seven-time recipients if the 30 Under 30 Award had been bestowed in 2005 and 2006.