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No business journalism Pulitzers this year — or were there?

The 2018 Pulitzer Prize winners contained no business journalism after there were two business journalism-related winners in 2017.

There were two finalists that were business journalism related. There were also two business journalism finalists last year.

Caveat: The work done by New York Times media reporter Emily Steel on Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly’s sexual harassment was listed as part of the Times’ win in the public service category.

But the two main reporters on the work listed — Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor — are not business news desk reporters, though their work was on workplace sexual harassment. Some would argue that work constitutes business journalism.

Brett Murphy of USA Today Network was a finalist in the national reporting category. There was no winner named in this category.

The judges recognized Murphy “For a graceful, data-driven narrative populated by the truckers who transport goods from America’s ports — spirited characters exploited by some of the country’s largest and best-known companies.”

Steve Lopez of Los Angeles Times was a finalist in the commentary category.

The judges recognized Lopez “for graceful columns rich in detail that vividly illustrated how the crippling cost of housing in California is becoming an existential crisis for the state.”

All of the winners and finalists can be found 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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