SABEW announces finalists for Canadian Best in Business

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers  Canada  announced Wednesday the list of nominees for its first-ever Canadian Best In Business competition, which recognizes outstanding business reporting published or broadcast in 2014.

The nominees represent some of Canada’s most venerable news organizations, including Canadian Business, Bloomberg Canada, The Globe and Mail, the Wall Street Journal’s Canadian bureau, Maclean’s and more.

The nominated works reflect a diverse set of issues particular to Canadian business — from pipelines and banks to medical marijuana and the death of the Canadian Wheat Board.

“We’re delighted to announce the first-ever nominees for the SABEW Canada Best in Business awards,” said Marty Wolk, SABEW president and an assigning editor at NerdWallet, the personal finance website. “We are proud to expand our efforts to recognize and honour the best business and financial journalism in Canada. Congratulations to the nominees!”

“There’s no other awards contest like this in Canada,” added Bryan Borzykowski, chair of SABEW Canada and a member of SABEW’s board of governors. “This is a chance for business journalists to showcase their work and have it judged by their peers.”

There are a total of 26 finalists in nine categories, selected from nearly 100 applicants from publications across the country. Categories include investigative, commentary, investing and personal finance, features, multimedia, beat reporting, package and profile.

The winners will be announced at the Best In Business awards reception on April 15 at Valdez in Toronto.

Nominees for SABEW Canada’s first annual Best in Business awards (in no particular order):

Beat reporting
Claudia Cattaneo, Energy, Financial Post
Marina Strauss, Retail, The Globe and Mail
Doug Alexander, Banking, Bloomberg

Commentary
Eric Reguly, Report on Business
James Cowan, Canadian Business
Jason Kirby, Maclean’s

Long-form feature (2,500 words or more)
Jake MacDonald, “The Cost of Freedom“, Report on Business magazine
Peter Kuitenbrouwer, “Rebirth of Highway H20“, Financial Post
Trevor Cole, “CEO of the Year“, Report on Business magazine

Short-form feature (2,500 words or less)
Alistair MacDonald, “The Irvings“, Wall Street Journal
Greg Quinn, “Trappers“, Bloomberg
Michael McCullough, “Yes, You Can Build a Pipeline Here,” Canadian Business

Investigative
Bruce Livesey, “Where our Clothes Come From“, Report on Business magazine
Stephanie Nolen, “High and Dry“, Report on Business magazine
Grant Robertson, “The Pot Stock Problem“, The Globe and Mail

Multimedia
Mark Brown, “Canada’s Best Places to Live 2014“, MoneySense
Tavia Grant, “No Safe Use“, The Globe and Mail
Peter Kuitenbrouwer, “Rebirth of Highway H20“, Financial Post

Package or ongoing series
Chester Dawson and Amy Harder, Selling Canada’s Crude, Wall Street Journal
Edward Greenspon, Andrew Mayeda, Rebecca Penty, Theophilos Argitis, Jeremy van Loon and Hugo Miller, Energy Super Power, Bloomberg
Sunny Freeman, Zi-Ann Lum and Daniel Tencer, Working Poor, Huffington Post Canada

Personal finance/Investing
Julie Cazzin, “Looking After Mom and Dad“, MoneySense
Rob Carrick, personal finance columnist, The Globe and Mail

Profile
Carol Toller, “Lessons From a Brain Damaged CEO”, Canadian Business
Trevor Cole, “CEO of the Year“, Report on Business magazine
Alistair MacDonald, “The Irvings“, Wall Street Journal