SABEW Canada announces Best in Business finalists

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers Canada announced Tuesday the list of nominees for its second Canadian Best in Business competition, which recognizes outstanding business reporting published or broadcast in 2015.

This year’s contest had a record number of entries, and publications from across Canada submitted their work. Journalists from places such as the Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Alberta Oil and Advisor.ca entered the Best in Business contest for the first time this year.

The nominated works reflect a diverse set of issues particular to Canadian business — from budget coverage and Bombardier news to Ashley Madison and real estate opportunities.

“We were excited to see the contest expand this year with more entries from more places,” added Bryan Borzykowski, chair of SABEW Canada and a member of SABEW’s board of governors, in a statement. “With no other contest like it in Canada, Best in Business is only going to grow from here.”

There are a total of 30 finalists in 10 categories, selected from more than 100 applicants from publications across the country. Categories include investigative, commentary, breaking news, 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 20 at Valdez in Toronto.

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

Beat Reporting
Brent Jang, Energy, Globe and Mail
Claudia Cattaneo, Energy, Financial Post
Allison Lampert, John Tilak, Euan Rocha, Allison Martell, Andrea Shalal, Tim Hepher, Arno Schuetze, Mike Stone, Benjamin Lim, Matt Miller, Bombardier, Reuters

Breaking News
Philip Porado, Melissa Shin, Jessica Bruno, Christopher Guly, 2015 Budget Coverage, Advisor.ca
Barrie McKenna, Rob Carrick, Tamsin McMahon, Tim Kiladze, Scott Barlow, Tavia Grant, Tim Shufelt, Matt Lundy, Sherrill Sutherland, Rate Cut Surprise, Globe and Mail
John Shmuel, Gigi Suhanic, Andrew Barr, Chris Gallipeau, Canada Officially in a Recession, Financial Post

Commentary
Jason Kirby, Maclean’s
Deborah Aarts, Canadian Business
David Parkinson, Globe and Mail

Long Form Feature
Kristine Owram, Bombardier’s Biggest Gamble, Financial Post
Patrick White, Starring Brad Katsuyama as Himself, Report on Business magazine
Charles Wilkins, The Deep, Report on Business magazine

Short Form Feature
Claire Brownell, Inside Ashley Madison, Financial Post
Chester Dawson, Brian Spegele, CNOOC Slips in Canada’s Oil Sands, Wall Street Journal
Alistair MacDonald, Rita Trichur, Ben Dummett, RBC’s Latin Misadventure, Wall Street Journal

Investigative
Tamsin McMcMahon, Mortgage Fraud, Globe and Mail
Peter O’Neil and Gordon Hoekstra, Energy Giant Petronas Faced ‘Catastrophic’ Safety Issues, Vancouver Sun
Jacquie McNish, Niall McGee, Amaya’s improbable $4.9-billion PokerStars gamble and the largest insider trading investigation in Canadian history, Globe and Mail

Multimedia
Mark Brown, Stefania Di Verdi, Mike Shoss, Best Places to Live 2015, MoneySense
Mark Brown, Romana King, Stefania Di Verdi, Mike Shoss, Best Deals in Real Estate, MoneySense
Rob Carrick, Tom Cardoso, Rent Calculator, Globe and Mail

Package or Ongoing Series
Gordon Hoekstra, Larry Pynn, Pride & Power: First Nations in the B.C. Economy, Vancouver Sun
Tavia Grant, Tamsin McMahon, David Parkinson, Barrie McKenna, David Berman, Roma Luciw, Richard Blackwell, Aron Yeomanson, Matt Lundy, Debt: Canada’s Borrowing Binge, Globe and Mail
Chester Dawson, Alistair MacDonald, Brian Spegele and Rita Trichur, Alberta’s Oil Woes, Wall Street Journal

Personal Finance/Investing
Garry Marr, The TFSA Under Siege, Financial Post
Rob Carrick, personal finance columns, Globe and Mail
Dan Bortolotti, A Smarter Way to Invest, MoneySense

Profile
Tim Querengesser, Given The History…, Alberta Venture
Omar Mouallem, Edmonton’s Porn King, Alberta Venture
David Parkinson, Barrie McKenna, The Game Changer, Globe and Mail