The Canadian chapter of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) announced Wednesday the winners of the 6th Annual Best in Business Awards competition, recognizing outstanding business reporting published in 2019.
Audio or Visual Storytelling
Gold
Sean Stanleigh, Stephanie Chan, Laura Regehr, Ann Lang and Tara Deschamps (The Globe and Mail), “Industry interrupted”
Silver
Matt Lundy (The Globe and Mail), data visualizations
Honorable Mention
Scott Gill and James McLeod (Financial Post), “Focals by north”
Beat Reporting
Gold
Eric Atkins, The Globe and Mail (transportation)
Silver
Brent Jang, The Globe and Mail (natural gas industry)
Honorable Mention
Catherine McIntyre, The Logic (the gig economy)
Breaking News Coverage
Gold
The Logic (Amanda Roth and Catherine McIntyre), “Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto reach a deal”
Silver
The Globe and Mail (Josh O’Kane, Alex Bozikovic, Jeff Gray, Rachelle Younglai and Tom Cardoso), Sidewalk Lab negotiations
Honorable Mention
The Globe and Mail (Emma Graney, Jeffrey Jones, Carrie Tait, Kelly Cryderman, Gary Mason, James Bradshaw, Christine Dobby, Andrew Willis, Ian McGugan, David Milstead and David Berman), “Encana to move its headquarters to U.S.”
Commentary
Gold
Rita Trichur (The Globe and Mail)
Silver
David Parkinson (The Globe and Mail)
Honorable Mention
Kevin Carmichael (Financial Post)
Editorial Newsletter
Gold
The Logic (The Logic staff), Daily Briefing
Silver
HuffPost Canada (Daniel Tencer), HuffPost Canada Housing Newsletter
Honorable Mention
Financial Post (Yadullah Hussein and Pam Heaven), Posthaste
Feature (long-form)
Gold
Zander Sherman (Report on Business magazine), “Forged by fire”
Silver
Charles Wilkins (Report on Business magazine), “Castaways”
Honorable Mention
Alexandra Posadzki, Joe Castaldo, Jessica Leeder and Lindsay Jones (The Globe and Mail), “Crypto chaos”
Feature (short-form)
Gold
Danielle Bochove (Bloomberg News), “In planet’s fastest-warming region, jobs come with thaw”
Silver
Joe O’Connor (Financial Post), “An historic gold mine in a tiny Ontario town…”
Honorable Mention
Sean Silcoff (The Globe and Mail), “Montreal analytics startup uses AI to play a big role in NHL playoffs”
Investigative
Gold
Matthew McClearn, Geoffrey York and Stephanie Nolen (The Globe and Mail), “See No Evil”
Silver
Joe Castaldo, Alexandra Posadzki, Nathan VanderKlippe and Jessica Leeder (The Globe and Mail), “How did Gerald Cotton die?”
Honorable Mention
Gordon Hoekstra and Kim Bolan (Vancouver Sun), money laundering
Package
Gold
Chris Fournier, Erik Hertzberg, Natalie Wong, Kevin Orland and Paula Sambo (Bloomberg News), consumer debt
Silver
Geoffrey Morgan and Vanmala Subramaniam (Financial Post), “Rural Alberta (dis)advantage”
Honorable Mention
Ryan Stuart (BCBusiness Magazine), “The future of work”
Personal Finance and Investing
Gold
Tim Shufelt (The Globe and Mail), “The data game”
Silver
Mark Brown, Sandra E. Martin, Julie Cazzin, Chris Richard and Daisy Barette (MoneySense), “Canada’s best dividend stocks 2020”
Honorable Mention
Victor Ferreira (Financial Post), “The inconvenient truth about responsible investing”
Profile
Gold
Jason Kirby (Report on Business magazine), “Trash talking”
Silver
Kristine Owram and Susan Berfield (Bloomberg News), Bruce Linton
Honorable Mention
Steve Kupferman (Pivot), “Toy Story”
Scoop
Gold
Mark Rendell and Jeffrey Jones (The Globe and Mail), “CannTrust allegedly used fake walls to hide pot…”
Silver
Geoffrey Morgan (Financial Post), “Billionaire Koch brothers dump Canada’s oil sands leases…”
Honorable Mention
Niall McGee and Rachelle Younglai (The Globe and Mail), “Barrick eyes hostile bid…”
Trade Article
Gold
Daniel Fish (Precedent Magazine), “Paying the partners”
Silver
Kelsey Rolfe (Benefits Canada), “Rise of the machines”
Honorable Mention
Leah Golob (Investment executive), “Singles: a growing demographic”
