SABEW Canada names Best in Business award winners

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”