Judges awarded 78 winners and 69 honorable mentions to ground-breaking journalism produced in 2020, a year in which the pandemic, an economic downturn, and a presidential election converged into a nonstop news cycle. SABEW received 1,126 entries from 161 news organizations ranging from international, national and regional news outlets to specialized business publications.
“It is among the most consequential pieces of investigative reporting of the Trump era,” the judges wrote of the New York Times’ report on Trump’s taxes, which won the large division of the Investigative category.
Judges described the Nashville Business Journal’s human trafficking report, which won the small division of the Explanatory category, as “high-energy, persuasive, heartbreaking and infuriating. … A first-class job.”
A racial inequity package, which aimed to answer the question of how much has really changed for people of color in the past 125 years, was part of the Miami Herald’s winning entry in the medium division of the General Excellence category.
Bloomberg News won the large division of the Economics category with a deep dive into chronic economic and housing inequality exacerbated by the pandemic. Judges said the “well-written pieces put flesh on the bones of the biggest story of 2020.”
Highlights include:
The awards were announced at a virtual awards ceremony on May 11 during SABEW’s spring conference. The complete list of 2020 honorees and the judges’ comments are posted online.
SABEW is the world’s largest and oldest organization of business and financial journalists. SABEW Canada’s BIB winners will be announced next month.
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