Gerald Loeb Award finalists announced; event to be in 3D

The following 2020 Gerald Loeb Awards finalists were chosen from more than 485 entries submitted in all mediums by local, regional and national outlets and individual journalists: AUDIO FINALISTS “The Shrink Next Door” – Bloomberg and WonderyJoe Nocera, Krista Rypl, Francesca Levy, Jared Sandberg, Katie Boyce, George Lavender, Marshall Lewy, Hernan Lopez and Maya Kaufman “The Antitrust Trilogy” – NPR’s Planet MoneyKenny Malone, Jacob Goldstein and Julia Simon “Amazon: Behind […]

SABEW names shortlist for book award

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced Thursday the shortlist for its inaugural Best in Business Book competition, which recognizes and celebrates outstanding business books published between July 30, 2019 and July 30, 2020. A prestigious panel of judges, led by Pattie Sellers, selected the top five books and seven honorable mentions from 41 entries. […]

FT/McKinsey announce finalists for Business Book of the Year

Books about the future of work, corporate culture, technology and the US economy feature among the six finalists for Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year, reports Andrew Hill of the Financial Times. Hill reports, “The finalists are: “Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, by Anne Case and Angus Deaton, which is based on […]

CNN, FX Networks win business Emmys

The winners for the 41st annual Nc including the following in the business categories: For Outstanding Business, Consumer of Economic Report, the winner is “Maduro’s Blood Gold” by CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper.” For Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary, the winner is “The Myth of the Medallion” by FX Networks. A list of all […]

Ex-WSJer Narisetti receives ONA’s Jaroslovsky Award

Raju Narisetti, a longtime business journalist now at McKinsey & Co., has been awarded the Rich Jaroslovsky Founder Award by the Online News Association. Narisetti is publisher of McKinsey Publishing. During his 32-year global career in media and publishing, he has created, reimagined and managed major media organizations in North America, Europe and Asia, as […]

Fortune, WSJ win Deadline Club awards

Stories from Fortune magazine and The Wall Street Journal were winners in the Deadline Club awards business journalism categories. In the business feature category, the winner was Erika Fry of Fortune for “Epidemic of Fear.” The finalists were Virginia Eubanks of The Guardian US and The Economic Hardship Reporting Project, for “Zombie Debts Are Hounding Struggling […]

Bloomberg’s Eidelson wins Sidney Award

The Sidney Hillman Foundation announced Wednesday that Josh Eidelson of Bloomberg Businessweek has won the September Sidney Award for “Covid Gag Rules at U.S. Companies Are Putting Everyone at Risk.” The story showed that major companies are covering up COVID-19 cases by forbidding staffers from disclosing that they or a coworker has tested positive. Lindsay […]

FT’s McCrum wins Ludwig Erhard Prize for Wirecard

Financial Times reporter Dan McCrum has been awarded the 2020 Ludwig Erhard Prize for his reporting on German payments company Wirecard. The FT’s investigative reporting on Wirecard exposed one of Europe’s largest corporate frauds and sent ripples through Germany’s financial regulatory system. Founded by former German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, the Ludwig Erhard Prize recognizes excellence in business journalism. […]

FT reporters win NYFWA Impact Award for Wirecard coverage

Dan McCrum, Stefania Palma, Olaf Storbeck and John Reed of the Financial Times are the 2020 winners of the Impact Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism for their reports that exposed a massive fraud at the heart of one of Europe’s top technology companies. The award is given by the New York Financial Writers’ Association. The […]

WSJ’s Zweig to receive Bell Award

The New York Financial Writers’ Association announced Tuesday that Jason Zweig, a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and the author and editor of several investing books, is the 2019 winner of NYFWA’s Elliott V. Bell Award, which honors journalists who have made a significant contribution to financial journalism. Zweig is the 44th annual recipient […]