Morgan Housel says business journalism is better than ever
Business journalism is at its best. That’s what Morgan Housel, columnist with the Motley Fool, thinks. “The quality of business journalism right now, in my opinion, is as high as it’s ever been,” Housel declared. In an interview on the podcast Market Foolery on March 30, Housel spoke with host Chris Hill about his recent […]
Clark and O’Leary of “Marketplace” win Gracie Awards
Two journalists from the “Marketplace” public radio show have won Gracie Awards from The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation. The Gracie Awards honor media created by women. Senior correspondent Krissy Clark received a Gracie for investigative program or feature in the radio category. Clark works on the “Marketplace” wealth and poverty desk, where she helps make sense of […]
SABEW names Best in Business winners
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) announced Thursday the winners and finalists in its 21st annual Best in Business Awards competition, which recognizes outstanding business journalism that was published or aired in 2015. Adding up winners and finalists, Bloomberg led with seven honors, while The New York Times earned six honors — […]
AP, Las Vegas Review-Journal reporters win ethics award
A group of Associated Press reporters who uncovered slaves used to catch fish sold at large retailers and restaurants and Las Vegas Review-Journal reporters who disclosed the newspaper’s new owner were named winners of the 16th annual Ancil Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism on Tuesday. The awards are administered by the University of Oregon School […]
WSJ wins Scripps Howard biz journalism award
The staff of The Wall Street Journal won the William Brewster Styles Award for business/economics reporting and $10,000 for “Private Risk,” a series that revealed how technology firms fudge their finances, how private tech shares are traded in a shadowy market, and how millions of Americans own risky shares of private tech firms through their […]
WSJ’s Carreyrou wins Polk Award
Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou has won the Polk Award in financial reporting for his coverage of Theranos. His investigation of Theranos, Inc. raised serious doubts about claims by the firm and its celebrated 31-year-old founder, Elizabeth Holmes, that its new procedure for drawing and testing blood was a transformational medical breakthrough in wide use at the […]
AP’s series on slave fishing wins Selden Ring Award
Reporters from the Associated Press have won USC Annenberg’s 2016 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting, for a series of stories that showed how seafood sold in U.S. grocery stores and restaurants had been produced by slaves. Their work prompted reforms and prosecutions – and the release of more than 2,000 people who had been […]
NAREE seeking entries for real estate journalism contest
The National Association of Real Estate Editors has issued a call for entries for NAREE’s 66th Annual Journalism Competition. Winners will be announced at NAREE’s New Orleans journalism conference June 8-11, 2016, which will draw hundreds of journalists and real estate industry speakers. NAREE’s prestigious journalism competition is open to reporters, columnists, editors and freelancers covering commercial and […]
Goldsmith Prize finalists include business journalism
The finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting included several works by business journalists or about how businesses operate. A team from the Associated Press — Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Martha Mendoza, and Esther Htusan — is a finalist for their series “Seafood from Slaves” about how seafood sold in U.S. restaurants and retailers […]
Wired, Bloomberg Businessweek win Ellies
Wired and Bloomberg Businessweek were the two business magazines that won National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors on Monday. Wired won the design category. It was also a finalist in the service category for “All Work and All Play,” by Rashida Jones. Bloomberg Businessweek won the single-topic issue category for “Code: […]
