WSJ’s Gerskovich to receive National Press Club’s Aubuchon Award

The National Press Club is honoring imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich with its highest honor for press freedom, the John Aubuchon Award. Eileen O’Reilly, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, issued a joint statement announcing the award: “Journalist Evan Gershkovich has been […]

McKinsey & Co. book wins IRE award

A book about consulting firm McKinsey & Co. has won the Investigative and Reporters’ Book Award for 2022. “When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm,” was written by multiple Pulitzer winner Walt Bogdanich and New York Times investigative reporter Michael Forsythe. The judges commented: Using tens of […]

ProPublica, ICIJ win Forbes Award for business reporting

ProPublica and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists combined forces to win the Malcolm Forbes Award for business reporting from the Overseas Press Club with a global investigation on corrupt and dangerous honorary diplomats. The reporters were Debbie Cenziper, Will Fitzgibbon, Eva Herscowitz and Delphine Reuter. The judges noted the project’s ambition and scope, noting […]

MarksJarvis to receive SABEW Distinguished Achievement Award

, one of the nation’s most respected personal finance columnists, will receive the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s highest honor – its Distinguished Achievement Award – for 2023. The award is given to an individual who has made a significant impact on the field of business journalism and has been a nurturing influence on […]

SABEW names Best in Business award winners

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced Thursday the 153 recipients of its 28th annual Best in Business Awards, honoring excellence in business journalism from 2022. The Best in Business Awards attracted 1,182 entries from 193 news organizations, ranging from international, national and regional news outlets to specialized business publications. Thank you to […]

Dreier wins Sidney Award for child labor coverage

Hannah Dreier of The New York Times has won the March Sidney Award for exposing a nationwide shadow workforce of child laborers. Dreier found kids as young as 12 working for major national brands including Whole Foods, Walmart, J. Crew and Frito-Lay, as well as in slaughterhouses, on roofing crews, and in sawmills. Over the course […]

Museum of American Finance to honor Fortune’s Loomis

The Museum of American Finance, the nation’s only independent museum dedicated to finance and financial history, will honor the achievements of Fortune magazine journalist Carol Loomis at its annual gala on March 13. Loomis will receive a special recognition honor for her groundbreaking contributions to the field of financial journalism and unprecedented 60-year tenure at Fortune magazine. […]

CFA Society Toronto seeks entries for Financial Journalism Awards

The Financial Journalism Awards exist to acknowledge the contributions of Canadian-based financial publications and journalists who show true commitment to high professional standards. “Our goal is to identify and recognize the publications and journalists who have made the greatest contribution to improving transparency, strengthening investor education, and supporting CFA Society Toronto’s efforts to shape a […]

Loeb Awards now accepting entries

UCLA Anderson School of Management and the G. and R. Loeb Foundation invite individual journalists and all print, online and broadcast media outlets to submit entries in 12 competition categories for the 2023 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. Nominations will also be accepted for two career achievement honors, the Lifetime Achievement […]

Reuters, BuzzFeed win Polk Awards for biz stories

Joshua Schneyer, Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke of Reuters won a George Polk Award for revealing how staffing agencies in Alabama cashed in on lucrative commissions in a tight labor market by using fake documentation to put migrant children as young as 12 to work in Hyundai auto parts factories and poultry slaughterhouses, subjecting them […]