AHBJ John Hancock Awards for Excellence in Business Writing

1969
National Magazines	Harvard Business Review Theodore Levitt	“ The new market – Look Before you Leap”
Newspapers with Circulation 100,000 to 400,000	The Rapid City Guide Charles E. Donnelly Jr.	Series on 93 year old J.L. “ Joe “ Robbins a South Dakota businessman
Writers for newspapers under 100,000	The Binghampton Evening Press (New York) David L. Beal Special Citation Asbury Park Press Adrian F. Heffern	Series on mobile homes in New York Three part series on the increase in electricity rates in Asbury New Jersey
Syndicated Columnist	New York Times Robert Metz and	Series on how banks manage trust accounts
Publications with circulation above 400,000	New York Times H. Erich Heinemann	Story on the collapse of the Mill Factors Corporation
1970
	Institutional Investor Fred Bleakley
	Time Magazine George Church
	Niagara Falls Gazette John Hanchette
	Los Angeles Times John F. Lawrence
	Christian Science Monitor Richard A. Nenneman
	Newsday Specials Robert S. Rosefky
	Los Angeles Times Paul E. Steiger
1971
	Los Angeles Times Robert E. Dallos	Effect of continuing problems associated with credit rating reports.
National Magazines	Newsweek Frank Morgan	Gillette Company’s introduction of its Trac II razor
	Minneapolis Star Harold Chucker	Series of four articles dealing with Minnesota farm credit operations
	Honolulu Advertiser George Chaplin	Series of eight articles dealing with the Japanese economy
Syndicated Writers	Associated Press Laurance F. Stuntz	Series of articles on the effect of American Economic policy
1972
National Magazine	Time Magazine George J. Church	“Can the world survive economic growth?”
Financial and Business newspapers and magazines	Business Week magazine Philip B. Osborne	Special report about increased marketing competition for new products and dollars spent for research and marketability.
Circulation over 300,000	Washington Post Rudy Maxa	Report on growth , operation and legal difficulties facing Glenn W. Turner Enterprise’s main operations, Koscot ad Dare to be Great
Circulation 100,000 to 300,000	Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) Al F. Ehrbar and Steve Petranek	Investigative series on the bankruptcy of Stirling Homex Corp, a modular housing firm
Circulation under 100,000	Sun Newspapers of Omaha Reporting team	“Boys Town, America’s Wealthiest City?”
Honourable Mention Circulation 100,000 – 300,000	South Bend Tribune Phil Ault	Story on the decline of a family owned department store in South Bend.
Syndicated and news Service Writers	Associated Press John T. Cuniff	Columns dealing with aspects of the economy including inflation, pensions and taxes.
1973
Financial – Business Newspapers and Magazines	Money Michael Demarest, Peter Swerdloff and William Mead	“How to Outrun Inflation”
National Magazines	The New Yorker John Brooks	Report on economic upheavals of the 1960’s
Circulation above 300,000	Philadelphia Inquirer Donald Bartlett and James Steele	Series of articles on “ Oil: The Created Crisis”
Newspapers with Circulation 100,000 to 300,000	Christian Science Monitor Richard Nenneman	Series of five articles on “ Can you still make money on the stock Market”
Writers for newspapers under 1000,000	Honolulu Advertiser George Chaplin	“ Japan facing worst crisis since World War II”
Syndicated and News Service Writers	Publishers – Hall Syndicate J. A. Livingston	Series of columns on national and international economic affairs
1974
Financial – Business Newspapers and Magazines	Gordon L. Williams, Senior Editor
National Magazines	Marshall Loeb, Senior Editor
Newspapers with Circulation 100,000 to 300,000	Dick Youngblood
Writers for newspapers under 1000,000	Tom D. Miller
Syndicated and News Service Writers	Louise Cook
1975
Financial – Business Newspapers and Magazines	Carol J. Loomis
National Magazines	William McWhirter
Newspapers with Circulation 100,000 to 300,000	John Cranfill Earl Golz
Writers for newspapers under 100,000	Barrie Hartman
Syndicated and News Service Writers	Jane Bryant Quinn
Newspapers with Circulation Above 300,000	William S. Randall Stephen D. Solomon
1976
Financial – Business Newspapers and Magazines	William Wolman Philip B. Osborne Business Week
National Magazines	Steven D. Brill New York Magazine
Newspapers with Circulation 100,000 to 300,000	James Asher Paul Schweizer Courier – Post
Writers for newspapers under 100,000	Judd Cohen
Syndicated and News Service Writers	Lee Mintang Associated Press
Newspapers with Circulation Above 300,000	Susan Trausch Laurence Collins The Boston Globe
1977
Financial – Business Newspapers and Magazines	Chris Welles Institutional Investor
National Magazines	William Tucker Harper’s Magazine
Newspapers with Circulation 100,000 to 300,000	Moeller, Werner, Norman, Hershberg, Thompson and Kauffman The Courier – Journal
Newspapers with Circulation under 100,000	Jeff Kosnett Charleston Daily Mail
Syndicated and News Service Writers	B. Jackson & E. Witt Associated Press
Newspapers with Circulation Above 300,000	Nelson, Steiger, Diamond and Aurback The Los Angeles Times
1978
Writers for Financial – Business Newspapers and Magazines	Robert Henkel Business Week
Writers for National Magazines of General Interest	William C. Bryant and Thomas H. Hughes U.S. News and World Report
Writers for Newspapers with Circulation 100,00 to 300,000	Robert L. Pierce, Phil Norman, Ed Ryan, Gordon Englehart, and James R. Russell Louisville Courier – Journal
Writers for newspapers under 100,000	Polly Ross and Bill Coats Anderson Independent and Daily Mail
Syndicated and News Service Writers	Louise Cook Associated Press
Writers for Newspapers with Circulation Above 300,000	Richard Longworth and William Neikirk Chicago Tribune

1979
Financial – Business Publications	Gordon Williams, John Campbell, William Wolman Business Week	50th Anniversary issue
National Magazines	Tom Bethell Harper’s	“How Congress Causes Inflation” October issue
Newspapers with Circulation 100,000 to 300,000	Arnold Garson and Larry Fruhling Des Moines Register	Series on how citizens of Fort dodge, Iowa coped with inflation during 1979
Circulation under 100,000	William N. Roesgen and Dr. Thomas Brown The Billings Gazette	Series on competition and the cost of health care
Syndicated and News Service Writers	John Hanchette, William Schmick, Carlton Sherwood Gannet News Service	“The Story of the Pauline Fathers – The Shrine that Troubled Rome”
Newspapers with Circulation Above 300,000	Richard C. Longworth and William Neikirk Chicago Tribune	“The Changing American Worker”
1980
	Gannet News Service Ralph Soda
	The Washington Monthly Thomas N. Bethell Gregg Easterbrook
	Los Angeles Times A. Kent McDougall
	Louisville Courier- Journal Philip Moeller
	Pensacola News – Journal Charlotte Wittwer
1981
Financial – Business Publications	Business Week Wolman Woman and Team
National Magazines of General Interest	Reason Jan Bellamy
Newspapers with Circulation 100,000 to 300,000	The Fort Worth Star – Telegram Tom Steinert – Threlkeld Gerry Barker John Paul Newport
Circulation under 100,000	The Miami News Merwin Sigale
Syndicated and News Service Writers	Gannet News Service Meryl Gordon
Newspapers with Circulation Above 300,000	The Chicago Tribune Richard C. Longworth
1982
Financial – Business Publications	American Banker Phillip L. Zweig
National Magazines of General Interest	Texas Monthly Joseph Nocera
Newspapers with Circulation 100,000 to 300,000	The Louisville Courier – Journal Stewart Bowman Mike Brown R. G. Dunlop Robert Garrett Bill Osinski Richard Whitt
Circulation under 100,000	The Muskegon Chronicle Jim FrisingerMichael Lewis
Syndicated and News Service Writers	Gannet News Service Pat Fitzgerald Brian Gallagher Tom Schafer Jeffrey Stinson Steve Wilson
Newspapers with Circulation Above 300,000	The Detroit News Stephen Duthie Richard Willing
1983
Financial – Business Publications	Business Week Steven Prokesch, Catherine Harris, John Hoerr and Team	“A New Era for Management”
National Magazines of General Interest	Texas Monthly Joseph Nocera	“The Gambler”
Newspapers with Circulation 100,000 to 300,000	The Tennessean: Larry Daughtrey, Alan Hall, James Pratt and Sandra Roberts The Knoxville journal: Thomas Chester, Joe Krakoviak and Bob Hetherington	Eighteen part series “ Borrowed Money, Borrowed Time: The Fall of the house of Butcher”
Circulation under 100,000	The ( Lorain , Ohio ) Journal Richard Osborne, Clare Ansberry, Chris ball, Larry Ramey	Fifteen part series “ When the Work Stops”
Syndicated and News Service Writers	Gannett News Service Mark Rohner and Dennis Camire	“FmHA: The Golden Yoke” five part series on the Farmers Home Administration
Newspapers with Circulation Above 300,000	The Washington Post Dan Morgan	“High Tech: Leaving home” a six part series that examines Japans’ challenge to the high tech industries traditionally dominated by the U.S.
1984
Financial – Business Publications	Institutional Investor Cary Reich	“Inside the Fed”
National Magazines of General Interest	The Atlantic Connie Bruck	“My Master is My Purse”
Newspapers with Circulation 100,000 to 300,000	Greensboro (N.C.) News & Record Beth McLeod, Lawrence Spohn, Stan Swofford, and Greta Tilley	Eight part series “ The Tobacco Story”
Circulation under 100,000	Crain’s Chicago Business Gred David and Steven Strahler	Two part series” Kankakee – What Happened to the Midwest… and Why”
Syndicated and News Service Writers	Cox Newspapers Cheryl Arvidson	“Illicit Billions: The Dirty Laundry Game” two part series
Newspapers with Circulation Above 300,000	The Des Moines (Iowa) Register David Westphal, Jerry Perkins, Wendell Cochran, Don Muhm, Tom Knudson George Anthan, David Elbert, Kenneth pins and Dennis McDonald	Multi – part series” American Agriculture; The Fight for Survival”
1985
Financial – Business Publications	The Wall Street Journal Dean Rotbart	“Market Hardball”
National Magazines of General Interest	The Atlantic James Fallows	“America’s Changing Economic Landscape”
Newspapers with Circulation 100,000 to 300,000	The Seattle Times Stephen Dunphy and peter Rinearson	Two part series “The Pacific Rim: Drawing a New Trade Map”
Circulation under 100,000	The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion – Ledger David Hardin and Staff	Eight part series “The State We’re In”
Syndicated and News Service Writers	The Associated Press Sid Moody	Three part series “ Malpractice”
Newspapers with Circulation Above 300,000	Newsday (Two entries from this publication were selected as co-winners) Brian Donovan and Bob Porterfield Robert Fresco, Jonathan Isaac L:andman, Lawrence Levy, peter marks, Bradford O’Hearn, Irene Virag, and Paul Vitello	Seven part Series” Public Money, Private Deals” “Property Taxes: The Unbalanced burden” a six part series
1986
Financial – Business Publications	Two entries were selected as co-winners in this category: The Des Moines Register James Gannon The Wall Street Journal Peter Drucker	Selected columns investigating subjects including: federal debt; General Motors stock problems and changing economic structure of both rural America and the Soviet Union. Selected “Drucker on Management” columns analyzing topics such as West German economy; pitfalls associated with corporate America’s preoccupation with short term performance, and trade problems between the U.S. and Japan.
National Magazines of General Interest	Third Coast Ken Case	Two part series “ Vaulting Ambition: the untold Story of Ruben Johnson’s Climb to the Top”
Newspapers with Circulation 100,000 to 300,000	The Orlando Sentinel John Wark and Gary Marx	Four part Series “ The Shriners: Where the Money Goes”
Circulation under 100,000	The Corvallis (Ore.) Gazette – Times Steven Jones	Five part Series “ Timber for Tomorrow”
Syndicated and News Service Writers	Cox News Service Julia Malone	Four part series “The Private War Against Poverty”
Newspapers with Circulation Above 300,000	The Des Moines Register George Anthan and David Westphal	Nine part series “ Harvesting Dollars: The new Farm Aid”
1987
Syndicated News and Service Writers	Associated Press Michael Millican and team	Coverage of the October 19 stock market crash, three part series from “ Black Monday” through midnight October 21
National Magazines of General Interest	Time Magazine Editor Charles Alexander and Team	“ The Crash”
Financial – Business Newspaper writers	Crain’s Chicago Business Mark Hornung	“Revolt at Allegis: How labor and Wall Street stopped Ferris”
Circulation above 300,000	Wall Street Journal Daniel Askt	“Fallen Star: How Whiz – Kid Chief of ZZZZ Best Had and Lost, It All”
Circulation 100,000 – 300,000	Austin American – Statesman (Texas) Guillermo X. Garcia and James Pinkerton	“Mexico: Aiming for Recovery”
Circulation under 100,000	Worcester ( Mass) Telegram Andi Esposito	Eight part Series “ Trading Places” which explores business ties that link central Massachusetts and Japan
Financial – Business Columnists	Los Angeles Times James Flaningan	Series of columns about the stock market crash, falling dollar and Japan’s influence on the world economy.
1988
Syndicated News Writers	Associated Press James M. Kennedy, Rick Gladstone, Skip Wollenberg, Vivian Marino, Peter Coy, Chet Currier, Marcy Gordon and John Cunniff	Eight part series “Merger” which probed the flurry of corporate mergers following the stock market crash of 1987.
National Magazines of General Interest	National Journal Bruce Stokes	“Land of the Rising Yen”
Financial – Business Publications	Wall Street Journal Bernard Wysocki, Jr.	“The Final Frontier”
Newspapers with circulation above 300,000 category	The Los Angeles Times Jim Schachter, Nancy Yoshihara, Jonathon Peterson, James Flanigan, Michael A Hiltzik, Karl Schoenberger, Sam Jameson, James Risen, Douglas Frantz	Four part series “Working for the Japanese”
Newspapers with circulation 100,000-300,000	Kansas City Times Charlie Crumpley	“Kansas City’s New Economy”
Newspapers with Circulation under 1000,000	The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colo.) Gary Harmon	“Workers’ Compensation: Who are the Real Victims? “
Financial – Business Columnists	The Washington Post Robert Kuttner	Columns covered America’s changing role in world politics, health of social Security system
1989
Newspapers with Circulation above 300,000	Washington Post Rick Atkinson and David Marniss	Seven part series” The $150 Billion calamity”
Newspapers with circulation 100,000 – 300,000	The Tribune (Oakland Calif) Rebecca Smith	Three part series “ The S & L Debacle”
Syndicated News Service	The Associated Press Vivian Marino	Consumer finance articles
National Magazines of General Interest	Texas Monthly’s Dana Rubin	“The Day Leroy Died”
Financial Business newspapers and magazines	Wall Street Journal Johnnie L. Roberts	“Credit Squeeze: Dun and Bradstreet faces flap over how it sells reports on business” “Credibility gap: Dun’s credit reports, vital tools of business, can be off the mark”
Newspapers with Circulation under 100,000	The Casper ( Wyo) Star – Tribune Bill Lazarus	Articles examining the regulation of insurance in Wyoming
Financial – Business columnists	The Boston Globe Alex Beam
1990
Financial Newspapers and Business magazines	The Wall Street Susan Faludi	Article re: leveraged buyout of Safeway
Newspapers with circulation above 300,000	The Boston Globe Bruce Butterfield	“Children at Work”
Newspapers with circulation 100,000-300,000	The Kansas City (Mo.) Star Bill Dalton, Mike Hendricks, Chris Lester	Six part series “Frank’s Town”
Syndicated News Service	Gannett News Service Wendell Cochran, Jake Henshaw	Series of articles about fraud artists setting up shaky health insurance plans
Magazines of General Interest	Texas Monthly Skip Hollandsworth	“Ad Men at War”
Newspapers with circulation under 100,000	Albuquerque Tribune (N.M.) Eileen Welsome	Series of articles examining Public Service Company of New Mexico executives and Bellamah Community Development
Financial Business columnists	Esquire Joseph Nocera	Column titled “The Profit Motive”
1991
Writers for magazines of general interest category	TIME Magazine Jonathan Beaty and S.C. Gwynne	Coverage of Bank of Credit & Commerce International (BCCI).
Writers for financial-business newspapers and magazines	The Wall St. Journal Alan Murray	Articles on the Federal Reserve Board
Newspapers with circulation above 300,000	Boston Globe team Gerard O’Neill, Dick Lehr, Bruce Mohl, Brian Mooney and Karen Douglass	Series on Massachusetts’ public pension boards
Writers for newspapers with circulation 100,000-300,000	Dayton Daily News Mike Casey and Russell Carollo	“Lives on the Line,” a five-part series on worker safety in America
Writers for newspapers with circulation under 100,000 category	Portland (Maine) Press Herald Eric Blom	Articles on the workers’ compensation system in Maine
Financial-business columnist category.	Two co – winners Newsweek Jane Bryant Quinn Newsday Alan Sloan	Quinn won for her consumer columns dealing with issues such as weathering the recession, saving for college and retirement, and caring for elderly parents Sloan won for his financial columns dealing with First Executive Corp.’s 10k report as compared to a Stephen King nightmare, News Corp. Ltd.’s part-ownership of Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, as well as profiles of Time Warner’s Steve Ross and Marvel Comics’ Ronald Perelman
Deadline news stories category	Los Angeles Times team Martha Groves, Victor Zonana, Kathy Kristof, Bruce Horovitz, Susan Moffat, Daniel Akst and Tom Furlong	Coverage of the Bank of America and Security Pacific merger, which created the second largest U.S. bank with $190 billion in assets
1992
Magazines of General Interest	The Atlantic William Sternberg	Examination of Auditing system in U.S.
Financial – Business Newspapers and magazines	Business Week G. David Wallace and team	“Reinventing America” 500th anniversary of the discovery of America
Newspapers with circulation above 300,000	Los Angeles Times Scot Paltrow	Investigative Series “Investors at Risk”
Newspapers with circulation under 100,000	The Ledger ( Lakeland, Fla) William Levesque	Five part series on fungicide destroying Florida crops
Financial – business columnist	The Wall Street Journal Joanne Lipma	Columns examining Subaru’s ad campaign, book publishers false claims of bestsellers, negative political advertising
Deadline News Story	Hartford Courant Team Reporting Team	Coverage of United Technologies Corp’s announcement of the elimination of 13,900 jobs
Newspapers with Circulation 100,000 – 300,000	Sun – Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla) Fred Schulte	Series documenting telemarketing schemes
1993
Magazines of General Interest	Southern Exposure Eric Bates, Mike Hudson, Barry Yeoman , Adam Feuerstein	28 page cover section documenting how corporations own and finance a growing poverty industry targeting low income, blue collar and minority consumers
Financial Business Newspaper Magazines	Wall Street Journal Tony Horwitz	Pair of articles examining the impact of layoffs on Managers and low paid labourers
Newspapers with Circulation above 300,000	Los Angeles Times Scot Paltrow	Investigative series focusing on Prudential Securities sale of limited partnerships
Newspapers with circulation 100,000 – 300,000	Louisville Courier- Journal David Heath, David McGinty	Series “ Under siege: The Kentucky Central Story “
Newspapers with circulation under 100,000	News – Democrat ( Belleville, Il) David Migoya	Three part series on East St. Louis bond for deed contracts
Financial Business Columnist	Newsweek Robert J. Samuelson	Reporting on economic issues, and their social, cultural and political impacts
Deadline news	Detroit Free Press David Everett, Greg Gardner, Marc Gunther, Hiawatha Bray	Account of General Motors lawsuit against NBC,

John Hancock Awards for Excellence in Business Writing

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