Airlines/Travel Large
Winner: Associated Press; Justin Pritchard, Martha Mendoza, Scott Mayerowitz and David Koenig; Airport Security
Airlines/Travel Medium
Winner: The San Diego Union-Tribune; Lori Weisberg, Daniel Wheaton and Phillip Molnar; Airbnb: Opportunity or Nuisance?
Airlines/Travel Small
Winner: Honolulu Civil Beat; Nathan Eagle and Marina Riker; Dying for Vacation
Audio
Winner: NPR News and Planet Money; Chris Arnold, Robert Smith, Elizabeth Kulas, Uri Berliner, Neal Carruth, Bryant Urstadt and Alex Goldmark; Wells Fargo Hustle
Honorable Mention: Bloomberg News; Brad Stone, Aki Ito, Pia Gadkari, Magnus Henrikson, Liz Smith, Jordan Robertson, Sarah McBride, Marie Mawad and Spencer Soper; Decrypted
Autos/Transportation Medium and Large
Winner: Fortune; Geoffrey Smith and Roger Parloff; Hoaxwagen
Honorable Mention: Bloomberg News; Eric Newcomer, Selina Wang and Olivia Zaleski; Uber’s Upending the Transportation Industry
Autos/Transportation Small
Winner: Providence Business News; Mary MacDonald, Eli Sherman, Mark S. Murphy and Mike Mello; Bridges Too Far Gone
Banking/Finance Large
Winner: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy D.C. Bureau and the Miami Herald; Panama Papers
Honorable Mention: CNNMoney.com; Matt Egan; Wells Fargo’s Broken Culture and the Devastation It Wrought
Banking/Finance Medium
Winner: Fortune; Stephen Gandel on banking
Banking/Finance Small
Winner: Financial Planning; Ann Marsh; Johnny Burris investigation
Honorable Mention: AmericanBanker.com; Kevin Wack, Dean Anason, Alan Kline and Marc Hochstein; How Wells Fargo’s Culture Soured
Breaking News Large
Winner: Reuters; Joseph Menn; Yahoo Secretly Scanned Customer Emails for U.S. Intelligence
Honorable Mention: Bloomberg BusinessWeek; Monte Reel; Secret Cameras Record Baltimore’s Every Move From Above
Breaking News Medium
Winner: Charlotte Observer; Rick Rothacker, Ely Portillo, Katherine Peralta, Deon Roberts and John Arwood; PayPal Withdraws Plans for Charlotte Expansion Over HB2
Honorable Mention: St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Jacob Barker, Lisa Brown, Bryce Gray, Jim Gallagher and Samantha Liss; Bayer Buys Monsanto
Breaking News Small
Winner: Iraq Oil Report; Ben Lando, Ben Van Heuvelen, Patrick Osgood, Rawaz Tahir, Mohammed Hussein, Rebin Fatah and staff who are anonymous for their security; Liberating Qayarah
Honorable Mention: Crain’s New York Business; Aaron Elstein and Jeremy Smerd; Trump’s Middle Class Tax Break
Commentary/Opinion Large
Winner: Bloomberg View, Timothy L. O’Brien
Honorable Mention: The New York Times; James B. Stewart; Common Sense
Honorable Mention: Bloomberg Businessweek, Peter Coy
Commentary/Opinion Medium
Winner: The Atlantic; Derek Thompson
Honorable Mention: Minneapolis Star Tribune; Lee Schafer
Honorable Mention: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Matt Kempner; Unofficial Business
Commentary/Opinion Small
Winner: Sarasota Herald-Tribune; Maggie Menderski; What’s in Store
Economics Large
Winner: The Wall Street Journal; Jon Hilsenrath and Bob Davis; The Great Unraveling
Economics Medium
Winner: Minneapolis Star Tribune; Adam Belz; Rising From Poverty
Economics Small
Winner: PolitiFact; Louis Jacobson on economics
Energy/Natural Resources Large
Winner: The Financial Times; Tom Burgis, Pilita Clark, Michael Peel, Charlie Bibby and Kari Ruth Pedersen; Great Land Rush
Energy/Natural Resources Medium
Winner: San Antonio Express-News; Jennifer Hiller; Mood Turns Black as Oil as a Boom Turns Bust
Honorable Mention: Honolulu Star-Advertiser; Kathryn Mykleseth; GEMS
Energy/Natural Resources Small
Winner: Iraq Oil Report; Ben Lando, Ben Van Heuvelen, Patrick Osgood, Rawaz Tahir, Mohammed Hussein, Mahmoud Zaki and staff who are anonymous for their security; ISIS and Iraq’s Oil
Explanatory Large
Winner: Associated Press; Nicholas Riccardi, Christopher S. Rugaber and Josh Boak; Divided America
Honorable Mention: Yahoo Finance; Rick Newman explanatory features
Honorable Mention: CNBC; Nikhil Deogun, Jim Ackerman, Mitch Weitzner, Reid Collins Jr., Meghan Lisson, Amber Mazzola, Patrick Ahearn, Steven T. Banton, Allison E. Stedman, Rich Korn, Justin Solomon, Charlotte Lewis, Alex Herrera, Roberto Leon, Gerry Miller, Jorge Pujol, Raul Jaramillo, Felipe Leon, Mary Murray, Orlando Matos, Odalys Garcia, Paola Larramendi, Margarita Alarcon, Carlos Bustamante, Evelyn Gruber, Veronica Albornoz, Mark Ohlsen, Christie Gripenburg, Elizabeth Kim, Rakeesha Wrigley, George Pierro, Richard Marko, Tom Russo, Angel Perez, Vito Tattoli, Victoria Todis, John Rehm, Jacqueline Dessel, Nick O’Connor, Salvatore Carosone, Lauren Ricci-Horn, Jonathan Altino, Lawrence Beer, Kyle Kinder, Jamie Bland, Julia Jester, Amanda Winograd, Erika Banoun, Annie Bryan, Aidan Kelley, Marlon Ramtahal and Erin Kitzie; The Profit in Cuba
Explanatory Medium
Winner: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today; John Fauber, Kristina Fiore and Matt Wynn; Illness Inflation
Honorable Mention: The Providence Journal; Kate Bramson; Following the People’s Money
Honorable Mention: Quartz; Gwynn Guilford; Everything We Thought We Knew About Free Trade Is Wrong
Explanatory Small
Winner: The Desert Sun; Rosalie Murphy, Robert Hopwood and Christopher Weddle; Land leasing in Palm Springs
Honorable Mention: Crain’s New York Business; Aaron Elstein, Peter D’Amato and Jeremy Smerd; Collection of explanatory stories
Honorable Mention: Los Angeles Business Journal; Henry Meier; Competitors Raise Stink Over Garlic
Feature Large
Winner: Bloomberg Businessweek; Shannon Pettypiece and David Voreacos; Walmart’s Out-of-Control Crime Problem Is Driving Police Crazy
Honorable Mention: Associated Press; Hannah Dreier; Venezuela, Life on the Line
Honorable Mention: The Wall Street Journal; Justin Scheck; Tramadol: The Opioid Crisis for the Rest of the World
Feature Medium
Winner: Fortune; Brian O’Keefe; Bitter Sweets
Honorable Mention: Fortune; Erika Fry; Hot Mess
Honorable Mention: Houston Chronicle; David Hunn; Behind Apache’s oil find
Feature Small
Winner: Inc. Magazine; Burt Helm, Jon Fine and Will Yakowicz; The Stealthy Sales Kings of Amazon
Honorable Mention: Crain’s New York Business; Jeff Koyen and Jeremy Smerd; In Search of the Hot Dog Millionaire
Honorable Mention: Kiplinger’s Personal Finance; Janet Bodnar and Kimberly Lankford; Making a Plan for a Special Needs Child
General Excellence Industry/Topic Specific
Winner: Financial Planning
General Excellence Large
Winner: Los Angeles Times
General Excellence Medium
Winner: Minneapolis Star Tribune
Honorable Mention: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
General Excellence Small
Winner: Crain’s New York Business
Honorable Mention: Nashville Business Journal
Health/Science Large
Winner: Chicago Tribune; Sam Roe, Karisa King and Ray Long; Dangerous Doses
Honorable Mention: Los Angeles Times; Melody Petersen; Hospitals’ losing battle with superbugs
Health/Science Medium
Winner: The Sacramento Bee; Marjie Lundstrom and Phillip Reese; A Dangerous Mix
Honorable Mention: Forbes; Matt Herper; The God Pill
Health/Science Small
Winner: STAT; David Armstrong; Opioid Crisis
Honorable Mention: Project on Government Oversight; David S. Hilzenrath; Drug Money
Innovation Large
Winner: BuzzFeed News and BBC; Heidi Blake, John Templon and Simon Cox; The Tennis Racket
Innovation Small and Medium
Winner: ProPublica and The Texas Tribune; Neena Satija, Kiah Collier, Al Shaw, Jeff Larson and Ryan Murphy; Hell and High Water
International Large
Winner: Reuters; Selam Gebrekidan, Stephen Grey and Amina Ismail; The Migration Machine
Honorable Mention: Associated Press; Hannah Dreier and Joshua Goodman; Venezuela Undone
International Medium
Winner: Fortune; Erika Fry; Hot Mess
International Small
Winner: The Center for Public Integrity; Erin Quinn, Gordon Witkin, John Dunbar and Patrick Madden; Rape, Murder, Famine – and $2.1 Million for K Street PR
Investigative Large
Winner: BuzzFeed News; Rosalind Adams; Intake: Locked on the Psych Ward
Honorable Mention: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy D.C. Bureau and the Miami Herald; Panama Papers
Honorable Mention: The Wall Street Journal; John Carreyrou, Christopher Weaver and Michael Siconolfi; The Downfall of Theranos
Investigative Medium
Winner: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Cary Spivak and Kevin Crowe; Landlord Games
Honorable Mention: Houston Chronicle; Mark Collette, Matt Dempsey and Susan Carroll; Chemical Breakdown
Honorable Mention: San Jose Mercury News; Louis Hansen, Michelle Quinn, Karen Casto and Mike Frankel; The Hidden Workforce Expanding Tesla’s Factory
Investigative Small
Winner: The Investigative Fund and The Nation; Seth Wessler; Dying In Private Prisons
Honorable Mention: ProPublica; Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu, Lauren Kirchner and Terry Parris Jr.; Machine Bias
Honorable Mention: Indianapolis Business Journal; John Russell and Greg Andrews; CEO Behind $500M Proposal Has Mixed Track Record
Management/Leadership/Career Medium and Large
Winner: The Atlantic; Elizabeth Samet, John Paul Rollert and Jerry Useem; Business Leaders and the Mixed Feelings They Inspire
Management/Leadership/Career Small
Winner: Money Magazine; Cybele Weisser, Kerri Anne Renzulli, Megan Leonhardt and Elaine Pofeldt; MONEYcareer
Honorable Mention: BBC Capital; Jennifer Merritt and Ronald Alsop; Generation Work
Markets Medium and Large
Winner: Bloomberg Markets; Javier Blas and Andy Hoffman; Inside Vitol: How the World’s Largest Oil Trader Makes Billions
Markets Small
Winner: Crain’s Chicago Business; Joe Cahill on Business
Media/Entertainment Large
Co-winner: The Wall Street Journal; Keach Hagey, Joe Flint and Amol Sharma; The Power Struggle Inside Viacom
Co-winner: Bloomberg Businessweek; Max Chafkin and Sarah Frier; Snapchat
Media/Entertainment Small and Medium
Winner: Fortune; Peter Elkind with Marty Jones; Disturbing Decline of Sumner Redstone
Personal Finance Large
Winner: The New York Times; Tara Siegel Bernard and Ron Lieber; Public Sacrifice
Personal Finance Medium
Winner: Slate; Helaine Olen; Ask the Bills
Personal Finance Small
Winner: Money Magazine; Elizabeth O’Brien, Taylor Tepper and Celeste Sloman; The High Cost of Coping
Honorable Mention: Kiplinger’s Personal Finance; Janet Bodnar, Jane Bennett Clark, Sandra Block and Kathy Kristof; Women and Money
Real Estate Large
Winner: The New York Times; Alexandra Stevenson and Matthew Goldstein; The Housing Trap
Real Estate Medium
Winner: ProPublica and The Real Deal; Cezary Podkul, Marcelo Rochabrun, Derek Kravitz and Will Parker; The Rent Racket
Honorable Mention: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Cary Spivak and Kevin Crowe; Landlord Games
Real Estate Small
Winner: The Desert Sun: Rosalie Murphy, Robert Hopwood and Christopher Weddle: Land leasing in Palm Springs
Honorable Mention: Puget Sound Business Journal; Marc Stiles on real estate
Retail Large
Winner: Bloomberg Businessweek; David Ingold and Spencer Soper; Three stories about Amazon Prime
Retail Medium
Winner: Fortune; Phil Wahba on retail
Retail Small
Winner: Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal; Bill King and David Bourne; Designing a Future
Small Business
Winner: Indianapolis Business Journal; Hayleigh Colombo; E-cigarette Players Fume Over Favored Security Firm
Students – Professional Publications
Winner: Dallas Morning News and University of North Texas; Dalton LaFerney; The Rise and Fall of the Frack Master
Honorable Mention: The Wall Street Journal and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Sarah E. Chaney; Bankruptcy Becomes an Option for Some Borrowers Burdened by Student Loans
Students – Student Publications
Winner: Washington and Lee University; Athena Cao, Zebrina Edgerton-Maloy and Logan Hendrix; Borrowing Trouble
Honorable Mention: University of Maryland; Brittany Britto; Purple Line: A Divided Rail
Honorable Mention: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Joe Baglio, Elizabeth Fleischer, Elizabeth Harvell, Natalie Hoberman, Lauren Hong, Lauren Thomas, Evanne Timberlake, Justina Vasquez, Hailey Waller and Wei Zhou; North Carolina Business News Wire
Technology Large
Winner: Bloomberg Businessweek; Monte Reel and Robert Kolker; Surveillance: The Private-Sector War on Privacy
Technology Medium
Winner: Forbes.com; Matt Drange; Selling Guns on Facebook a Problem Even Facebook Can’t Solve
Honorable Mention: Fusion.net; Kashmir Hill; How an Internet Mapping Glitch Turned a Random Kansas Farm Into a Digital Hell
Technology Small
Winner: The Center for Public Integrity; Allan Holmes, Ben Wieder, Eleanor Bell Fox, Chris Zubak-Skees and Gordon Witkin; Broadband Inequality
Honorable Mention: Gizmodo; Michael Nunez; Facebook’s Identity Crisis
Video Large
Winner: The Financial Times; Kathrin Hille, Vanessa Kortekaas, Steve Ager and Russell Birkett; Frozen Dreams: Russia’s Arctic Obsession
Honorable Mention: Bloomberg Businessweek; Ashlee Vance; Hello World
Video Small and Medium
Winner: Weather.com and Telemundo Network; Gregory Gilderman, Neil Katz, Shawn Efran and Marisa Venegas; The Source and Cosecha de Miseria (Harvest of Misery)