From Best Business Stories of the Year: 2004 Edition
“Up Against Wal-Mart” by Karen Olsson
Mother Jones

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Best in Business winners for overall excellence, by category and listed in alphabetical order are (Judges could name up to five winners in each category):

GIANT: (Newspapers with average daily circulation 350,001 and above)
Boston Globe
Los Angeles Times
Dallas Morning News
Judges:
Bob Frick – Associate Editor, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Stephen D. Solomon- Associate professor and director of business and economic reporting at New York University
Matt Winkler – Editor-In-Chief, Bloomberg News

LARGE: (Newspapers with circulation 225,001-350,000)
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Charlotte Observer
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
San Jose Mercury News
Certificate of Merit Winners:
Miami Herald
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Judges:
R. Dean Mills – Dean, Univ. of Missouri School of Journalism
John Winn Miller – Editor, Tallahassee Democrat
Mark Howard – editor, Florida Trend magazine

MEDIUM: (Newspapers with circulation 100,001-225,000)
The Virginian Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)
St. Paul Pioneer-Press
Des Moines Register
Certificate of Merit Winners:
Contra Costa Times
Judges:
Nolan Finley – Deputy Managing Editor, The Detroit News
David Haynes – Senior Editor: Business News, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Todd Nissen – Correspondent, Reuters America Inc.

SMALL: (Newspapers with circulation under 100,000)
The Columbian, (Vancouver, Wash.)
Florida Today (Melbourne, Fla.)
Certificate of Merit Winner:
Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Judges:
Kate Lee Butler – Senior Business Team Leader, The Orange County Register
Scott Fagerstrom – Business Editor, Union-Tribune
Mark Hester – Business Editor, The Oregonian

BUSINESS WEEKLIES:
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Washington Business Journal
Los Angeles Business Journal
The Denver Business Journal
Certificate of Merit Winners:
Interactive Week
Crain’s Detroit Business
South Florida Business Journal
Judges:
Patrick Chu – Editor, Bloomberg News
Paul Davidson – Technology writer, USA Today Money Section
Pam Feibish – Business Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch

Best in Business Spot News winners, by category and in alphabetical order are: (Judges could name up to three winners in each category)

GIANT: (Newspapers with circulation over 350,001)
The Boston Globe, “Fleet to acquire BankBoston”
The Star Tribune (Minneapolis), “Honeywell sold to N.J. firm”
Honorable Mentions:
Detroit Free Press, “Detroit Wins High-Tech Prize”

LARGE: (Newspapers with circulation 225,001-350,000)
The Kansas City Star, “Merger About Growth”
The Sacramento Bee, “Packard Bell NEC bailing out”
San Jose Mercury News, “HP breaks up”
Honorable Mention:
San Antonio Express-News, “Clear Dominance”
Tampa Tribune, “Florida Progress sale near”

MEDIUM: (Newspapers with circulation 100,001-225,000)
Des Moines Register, “AccessAir shuts down, files for bankruptcy”
The News Journal (Wilmington, Del.), “AstraZeneca picks Delaware”
Honorable Mention:
Virginian-Pilot, “A deal? Yes. An end? Maybe.”

SMALL: (Newspapers with circulation up to 100,000)
Durham Herald-Sun (“Liggett signals end of era”)
Durham Herald-Sun (“RDU lands low-cost, no-frills Southwest”)
Santa Rosa Press Democrat (“OCLI’s stock soars on buyout”)
Honorable Mention:
The Patriot Ledger (“Shutdown is a jolt to workers”)

WEEKLIES:
Atlanta Business Chronicle (“Change Afoot at A&P”)
Crain’s Detroit Business (“Little Caesar Shuts Stores”)
Kansas City Business Journal (“Sale of the Century”)
Honorable mention:
Dallas Business Journal (“Mattel Plotting Huge Facility”)

REAL-TIME:
Bloomberg News, “Microsoft President Ballmer Says Tech Stocks Overpriced,”
Bridge News, “Bank of America earnings boost result of one-time gain,”
Spot News Judges:
Cherrill Crosby – Assistant Managing Editor, Wilmington News-Journal
Jamie Heller – Editor of Strategic Ventures, The Street.com
Diana B. Henriques – Reporter, The New York Times
Peter Mancusi – Business Editor, The Boston Globe
Josh Mills – Professor and director, Graduate Program in Business Journalism, Baruch College of CUNY

Best in Business winners for overall excellence, by category and listed in alphabetical order are: (Judges could name up to five winners in each category)

GIANT (Newspapers with average daily circulation 375,001 and above):
Los Angeles Times The Boston Globe USA Today
Certificate of Merit:
Chicago Tribune
Judges:
Robert Barker, senior writer, BusinessWeek
John Bersia, editorial writer/editorial board member, The Orlando Sentinel
Jodi Schneider, assistant managing editor, U.S. News & World Report

LARGE (Newspapers with circulation 250,001 -375,000):
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
San Jose Mercury News
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
The Orange County Register
The Oregonian (Portland)
Judges:
David J. Morrow, articles editor, SmartMoney
Debbie Van Tassel, business editor, The Plain Dealer
Julie Vorman, commodities & energy editor, Reuters

MID-SIZED (Newspapers with circulation 125,001-250,000):
Austin American-Statesman
Richmond Times-Dispatch
St. Paul Pioneer Press
The Hartford Courant
Certificates of Merit:
Providence Journal
The Virginian-Pilot
Judges:
Professor Charles Davis, executive director, Freedom of Information Center and assistant professor, Missouri School of Journalism
Jeff Herman, business section editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Chris Lester, assistant managing editor – business, The Kansas City Star

SMALL (Newspapers with circulation up to 125,000):
Florida Today (Melbourne, Fla.)
Las Vegas Sun
The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.)

Certificates of Merit:
The Oakland (Calif.) Tribune,
The Patriot-Ledger (Quincy, Mass.),
The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Judges:
Charles B. Camp, senior editor/Business News, The Dallas Morning News
Stephen H. Dunphy, business columnist, The Seattle Times
Don Nelson, editor, Puget Sound Business Journal

BUSINESS WEEKLIES:
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Boston Business Journal
Cincinnati Business Courier
Crain’s Detroit Business
San Francisco Business Times
Certificates of Merit:
Dallas Business Journal,
Pacific Coast Business Times
Judges:
Ed Bean, managing editor, Daily Report
Dean Foust, Atlanta bureau chief for BusinessWeek magazine
Professor Hugh J. Martin, journalism instructor
Henry W. Grady, College of Journalism and Mass Communication at The University of Georgia

NEWS CONTEST

Best in Business Breaking News winners, by category and in alphabetical order are: (Judges could name up to three winners in each category)

GIANT (Newspapers with circulation over 375,001):
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), “LTV begs for life” by Thomas Gerdel, Jennifer Cimperman, Sandra Livingston, T.C. Brown, Mary Vanac, Michael O’Malley and Sabrina Eaton
The Wall Street Journal, “AOL-Time Warner merger” by The Wall Street Journal staff

LARGE (Newspapers with circulation 250,001-375,000):
Financial Times, “UBS close to $ 12bn agreed purchase of PaineWebber” by Gary Silverman and team
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, “The Justin deal” by Mitchell Schnurman, Lila LaHood, Dan Piller, and Jim Fuquay
The Orange County Register, “Power Grid Lock” by Kate Berry, Daniel C. Weintraub, Tony Saavedra and Anne C. Mulkern

MID-SIZED (Newspapers with circulation 125,001-250,000):
Dayton Daily News, “Roberds quits; struggle ends” by the business staff
Providence Journal, “The Final Measure” by the Business Staff; Lead Writer, Bob Wyss Sarasota Herald-Tribune, “Developer’s actions counter to court orders” by Kelly Cramer

SMALL (Newspapers with circulation up to 125,000):
The Arizona Daily Star, “Yaquis kill plans for high-tech plant” by Paola Banchero The Durham Herald-Sun “Midway raising capital” by Jeff Zimmer
The Modesto Bee, “Tri-Valley Growers files bankruptcy” by Richard T. Estrada

WEEKLIES:
Providence Business News, “Investors take over Tradesafe.com” by Frank Prosnitz St. Louis Business Journal, “Audit: Lazaroff misstated $ 380,000” by Rick DesLoge

REAL-TIME:
Bloomberg News, “Soros Fund Revamps; Druckenmiller, Roditi Resign” by Katherine Burton
Dow Jones Newswires, “AOL-Time Warner merger” by the staff of Dow Jones Newswires Reuters, “Napster decision” by Susan Zeidler Breaking News
Judges:
Dan Blake, managing editor, U.S. Equities – Bridge News (stepped aside for real-time category)
Ron Insana, co-anchor, CNBC’s “Business Center”
Leah Beth Ward, technology writer, Dallas Morning News Best in Business Spot

Enterprise winners, by category and in alphabetical order are: (Judges could name up to three winners in each category)

GIANT (Newspapers with circulation over 375,001):
Chicago Tribune, “Problems at Tire Plant Alleged” by Melia Garza, Lauren Comander, Patrick Cole
Rocky Mountain News (Denver), “Suicide pact ends Bernstein brothers’ scheming ways” by John Accola and Peggy Lowe
The Wall Street Journal, “Indictment says Lab Fudged Thousands of Tests” by Peter Waldman and Jim Carlton

LARGE (Newspapers with circulation 250,001-375,000):
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, “Outside the Box” by Bill Hornaday
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), “Job Deaths At Avondale Scrutinized” by Keith Darce and Tara Young
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), “One Hull of a Problem” by Keith Darce and John Biers

MID-SIZED (Newspapers with circulation 125,001-250,000):
The Gazette (Montreal), “No chips, please” by Jay Bryan
The News Journal, (Delaware) “The Great Food Fight is on” by Seth Agulnick
St. Paul Pioneer Press, “When Insiders Sell” by Kevin Maler

SMALL (Newspapers with circulation up to 125,000):
York (Pa.) Daily Record, “What is that smell?” by Sharon Smith

WEEKLIES:
Atlanta Business Chronicle, “State’s economy showing cracks” by Rajiv Vyas
Crain’s Detroit Business, “St. John resignations now at 6” by Dave Barkholz
The Business Journal (Phoenix), “Cactus Clouds: Storm front moves in from Las Vegas” by Stephanie Balzer

REAL-TIME:
Bankrate.com, “Paying online: Beware the scammer” by Holden Lewis
Bloomberg News, “‘Tokyo Joe’ Park Says SEC Charges Ignore His Blunt Warnings” by Neil Roland
WSJ.com, “Defending right to post message: ‘CEO is a Dodo'” by Aaron Elstein Spot Enterprise

Judges: (Large, Small and real-time categories)
Stuart Elliott, advertising columnist, New York Times
Geanne Rosenberg, assistant professor, graduate program in business journalism, Baruch College
Larry Rout, senior editor, Wall Street Journal (stepped aside for real-time judging)
(Giant, Mid-sized and weeklies)
Terry Badger, assistant business editor – enterprise, Associated Press
Gail Roche, senior editor, Bloomberg
Robert Thomson, U.S. managing editor, Financial Times

See the 2000 Best in Business Program

Best in Business winners for overall excellence, by category and listed in alphabetical order are: (Judges could name up to five winners in each category)

GIANT: (General-interest newspapers with average daily circulation 375,001 and above):
Boston Globe
Dallas Morning News
San Francisco Chronicle
Washington Post
USA Today

Judges:
Rik Kirkland, managing editor, Fortune
Amy Stevens, deputy Page One editor, The Wall Street Journal
Myron Kandel, financial editor, CNN.

LARGE (Newspapers with circulation 250,001 -375,000):
The Portland Oregonian
San Jose Mercury News

Certificates of merit:
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
The Orlando(Fla.) Sentinel

Judges:
Mark Braykovich, business editor, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution;
Mark Meltzer, executive editor, Atlanta Business Chronicle;
Pam Leucke, Reynolds Professor of Business Journalism, Washington & Lee University.

MID-SIZED (Newspapers with circulation 125,001-250,000):
The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.
The State, Columbia, S.C.
The World-Herald, Omaha, Neb.
Certificates of Merit:
St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer-Press
Montreal Gazette

Judges:
Mark Tatge, Chicago bureau chief, Forbes
Janet Kidd Stewart, personal finance reporter, Chicago Tribune.

SMALL (Newspapers with circulation up to 125,000):
Santa Rosa (Calif.) Press-Democrat
Las Vegas Sun
Waterbury Republican-American
Certificate of Merit:
The Columbian in Vancouver, Wash.
Judges:
Russ Stanton, technology editor, Los Angeles Times
Rick Reiff, executive editor, Orange County Business Journal
Andre Mouchard, reporter, Orange County Register

BUSINESS WEEKLIES:
Cincinnati Business Courier
Electronic Media
Crain’s Chicago Business
Washington (D.C.) Business Journal
Judges:
Jacalyn Carfagno, business editor, Lexington Herald-Leader;
Paul Rolfes, assistant business editor, Louisville Courier-Journal;
David Holthaus, business editor, Cincinnati Post.

NEWS CONTEST
Best in Business Breaking News winners, by category and in alphabetical order are: (Judges could name up to three winners in each category)

GIANT (Newspapers with circulation over 375,001):
Newsday, “Texas investor mounts proxy fight for Computer Associates,” by staff.
Washington Post, “Microsoft Breakup Order Reversed,” by James V. Grimaldi, Carrie Johnson, Jonathan Krim, Ariana Cha, Alex Klein, Carol Vincent.

LARGE (Newspapers with circulation 250,001 -375,000):
Seattle Times, “Boeing Bolts,” by Kyung Song, Stephen H. Dunphy and staff.
Cleveland Plain Dealer, “LTV Shutdown Begins,” by Jennifer Scott Cimperman.
New Orleans Times-Picayune, “Entergy and FPL pull the plug on merger,” by Keith Darce, Mary Judice, Susan Finch, John Biers

MID-SIZE (Newspapers with circulation 125,001-250,000):
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, “Boeing Picks Chicago,” by JamesWallace
Contra Costa (Calif.) Times, “PG&E Unplugged,” by staff
Louisville Courier-Journal, “Mysterious disease killing foals at state’s horse farms,” by Kirsten Haukebo

SMALL (Newspapers with circulation up to 125,000):
Erie (Pa.) Times-News, “IP to close,” by staff
The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press, “IBM lays off 500,” by Aki Soga, Sue Robinson, Leslie Wright, Cadence Mertz

WEEKLIES
Silicon Valley Business Ink, “Sharks fishing for new owners,” by Christina Bellantoni
Dayton Business Journal, “Brokers dropping Dean,” by Patrick L. Thimangu

REAL-TIME
CNET News.com, “Microsoft’s reprieve,” by staff
Breaking News Judges:
Kurt Eichenwald, reporter, New York Times;
Karen Blumenthal, Dallas bureau chief, Wall Street Journal;
Steve Kaskovich, senior editor for business, Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Best in Business Spot Enterprise winners: (Judges could name up to three winners in each category)

GIANT (Newspapers with circulation over 375,001):
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, “More bans, less help for smokers,” by David Phelps and Deborah Caulfield Rybak
The Wall Street Journal, “Corporate Veil: Behind Enron’s fall, a culture of operating outside the public’s view,” by John R. Emshwiller and Rebecca Smith
The Washington Post, “Stocks to trade Monday with special rule,” by Kathleen Day and John M. Berry

LARGE (Newspapers with circulation 250,001-375,000):
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), “The last shift,” by Tom Breckenridge, Peter Krouse, Sandra Livingston, Jennifer Scott
Cimperman, Thomas W. Gerdel, Alison Grant, Karen Farkas, Mya Frazier
The Detroit News, “Age bias claims jolt Ford culture change,” by Mark Truby
The New Orleans Times-Picayune, “The art of the deal,” by Rebecca Mowbray

MID-SIZED (Newspapers with circulation 125,001-250,000):
Richmond Times-Dispatch, “The great baby bottle battle,” by Bob Rayner
Charlotte Observer, “Students see strong future in textiles jobs” by Tony Mecia
Hartford Courant, “A company works to carry on,” by Matthew Kauffman

SMALL (Newspapers with circulation up to 125,000):
Huntsville (Ala.) Times, “The Rocket’s Red Ink,” by Brian Lawson
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., “Dealmaker,” by Joe Harwood, Susan Palmer and Christian Wihtol
The Daily Record, Baltimore, “Power (Plant) Surge,” by Amy L. Bernstein

WEEKLIES:
Atlanta Business Chronicle, “Georgia’s tax giveaway,” by Meredith Jordan
Orange County Business Journal, “Change sweeping through Baja’s Border Plants,” by Chris Cziborr
Washington Business Journal, “The National question,” by Mike Sunnucks

REAL-TIME:
Bloomberg News, “El Paso Corp. secured off-balance sheet financing” by Russell Hubbard
Dow Jones Newswires, “Treasury’s 30-year bond news relayed by consultant during embargo” by John Connor
Bloomberg News, “Khashoggi firm may have kept $125 million as stock fell,” by David Evans

Spot Enterprise Judges:
(Large, mid-sized and real-time categories)
Chris Worthington, senior editor/business and technology, St. Paul Pioneer Press;
Greg Stricharchuk, assistant managing editor for business, Minneapolis Star Tribune;
Dirk DeYoung, editor, City Business Twin Cities Business Journal;
Dan Sullivan, Cowles Chair for Media Management and Economics, University of Minnesota.

(Giant, small and weeklies)
Rich Read, reporter, Portland Oregonian;
Elisa Williams, reporter, Forbes;
Kellee Weinhold, professor, University of Oregon.

See the 2001 Best in Business Program

2002 Best in Business Winners

Best in Business winners for Overall Excellence, by category and listed in alphabetical order are:

(Judges could name up to five winners in each category)

GIANT: (General-interest newspapers with average daily circulation 375,001 and above):
The Dallas Morning News
The New York Post
The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)
The Washington Post
USA TODAY
Certificates of Merit:
Newsday,
The Boston Globe
Judges:
Rachel Beck, national business columnist, The Associated Press;
Johnnie Roberts, senior writer, Newsweek;
James W. Michaels, editor emeritus and Group Vice President/Editorial, Forbes

LARGE (Newspapers with circulation 250,001 -375,000):
San Jose Mercury News
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.)
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Certificate of Merit:

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Judges:

John Hillkirk, Managing Editor/Money, USA TODAY,

Bill Grueskin, Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal Online, and

Winnie O’Kelley, Deputy Business Editor, The New York Times.

MID-SIZED (Newspapers with circulation 125,001-250,000):
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.)
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Certificates of Merit:

Daily Herald (Arlington, Ill.),

The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
Judges:

Dale Gibson, Managing Editor, Triangle Business Journal;

Richard Barron, Business Editor, Greensboro News & Record;

Charles Fishman, Senior Editor, Fast Company magazine.

SMALL (Newspapers with circulation up to 125,000):
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Ariz.)
Florida Today (Melbourne, Fla.)
The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.)
Certificate of Merit:

Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.),

Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ken.),

The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster, Ind.)
Judges:

Thom Kupper, Economics Reporter, The San Diego Union-Tribune;

John Hollon, Editor, San Diego Business Journal;

Bob Keefe, national correspondent, Cox Newspapers.

BUSINESS WEEKLIES:
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Crain’s Chicago Business
Crain’s Detroit Business
Los Angeles Business Journal
The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee
Judges:

Dorothy Abernathy, Virginia Associated Press Bureau Chief;

Rich Martin, Managing Editor, The Roanoke Times;

Chris Roush, Assistant Professor and Director, Carolina Business News Initiative, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina.

NEWS CONTEST

Best in Business Breaking News winners, by category and in alphabetical order are: (Judges could name up to three winners in each category)

GIANT (Newspapers with circulation over 375,001):
The Plain Dealer, “TRW,” by Thomas W. Gerdel, Mary Vanac, John Funk, Chris Seper
The Wall Street Journal, “Coverage of Enron,” by staff
The Washington Post, “Worldcom charged with fraud,” by staff

LARGE (Newspapers with circulation 250,001 -375,000):
San Jose Mercury News, “HP claims victory in COMPAQ merger,” by Therese Poletti, Tracy Seipel, Michelle Quinn, Dan Gillmor, Sue McAllister, Elise Ackerman, Scott Herhold, Deborah Lohse
The Detroit News, “Can Kmart lure shoppers back?” by staff

MID-SIZE (Newspapers with circulation 125,001-250,000):
The Buffalo News, “Adelphia scandal,” by Jerry Zremski, Tim Graham, Dan
Herbeck, Fred O. Williams, Holly Auer

SMALL (Newspapers with circulation up to 125,000):
Durham Herald-Sun, “Blue Cross racks up record $85.6M,” by Jeff Zimmer
Durham Herald-Sun, “Swifty Serve Corp. is in fight for its life,” by Jeff Zimmer

WEEKLIES
Inside the Navy, “Shipbuilding giants may swap LDP-17 and DDG-51 work worth billions” and “Responding to Lott, DOD starts funding LHD-9 and one more DDG-51,” by Christopher Castelli

REAL-TIME
Bloomberg News, “Treasury’s O’Neil would oppose additional IMF aid for Brazil” by Brendan Murray
Reuters, “Bush’s economic housecleaning,” by Adam Entous, Glenn Somerville, Randall Mikkelsen, Caren Bohan, Steve Holland, Anna Willard

Best in Business Breaking News Judges:

Josh Mills, Director of the Master’s Business Journalism program, Baruch College/CUNY;

Stephanie N. Mehta, reporter, Fortune;

Marcia Vickers, Wall Street editor, Business Week.

Best in Business Spot Enterprise winners:

(Judges could name up to three winners in each category)

GIANT (Newspapers with circulation over 375,001):
Newsweek, “How it all fell apart,” by Johnnie L. Roberts
The Denver Post, “Seven steps to solvency,” by Kris Hudson
The Wall Street Journal, “Uncooking the books,” by Susan Pulliam and Deborah Solomon

LARGE (Newspapers with circulation 250,001-375,000):
Rocky Mountain News, “Qwest’s rise and fall,” by Lou Kilzer, David Milstead and Jeff Smith
The Detroit News, “Why Ford sacked a superstar dealer,” by Bill Vlasic and Mark Truby
The Oregonian, “A rising star’s rapid descent,” by Jeff Manning

Certificate of Merit:
Rocky Mountain News, “Wild, wild Qwest,” by Lou Kilzer, David Milstead and Jeff Smith

MID-SIZED (Newspapers with circulation 125,001-250,000):
The Des Moines Register, “Paycheck to paycheck,” by Chad Graham
The Providence Journal, “Priced out,” by Lynn Arditi
The Virginian-Pilot, “eModel: Cashing in on dreams of glamour,” by Joanne Kimberlin

SMALL (Newspapers with circulation up to 125,000):
Anchorage Daily News, “On the rocks: Alaska’s historic salmon industry faces unprecedented threat” by Wesley Loy
The Burlington Free Press, “Anatomy of a scandal,” by Cadence Mertz
York Daily Record, “Fields of danger: Farm life can be deadly,” by Michelle Starr

Certificate of Merit:
Riverfront Times, “Nasty boys,” by Geri L. Dreiling

WEEKLIES:
Crain’s Detroit Business, “A deal in black and white,” by Brent Snavely
Orlando Business Journal, “Big bucks, small town, bond haven,” by Noelle Haner-Dorr

REAL-TIME:
Bloomberg News, “Edison Schools boosts revenues with funds not received,” by David Evans
Bloomberg News, “U.S. officials leak agriculture forecasts to few,” by Joe Carroll
Dow Jones Newswires, “Critics think Stanley Works may reconsider Bermuda move,” by Phyllis Plitch

Certificate of Merit:
CNET News.com, “The Google gods,” by Stefanie Olsen

Spot Enterprise Judges:
(Large, small and real-time)
Barbara Nagy, Business Reporter, The Hartford Courant;

Vickie Elmer, Deputy Business Editor, Newsday;

Robert Weisman, Technology Editor, The Boston Globe.

(Giant, medium and weekly)

Richard Jenkins, executive editor, MSN Money;

Jay Greene, Seattle bureau chief, Business Week;

Michael Totty, news editor/technology special sections, The Wall Street Journal.

Best in Business Projects winners: (Judges could name up to three winners in each category)

GIANT (Newspapers with circulation over 375,001):
The Denver Post, “Unmasking Qwest,” by Kris Hudson and Miles Moffeit
The Wall Street Journal, “What’s wrong?” by staff
The Washington Post, “AOL’s advertising deals,” by Alec Klein

Certificate of Merit:
Chicago Tribune, “Auditor often fail to warn of bankruptcies,” by Andrew Countryman and Janet Kidd Stewart
Dallas Morning News, “Digikids,” by Alan Goldstein, Vikas Bajaj, Doug Bedell, Brendan M. Case, Gregory Katz

LARGE (Newspapers with circulation 250,001 -375,000):
The Oregonian, “Prosperity lost,” by Catherine Trevison, Ted Sickinger, Gail Kinsey Hill, Brent Hunsberger
The Orlando Sentinel, “A region adrift,” by Scott Maxwell
The San Jose Mercury News, “Rich man, poor company,” by Chris O’Brien and Jack Davis
MID-SIZE (Newspapers with circulation 125,001-250,000):
The Charlotte Observer, “Despair in mill town,” by Tony Mecia, Charles Lunan, Amber Veverka, Sharon E. White, Peter St. Onge, Rick Rothacker
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.), “Enemy in the aisles,” by Joanne Kimberlin

Certificates of Merit:
The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.), “Rodale: Roots of change,” by Gregory Karp
The Providence Journal, “End of the line,” by Lynn Arditi

SMALL (Newspapers with circulation up to 125,000):
Corpus Christi Caller-Times, “Malpractice insurance goes under the microscope,” by Naomi Snyder
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.), “Leaving Louisiana,” by Sara Bongiorni, Chad Calder, Chris Gautreau
The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.), “From vine to wine,” by Ted Appel

WEEKLIES
Atlanta Business Chronicle, “Georgia’s corporate tax giveaway,” by Meredith Jordan
Cincinnati Business Courier, “Road to nowhere,” by Dan Monk, Lucy May
Los Angeles Business Journal, “Rise and fall of global pipe dream,” by Michael Stremfel, Anthony Palazzo, John Brinsley, Deborah Belgum, Mark Lacter

Certificates of Merit:
Orange County Business Journal (Calif.), “OC’s cash economy,” by Chris Cziborr, Rajiv Vyas, Daniel D. Williams, Vita Reed, Michael Lyster
South Florida Business Journal, “Inside the PSC/SUPRA,” by Kevin Gale, Alexis Muellner

REAL-TIME
CBS MarketWatch, “Capitalism’s crossroads” by staff
CNET News.com, “Cracking the nest egg,” by Sandeep Junnarkar
CNET News.com, “A mortal Microsoft,” by Mike Ricciuti, Alorie Gilbert, Joe Wilcox

Projects Judges:

(Giant, mid-sized and weekly categories)
Michael Sante, Business Editor, Detroit Free Press;
Ben Burns, Director of Journalism, Dept. of Communications, Wayne State University;
Philip Nussel, Business Editor, The Detroit News

(Large, small and real-time)
Judges:
Mark Hester, Business Editor, The Oregonian;
Byron Acohido, technology reporter, USA Today;
Roger Oglesby, Publisher, The SeattlePost-Intelligencer.
(Hester did not participate in the Large judging.)

See the 2002 Best in Business Program

2007

Gold: The New York Times for “A Toxic Pipeline” by Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker, who documented China’s role in supplying a counterfeit drug ingredient that killed at least 100 people in Panama and is suspected of killing thousands of others around the world.

Silver: The Baltimore Sun for “On Shaky Ground” by Fred Schulte and June Arney, who tracked how Baltimore’s arcane system of property fees initiated in Colonial times had evolved into a system of greed and lax oversight that preyed on the poor and elderly.

2008

Gold: BusinessWeek for “Prisoners of Debt” by Robert Berner, Keith Epstein, Brian Grow and Geri Smith, who revealed how large financial firms regularly collaborate with doctors and hospitals to turn unpaid medical bills into high-interest consumer debt.

Silver: The Seattle Times for “The Favor Factory” by Hal Bernton and David Heath, who uncovered thousands of purchases that the U.S. Congress has forced the military to make in recent years, including a $4.5 million Navy vessel that sits unused by a Seattle pier.

2009

Gold: The Miami Herald for “Borrowers Betrayed” by Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman and Rob Barry, whose nine-month investigation and resulting series uncovered poor oversight by Florida mortgage regulators that permitted thousands of individuals with criminal records to conduct business in the state’s home loan industry.

Silver: Bloomberg Markets for “AARP’s Stealth Fees” by Gary Cohn and Darrell Preston, who found through public documents and scores of interviews, that the world’s largest organization for seniors collects hundreds of millions of dollars annually from insurers who pay for AARP’s endorsement of their policies.

2010

Gold: Reuters for “Diagnosed with Breast Cancer, Dropped by Insurer” by Murray Waas, whose four-month investigation revealed that a giant health insurer had targeted policyholders recently diagnosed with breast cancer for aggressive investigations with the intent to cancel their policies. An exhaustive study of records, hearings and federal data, as well as dozens of interviews with experts, officials and patients led to the story.

Silver: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for “Side Effects: Money, Medicine and Patients” by John Fauber, whose stories uncovered conflicts of interest that can compromise a doctor’s judgment. An example was a surgeon receiving millions of dollars in royalties annually from a medical device company while serving as editor of a medical journal that published favorable research on the company’s projects.

2011

Gold: The Arizona Republic for “Public Pensions, A Soaring Burden” by Craig Harris. The series focused on questionable public-pension practices and their cost to taxpayers. The project, which involved 67 public-records requests, uncovered elected officials making more in retirement than when they were employed and pensions paid to convicted felons removed from office for official wrongdoing.

Silver: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for “A Case of Shattered Trust” by Raquel Rutledge and Rick Barrett. The series revealed how a firm with a decade of serious regulatory violations of sanitary conditions was allowed to operate while the Food and Drug Administration did nothing. As a result of the stories, the FDA revealed the name of the bacterium that it found in the manufacturer’s contaminated alcohol wipes. Following a permanent federal injunction against the firm, the product is no longer manufactured.

Bronze: The Seattle Times for “Seniors for Sale” by Michael J. Berens. The series investigated the growing trend toward seniors being moved from nursing homes into less expensive “adult family homes.” The investigation uncovered more than 230 deaths that indicated neglect or abuse in these homes but were not reported to the state. (The bronze award was added in 2011.)

2012

Gold: “Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart after Top-Level Struggle,” by David Barstow of The New York Times, received the top gold award of $5,000. Barstow obtained hundreds of confidential documents and interviewed important players in the company’s internal inquiry. He discovered Wal-Mart had received powerful evidence that its Mexican executives used systematic bribery payments totaling more than $24 million to obtain zoning rulings and construction permits.

Silver: “Ghost Factories,” by lead reporters Alison Young and Peter Eisler of USA Today, received the silver award of $2,000. The series involved a 14-month investigation that revealed locations of more than 230 long-forgotten smelters and the poisonous lead they left behind. Reporters used handheld X-ray devices to collect and test 1,000 soil samples to prove there was a serious threat to children living in dozens of neighborhoods.

Bronz: “Prognosis: Profits,” by Ames Alexander, Karen Garloch, Joseph Neff and David Raynor, received the $1,000 bronze award for a joint project of The Charlotte Observer and The (Raleigh) News & Observer. Reporters dissected finances of large institutions through documents and sources to paint a compelling picture of nonprofit hospitals that function as for-profit institutions—often to the detriment of their care and charity missions. Discovered were inflated prices on drugs and procedures, lawsuits against thousands of needy patients and minimal charity care to poor and uninsured patients.

2013

Gold: “America’s Worst Charities,”by Kris Hundley and Kendall Taggart in a joint project of the Tampa Bay Times and The Center for Investigative Reporting, received the top gold award of $5,000. Reporters identified charities that steered as much as 95 percent of donations to boiler-room operations and direct-mail companies, leaving only a token amount to help those in need. They assembled interactive databases to help readers examine the worst 50 charities and state enforcement actions against thousands more organizations.

Silver: “The United States of Subsidies,” by Louise Story of The New York Times, received the silver award of $2,000. The project tabulated the $80 billion that local governments dole out to corporations each year in tax breaks and other business incentives – expenditures to recruit and keep businesses that may or may not produce results. Story methodically contacted revenue departments and agencies that administered incentives to compute the total cost to taxpayers that had never been compiled before.

Bronze: “Inside Game: How Corporate Insiders Profit Ahead of the Public,” by Susan Pulliam, Rob Barry, Michael Siconolfi and Jean Eaglesham of The Wall Street Journal, received the $1,000 bronze award. More than six months went into creating a database to examine how more than 20,000 corporate executives traded their own companies’ stock over the course of eight years. It revealed that more than 1,000 executives had generated big profits or avoided big losses. The FBI and SEC launched investigations the day after the initial article.

Honorable mention: “iTheft,” by Gerry Smith of The Huffington Post, traces the growing and dangerous trail of stolen iPhones, iPads and other connective devices to a global distribution network that nets an estimated $30 billion annually. Citing the articles, top-level law enforcement officials have pressed manufacturers to add a “kill” switch to their devices that would render them inoperable after they are stolen.

2014

Gold: “Temp Land,” by Michael Grabell of ProPublica, received the top gold award of $5,000. Grabell and the ProPublica research team found that major companies are increasingly turning to temporary workers to fill the most dangerous and dirtiest jobs in their factories, warehouses and processing plants. This exhaustive analysis of millions of workers’ compensation claims and accident reports found that temps are hurt at rates as high as six times that of regular employees. It led to changes in temp agency practices, numerous investigations by authorities and a nationwide data collection initiative by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for the purpose of tightening lax rules.

Silver: “The Child Exchange,” by Megan Twohey of Reuters, received the silver award of $2,000. The stories uncovered a clearinghouse of children through a cluster of little-known Internet bulletin boards where parents sought to get rid of children they had adopted overseas. Twohey and her colleagues documented illicit child-custody transfers by tracking thousands of transactions in which children were passed along to strangers, thereby bypassing judges and social workers who serve as the safety net to protect kids. Since the investigation, several states have enacted new restrictions on child advertising, custody transfers or both. Twohey testified before Congress and a four-agency Government Accountability Report was formed.

Bronze: “Hospice Inc.,” by Ben Hallman and Shane Shifflett of The Huffington Post, received the $1,000 bronze award. Their nine-month investigation, consisting of both interviews and data-gathering, found that the average U.S. hospice has not been inspected in a number of years. In addition, families are often subject to fraud and abuse as they are misled about the nature and costs of hospice. One result of this work, Hospice Check, is a research tool available for use by journalists and researchers.

 2015

Gold: “Fish Slavery,” by Robin McDowell, Margie Mason, Martha Mendoza and Esther Htusan of The Associated Press, received the top gold award of $5,000. At considerable personal risk, reporters interviewed captive Burmese slaves on a remote Indonesian island to expose labor abuses by a Thai fishing industry that ships its cargo to major U.S. supermarkets and pet food companies. By satellite they also monitored shipments to a Thai port to determine which private companies were responsible. As a direct result of their reporting, 800 slaves were freed and suppliers were fired by the biggest Thai seafood company. In addition, U.S. business groups lodged protests with the Thai and Indonesian governments and an Indonesian government investigation resulted in arrests.

“This was a gripping story with great reporting, and especially noteworthy was how careful the reporters were with its outcome by protecting the names of the slaves as they interviewed them and then notified authorities,” said the judges, who commended the bravery of the journalists. “Use of video helped to bring the story home, while the use of satellite indicates how even the most difficult stories can be covered anywhere in the world.”

Silver: “Unchecked Care,” by Christopher Serres and Glenn Howatt of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, received the silver award of $2,000. The series explored dramatic growth in home-health agencies due to policies that encourage frail and elderly patients to receive care at home rather than at hospitals and nursing facilities. It found erratic home-care agencies leaving fragile patients without care for extended periods; nursing aides with inadequate training undertaking risky procedures; and for-profit care franchises using aggressive sales tactics. Since home-care agencies are unlicensed in Minnesota and most states, there are almost no regulatory documents or data. The stories prompted state regulators to accelerate background checks on home-care aides and intensify monitoring.

“This comprehensive series gave early exposure to a big problem that is going to get bigger as the baby boomer generation continues forward,” said the judges. “It also underscored the situation in which cash-strapped states have no money for increased regulation.”

Bronze: “Dying for Care,” by Pat Beall of The Palm Beach Post, received the $1,000 bronze award. This six-month investigation of prison inmate medical care by for-profit companies found soaring fatalities; indifferent medical treatment; and a corrections agency and a billion-dollar corporation that hid data on death and negligent care. Beall spent months trying to obtain death data from the state, which delayed and denied access to records, then lied about their existence. Inmates feared retribution; mail between Beal and inmates often disappeared; and court monitoring reports were heavily redacted. Inmates with fatal cancers were treated with Tylenol, medicines were abruptly discontinued and surgeries were delayed. The series prompted the Florida Department of Corrections to enact fines; cancel company contracts; and post mortality data online. High-level resignations within the department and governor’s office also followed.

“A prison sentence should not be a death sentence, and people were dying while a company had been paid to care for them,” said the judges. “This powerful story that represented people who otherwise had no voice is another example of states going broke and trying to shed costs.”

Loeb Award winners 1958-1971

Award winners, 1958
David Steinberg, New York Herald-Tribune
Werner Renberg, Business Week

Achievement winners, 1958
Leslie Gould
George Arris
Joseph Goodrich
T.A. Wise
J.A. Livingston

Award winners, 1959
Nate White, Christian Science Monitor
Ernest Haveman, Life

Achievement winners, 1959
Donald I. Rogers
Jay Edgerton
Murray J. Rossant
Alexander O. Stanley

Award winners, 1960
Nate White, Christian Science Monitor
John A. Conway, Newsweek

Achievement winners, 1960
J.A. Livingston
John L. Fletcher

Achievement winners, 1960
Edward T. Townsend
Richard Larkin
Gurney Breckerfield

Award winners, 1961
Staff, Wall Street Journal
Leonard Silk, New York Times

Achievement winners, 1961
Lee M. Cohn
Sidney Fish
Hobart Rowen
Sandford Brown
Tait Trussel

Award winners, 1962
Robert E. Bedingfield, New York Times
Richard Austin Smith, Fortune

Achievement winners, 1962
Christina Kirk
Ben Shifman
John Chamberlain
Daniel Friedenberg

Award winners, 1963
David R. Jones, Wall Street Journal
Sandford Brown, Newsweek

Achievement winners, 1963
Robert E. Nichols
Hugh R. McEvers
Gilbert H. Clee
Robert W Murray, Jr.

Award winners, 1964
Robert E. Nichols, Los Angeles Times
John Brooks, The New Yorker
Alfred Sloan, Fortune

Achievement winners, 1964
Lee M. Cohn
Darden Chambliss
Mat Ways
John Maughan

Award winners, 1965
Edwin L. Dale Jr., The New York Times
Lee Silberman, Harvard Business Review
Leslie Gould, New York Journal American

Achievement winners, 1965
Daniel M. Friedenberg
Thomas W. Bush
Clem Morgello
Staff, House and Home

Award winners, 1966
Ross M. Robertson, Louisville Courier Journal
Charles E. Silberman, Fortune
Marcus Gleisser, Cleveland Plain Dealer

Achievement winners, 1966
Frank H. Weir
Peter S. Nagan
Leonard S. Silk
Gilbert Burck

Award winners, 1967
David R. Francis, Christian Science Monitor
Max Ways, Fortune

Achievement winners, 1967
Sidney Fish
Staff, The Wall Street Journal
Leonard Silk
Staff, Business Week

Award winners, 1968
Richard A. Nenneman, Christian Science Monitor
Michael Laurence, Playboy
Nicholas Molodovsky, Financial Analyst’s Journal

Achievement winners, 1968
John A. Prestbo
Lee Silberman
Peter P. Gabriel
John K. Jessup

Special Awards, 1968

Award winners, 1969
Milton Friedman
Paul Samuelson
Henry Wallich
John Brooks, The New Yorker
Charles N. Stabler, The Wall Street Journal
John Brooks, New Yorker
George J.W. Goodman, Random House
Charles Stabler, Wall Street Journal
McGraw Hill Publications

Award winners, 1970
Leland B. DuVall. The Arkansas Gazette
John F. Lyons, Corporate Financing
Patricia Shontz, The Detroit News
Philip P. Osborne, Business Week

Achievement winners, 1970
James P. Gannon
Morton C. Paulson
Rich Thomas
Gilbert Burck
Alan Abelson
E. B. Weiss

Award winners, 1971
Joseph A. Livingston, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Chris Welles, Institutional Investor
Philip Greer, The Washington Post

Achievement winners, 1971
Richard E. Rustin
John F. Laurence
Paul E. Steiger
Ephraim A. Lewis
Carol J. Loomis, Fortune
Harold Chucker
Leonard S. Silk, New York Times

1972
Kenneth Auchincloss, Newsweek
Robert E. Bedingfield, The New York Times
Robert H. Metz, The New York Times
James W. Michaels, Forbes

1973
John Barbour, Associated Press
Everett Mattlin, Corporate Financing
Clem Morgello, Newsweek
Louis Rukeyser, “Wall Street Week” Program

1974
Joseph A. Livingston, The Philadelphia Inquirer(Memorial Award Winner)
John Brooks, The New Yorker
Carol J. Loomis, Fortune
Paul E. Steiger, Los Angeles Times
Livingston V. Taylor, The Courier Journal
Henry Wallich, Newsweek

1975
Vermont Royster, The Wall Street Journal (Ret)
(Memorial Award Winner)
Donald Bartlett and James Steele,The Philadelphia Inquirer
Edwin Darby, Chicago Sun Times
Marshall Loeb, Time
Tom Miller, The Herald Advertiser
Allan Sloan, Detroit Free Press

1976
John McDonald, Fortune (Ret)
(Memorial Award Winner)
Willard Randall and Stephen Solomon,The Philadelphia Inquirer
David R. Francis, The Christian Science Monitor
Gordon L. Williams, Business Week
J.A. Livingston, The Philadelphia Inquirer
John Guinther, Philadelphia

1977
Leonard Silk, The New York Times
(Memorial Award Winner)
Susan Trausch and Laurence Collins, The Boston Globe
Larry Kramer, The San Francisco Examiner
Sally Jones and Rosemary Shinohara, The Anchorage Daily News
David Warsh and Lawrence Minard, Forbes
Lee Mitgang, Associated Press

1978
Hedley Donovan, Time Inc.
(Memorial Award Winner)
Paul Steiger, Robert Rosenblatt, Ronald Soble,
Murray Seeger and Sam Jameson, Los Angeles Times
Harold Chucker, Minneapolis Star
Lewis Lapham, Harper’s
Hobart Rowen, Washington Post
William Tucker, Harper’s

1979
Richard C. Longworth and Bill Neikirk, Chicago Tribune
N.R. Kleinfield, New York Times
Philip Moeller, Louisville Courier-Journal
William Tucker, Harper’s
Robert L. Heilbroner, New Yorker

1980
Large Newspaper
Gaylord Shaw, Tom Rdburn, William C. Rempel, Cathleen Decker, William J. Eaton, Norman Kempster, Larry Pryor, Bill Stall and Penelope McMillan, Los Angeles Times

Small Newspaper
Joe R. Cordero and Tim W. Ferguson, Santa Ana Register, National Magazine
Walter Guzzardi Jr., Fortune

Column or editorial
Alan Gersten, Rocky Mountain News

Honorable Mention in Column or editorial
Paul Lieberman and Chester Goolrick, Atlanta Constitution

Honortable Mention in Column or editorial
Tom Bethell, Harper’s

1981
Large newspaper
Jonathan Neumann and Ted Gup, Washington Post

Small newspaper
Gary M. Hector, American Banker

National Magazine
William Tucker, Harper’s

Column or editorial
Sarai Ribicoff (posthumous), Los Angeles Herald Examiner

Honorable mention
Stan DeCoster and Ann Baldelli, New London Day

1982
Large newspaper
Linda Grant and Karen Tumulty, Los Angeles Times

Small newspaper
Phil Norman, Louisville Courier-Journal

Honorable mention in small newspapers
Orlando Sentinel Star

National Magazine
L.J. Davis, Harper’s

Column or editorial
George Melloan, Wall Street Journal

Column or editorial
Lester C. Thurow, Newsweek

1983
Large newspaper
Robert Frump, Philadelphia Inquirer

Small newspaper
Philip L. Zweig, American Banker

National magazine
Joseph Nocera, Texas Monthly

Editorial or commentary
Robert J. Samuelson, National Journal

Spot News
Dennis Fulton, Dallas Morning News

Special Award in Spot News
New York Times

1984
Large newspaper
Dan Morgan, Washington Post

Honorable mention in large newspaper
Theodore Gup, Washington Post

Small newspaper
No award

National magazine
Andrew Tobias, Playboy

Editorial or commentary
Robert L. Heilbroner, New Yorker

Spot news
Albert Delugach and Ronald Soble, Los Angeles Times

1985
Large newspaper
Paul Blustein, Wall Street Journal

Honorable mention in large newspapers
Los Angeles Times

Small newspaper
Beth McLeod, Lawrence Spohn, Stan Swofford and Greta Tilley, Greensboro News and Record

National magazine
Richard Stern, Forbes

Magazines
Howard Rudnitsky and Allan Sloan, Forbes

Editorial and commentary
Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal

Deadline writing and beat reporting
Robert J. Cole, New York Times

Special Award
Robert Heilbroner, New Yorker

1986
Large newspaper
Ken Auletta, New York Times

Small newspaper
Mark L. Zusman, Willamette Week

Honorable mention in small newspapers
Jan Brogan, Providence Journal-Bulletin

National magazine
Barbara Donnelly, Institutional Investor

Commentary
Michael Kinsley, New Republic
Robert J. Samuelson, Newsweek

Deadline writing
Laura Landro, Wall Street Journal

1987
Large newspaper
Kimberly Greer, Newsday

Medium newspaper
Edward O. Welles, San Jose Mercury News West Magazine

Small newspaper
Brent Walth, Willamette Week

National magazine
William C. Symonds and team, BusinessWeek

Honorable mention in national magazines
Bill Powell and Jonathan Alter, Newsweek

Commentary
Richard Doak, Des Moines Register

Beat or Deadline writing
Daniel Hertzberg and James B. Stewart, Wall Street Journal

Special Award for Overall Excellence in Business Coverage
Los Angeles Times

1988
Large newspaper
Daniel Hertzberg and James B. Stewart, Wall Street Journal

Medium newspaper
David Sylvester, San Jose Mercury News

Small newspaper
Paul Farhi, San Francisco Examiner

Honorable mention in small newspapers
Julie Bird, Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph

National magazine
Robert Heilbroner, New Yorker

Commentary
Ron Ridenour, New Orleans City Business

Honorable mention in commentary
Gordon Crovitz, Wall Street Journal

Beat or deadline writing
Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times

1989
Large newspaper
Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, Philadelphia Inquirer

Medium newspaper
S. Lynn Walker, San Diego Union

Small newspapers
Howard Gold, Miami Review

National magazine
Carol J. Loomis, Fortune
Eric Schurenberg and Lani Luciano, Money

Commentary
David Warsh, Boston Globe

Beat or deadline writing
John Helyar and Bryan Burrough, Wall Street Journal

Honorable mention in beat or deadline writing
Thomas Petzinger and Paulette Thomas, Wall Street Journal

1990
Large newspaper
David A. Vise and Steve Coll, Washington Post

Medium newspaper
Jerry Kramer, Andy Hall and team, Arizona Republic

Small newspaper
Gary Belsky and Phyllis Furman, Crain’s New York Business

Magazine
Peter Brimelow, Leslie Spencer and Dierdre Fanning, Forbes

Commentary
Gordon Crovitz, Wall Street Journal

Beat or deadline writing
Kathryn Harris and Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times

Special Award
Richard McCord, Green Bay News-Chronicle

1991
Large newspaper
Bryan Burrough, Wall Street Journal

Medium newspaper
Bill Dalton, Mike Hendricks and Chris Lester, Kansas City Star

Small newspaper
Phyllis Furman and Linda Moss, Crain’s New York Business

Magazine
Joseph S. Coyle, Frank Lalli, Denise Topolnicki, Elizabeth MacDonald and Robert Wool, Money
Connie Bruck, New Yorker

Commentary
Allan Sloan, Newsday

Beat or deadline writing
Neal Barsky, Wall Street Journal

1992
Large newspaper
Gerard O’Neill, Dick Lehr, Bruce Mohl, Brian Mooney and Karen Douglas, Boston Globe

Medium newspaper
John Fauber and Jack Norman, Milwaukee Journal

Small newspaper
Emory Thomas and M. Rex Smith, Atlanta Business Chronicle

Magazine
Jonathan Beaty and S.C. Gwynne, Time
Richard Behar, Time

Commentary
Warren T. Brookes (posthumously), Detroit News

Deadline or beat writing
Alan S. Murray, Wall Street Journal

1993
Large newspaper
Alix M. Freedman, Wall Street Journal

Medium newspaper
Pete Carey and Lewis M. Simons, San Jose Mercury News

Small newspaper
Michael Hinkelman and Emory Thomas Jr., Atlanta Business Chronicle

Magazine
Brian O’Reilly, Fortune

Commentary
Allan Sloan, Newsday

Deadline or beat writing
Joseph B. White and Paul Ingrassia, Wall Street Journal

1994
Large newspaper
Scott J. Paltrow, Los Angeles Times

Medium newspaper
Fred Schulte and Larry Keller, The Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

Small newspaper
Lance Williams, San Francisco Examiner

Special recognition in small newspapers
John M. Hays, Morning Paper (Rushton, La.)

Magazine
Bryan Burrough, Vanity Fair

Commentary
Robert J. Samuelson, Newsweek

Deadline or beat writing
Kathryn Harris, Los Angeles Times

1995
Large newspaper
Joel Rutchick and Timothy Heider, Plain Dealer

Medium newspaper
Peter Nicholas, Susan Finch, Mark Schleifstein, Mike Hughlett and James O’Byrne, The Times-Picayune

Small newspaper
Jim Lynch and Karen Dorn Steele, Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.)

Magazines
Philip Longman, Florida Trend

Commentary
Jane Bryant Quinn, Newsweek

Deadline or beat writing
Michael Siconolfi and Laura Jereski, Wall Street Journal

1996
Large newspaper
Thomas M. Burton, Scott Kilman and Richard Gibson, Wall Street Journal

Medium newspaper
Debra Lynn Vial, Michael Moore and Bruce Locklin, The Record (Hackensack, NJ)

Small newspaper
Kim Farard, Anchorage Daily News

Magazine
Joe Nocera, Fortune

Commentary
Bill Bishop, Lexington Herald-Leader

Deadline or beat reporting
Geraldine Fabrikant, New York Times

The Lawrence Minard Editor Award recognizes excellence in editing by a business editor whose work does not receive a byline or whose face does not appear on the air for the work covered.

2002 Minard Editor Award Honoree
Lawrence “Laury” Minard
Managing editor
Forbes

2003 Minard Editor Award Honoree
Glenn Kramon
Business Editor
The New York Times

2004 Minard Editor Award Honoree
Michael Siconolfi
Senior Editor
Financial Investigative Projects
The Wall Street Journal

2005 Minard Editor Award Honoree
Timothy K. Smith
Assistant Managing Editor
Fortune

2006 Minard Editor Award Honoree
Ronald Henkoff
Executive Editor, Bloomberg News
Editor, Bloomberg Markets

2007 Minard Editor Award Honoree
Dan Kelly
News Editor, Page One
The Wall Street Journal

2008 Minard Editor Award Honoree
Frank Comes
Assistant Managing Editor
BusinessWeek

2009 Minard Editor Award Honoree
Lawrence Ingrassia
Business and Financial Editor
The New York Times

2010 Minard Editor Award Honoree
Alix Freedman (right)
Deputy Managing Editor
The Wall Street Journal

2011 Minard Editor Award Honoree
Hank Gilman
Deputy Managing Editor
Fortune

2012 Minard Editor Award Honoree
Winnie O’Kelley
Deputy Business Editor
The New York Times

2012 Minard Editor Award Honoree
Michael Williams
Global Enterprise Editor
Reuters

2013 Minard Editor Award Honoree
John Brecher
Executive Editor for Enterprise
Bloomberg News

2014 Minard Editor Award Honoree
Rebecca Blumenstein
Deputy Editor in Chief
The Wall Street Journal

2015 Minard Editor Award Honoree
Any Stevens
Reuters