New York Times takes most awards in SABEW’s Best in Business contest
The New York Times captured the most awards – 13 — in the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ 15th annual Best in Business Journalism contest for 2009.
There were 163 winners out of 796 entries, the second-highest entry total in the contest’s history
Each winning entry is now considered for SABEW’s Best of the Best awards, honoring the very best of business journalism produced at newspapers, magazines and Web sites. Best of the Best winners will be announced and all the awards will be presented March 20 during SABEW’s 47th annual conference in Phoenix.
The conference will run from March 19-21 at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Only a few spots remain in the conference’s multimedia track, sponsored by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism; it starts March 18.
“Some contend that good business journalism is dying. Judging by the winners of the contest, nothing could be further from the truth,” said Greg McCune, SABEW president and Thomson Reuters training manager. “Study this list of winners, and you may notice the emergence of a fresh and vigorous online business media, as well as continuing excellence from some traditional media we rely on.”
Overall excellence
Giant Newspapers
(Average daily circulation above 325,000)
Chicago Tribune
Financial Times
The New York Times
USA Today
Large Newspapers
(circulation from 225,000 to 325,000)
Detroit Free Press
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Dallas Morning News
Mid-sized Newspapers
(circulation from 125,000 to 224,999)
San Jose Mercury News
The Des Moines Register
The Detroit News
Small Newspapers
(circulation under 125,000)
The Salt Lake Tribune
The State (Columbia, SC)
Wichita Eagle
Weekly Business Newspapers
Los Angeles Business Journal
Puget Sound Business Journal
Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal
Small Magazines
(circulation under 500,000)
Bloomberg Markets
CFO magazine
Large Magazines
(circulation 500,000 and over)
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Fast Company
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Small Web sites
(up to 500,000 average monthly unique visitors)
Mid-sized Web sites
(500,000-2.5 million average monthly unique visitors)
Large Web sites
(more than 2.5 million average monthly unique visitors)
Business News Reporting
Breaking News
Giant Publications
Star Tribune: “Petters Found Guilty”
The New York Times: “”The G.M. Bankruptcy”
The Wall Street Journal: “Inside-Trade Probe Snares ‘Octopussy’”
Large Publications
The Detroit Free Press: “Auto plans shredded”
The Detroit Free Press: “GM bankruptcy”
Cleveland Plain Dealer: “Feds Seize Amtrust Bank”
Mid-sized Publications
The Detroit News: “GM enters bankruptcy”
San Jose Mercury News: “Bartz named Yahoo CEO”
Las Vegas Sun: “CityCenter Saga”
Small Publications
Sarasot a(Fla.) Herald-Tribune: “Nadel Ponzi Scheme”
Honolulu (Hawaii) Star-Bulletin: “The last haul”
The Daily Herald (Everett, Wash.): “The First Flight of Boeing’s 787”
Weekly Publications
Business First of Louisville (Ky.): Ice storm stories
The Denver Business Journal: “Rocky Mountain News Shuts Down”
Washington Business Journal: Hilton Hotels’ move to Washington, D.C.
Real-time News Organizations
Associated Press: “Wells Fargo Junket”
Dow Jones Newswires: “Deep Coverage On Drug Deal”
Reuters: “H1N1 Flu: The Global Story”
Enterprise
Giant Publications
The New York Times: “The Burger That Shattered Her Life”
The Wall Street Journal: “New York Fed Chairman’s Ties”
(Minneapolis) Star Tribune: “Wasteland”
Large Publications
The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee: “Community Bank”
The Denver Post: “Survivor’s tale”
The Boston Globe: “Harvard”
Mid-sized Publications
Las Vegas Sun: “Lessons Las Vegas can learn from the Rust Belt”
The (Nashville) Tennessean: “Life on Hold”
The Charlotte Observer: “How a Board Lost a Bank”
Small Publications
Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune: “Contaminated Chinese drywall”
The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.): “SSU foundation’s private land loans”
The State (Columbia, S..C): “How the Boeing deal was done”
Weekly Publications
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle, Wash.): “Why WaMu”
Indianapolis Business Journal: “Simon says, city does”
Pittsburgh Business Times: “Eli Lilly details payments to docs”
Real-time News Organizations
Bloomberg News: “”Diamonds Post-Lehman Have No Aura as Buffett Can’t See Recovery””
Associated Press: “Geithner’s Bankers”
Dow Jones Newswires: “US Treasury Doesn’t Disclose Bailout Tally”
Columns
Giant Publications
David Leonhardt, The New York Times
Martin Wolf, Financial Times
David Carr, The New York Times
Large Publications
Karin Price Mueller, The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)
Dean Calbreath, The San Diego Union-Tribune
Eileen Ambrose: The Baltimore Sun
Mid-sized Publications
Mitchell Schnurman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Chris O’Brien, San Jose Mercury News
Bill Virgin, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Small Publications
Josh Brodesky, Arizona Daily Star
Betty Lin-Fisher, Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal
Jon Chesto, The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.)
Weekly Publications
Greg Hinz, Crain’s Chicago Business
Greg David, Crain’s New York Business
Mike Hendricks, The Business Review (Albany, N.Y.)
Real-time News Organizations
Jonathan Weil, Bloomberg News
Matthew Goldstein, Thomson Reuters
Al Lewis, Dow Jones Newswires
Projects
Giant Publications
The New York Times: “Toxic Waters”
The New York Times: “Driven to Distraction”
The Wall Street Journal: “Beyond the Bubble”
Large Publications
Dallas Morning News: “The Cost of Care”
The Seattle Times: “Inside the collapse of WaMu”
The Denver Post: “New Frontier Bank”
Mid-sized Publications
The Miami Herald: “Cuba”
The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer: “Charity starts at the top”
Detroit News: “Grand Experiment”
Small Publications
Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune: “Flipping Fraud”
The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette: “Grants, Graft and Greed at Workforce West Virginia”
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Ariz.): “Giving Tree”
Weekly Publications
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle, Wash.): “WaMu’s Final Days”
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle, Wash.): “Foreclosed: One week inside the crisis”
Indianapolis Business Journal: “Durham insider loans pile up”
Real-time News Organizations
Scripps Howard News Service: “Forgive Us Our Debts”
Bloomberg News: “Lehman’s Lessons”
Reuters: “Lifting the Veil on High-Frequency Trading”
Reuters: “Route to Recovery”
Magazine Enterprise
Giant
Sports Illustrated: “How (And Why) Athletes Go Broke”
Forbes: “Gilt-Edged Pensions”
SmartMoney Magazine: “My Battle for a Sales Job”
Small
Bloomberg Markets: “Big Pharma’s Crime Spree”
Traders Magazine: “Flash Point: Equities Industry Clashes over Flash and Step-Up Orders”
Bloomberg Markets: “Plundering the Amazon”
Online Excellence
Breaking News
Large Web sites
(more than 2.5 million average monthly unique visitors)
The New York Times: “The G.M. Bankruptcy”
Bloomberg BusinessWeek.com: “Allen Stanford Coverage”
Medium Web sites
(500,000-2.5 million average monthly unique visitors)
The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer: “Moynihan is BofA CEO”
AdAge.com: “Domino’s Boogergate”
Small Web sites
(up to 500,000 average monthly unique visitors)
InvestmentNews: “American International Group”
pacbiztimes.com: “Affinity Bank and the Jesusita Fire”
St. Louis Business Journal: “Katz suit vs. Anheuser-Busch”
Projects
Large Websites
CNBC.com: “Boom, Bust & Blame: The Inside Story of America’s Economic Crisis”
The Associated Press: “AP Stress Index”
The New York Times: “Living With Less”
Mid-sized Web sites
(500,000-2.5 million average monthly unique visitors)
GlobalPost: “Living in the Shadows”
The (Nashville) Tennessean: “Life On Hold”
GlobalPost: “Silicon Sweatshops”
Small Web sites
(up to 500,000 average monthly unique visitors)
CBSMoneyWatch.com: “After the Great Recession”
CBSMoneyWatch.com: “Ultimate Job Security Guide”
chicagobusiness.com: “Road to Recovery”
Audio/Video Reports
Large Web sites
The New York Times: “Flipped: Inside the Private Equity Game”
The New York Times: “The Card Game: The Deal With Overdrafts”
The Wall Street Journal: “A Crisis Without Precedent”
Mid-sized Web sites
(500,000-2.5 million average monthly unique visitors)
Financial Times: “Short View Special: Anniversary of the Collapse of Lehman
Brothers”
Small Web sites
CrainsNewYork.com: “The Making of a New York Dress”
Chicagobusiness.com: “Entrepreneurs in Action”
Blogs
Large Web sites
The Wall Street Journal: “Real Time Economics”
The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.): “Lansner on Real Estate”
Bankrate.com: “Mortgage Matters”
Mid-sized Web sites
Financial Times: “Alphaville”
The Dallas Morning News: “Airline biz”
Financial Times: “Technology”
Small Web sites
CBSMoneyWatch, Devil in the Details, Kathy Kristof
mutualfundreform.com: Building a More Secure Financial Future
talkingbiznews.com: Chris Roush
Creative Use of Online
Large Web sites
The New York Times: “Flipped: Inside the Private Equity Game”
CNN Money.com: “Obama’s Money Moves”
MSNBC.com: “Adversity Index”
Mid-sized Web sites
CreditCards.com: “Comprehensive Guide to the Credit CARD Act”
The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.): “Fleetwood: An Inland Icon”
The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer: “The Merger with Merrill”
Small Web sites
Investigative Reporting Workshop: “BankTracker”
CBSMoneyWatch.com: “Ultimate Job Security Guide”
Breakingviews.com: “Downloadable Calculators”
Enterprise
Large Web sites
BNET.com: “Navigating Through Uncertainty”
MarketWatch: “The New Gold Bugs”
MSNBC.com: “The View From the Auto Mall Darkens”
Mid-sized Web sites
GlobalPost: “World of Trouble”
Column
Large Web sites
Felix Salmon, Reuters
Carl Bialik, The Wall Street Journal
Eve Tahmincioglu, MSNBC.com
Mid-sized Web sites
Ryan Sager, SmartMoney
Thomas Mucha, GlobalPost
Randall Forsyth, Barron’s
Small Web sites
Jim Jubak, MoneyShow.com
Evan Cooper, investmentnews.com
Morgan Housel, The Motley Fool
Student Contest
For stories written for professional publications
– Andrew Dunn, Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, “Home scam stings owners”
For stories written for student publications
— Matthew Lynley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Town lacking ‘big box’ stores”
Questions? Contact SABEW Executive Director Warren Watson at watson@sabew.org or 602-496-5186.
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I agree with the previous poster. I work for a nonprofit that hosts its own small business award, mostly focused on employee engagement as a means for revenue generation, and ours attracts some smaller entities in the publishing space, so it’s nice to hear of other programs that recognize these firms.