SABEW announces Best of the Best in Business Awards

By Reynolds Staff on Mar 21, 2010 in Basics, Latest, SABEW, SABEW blog, TrendingTopic

SABEW Best in Business Bloomberg Markets magazine, The Des Moines Register, Fast Company and the Los Angeles Business Journal were Best of the Best winners in general excellence in SABEW’s 15th annual business journalism contest. The winners announced Saturday in its Best of the Best in Business Awards included the following, with the category in which they were originally entered:

CrainsNewYork.com: “The Making of a New York Dress” in online audio/video reports
The New York Times: “”The G.M. Bankruptcy” in breaking news for print and real-time media
GlobalPost: “Living in the Shadows” in online projects
Bloomberg News: “Lehman’s Lessons” in projects for print and real-time media
The Detroit News: “GM enters bankruptcy” in breaking news for print and real-time media
Scripps Howard News Service: “Forgive Us Our Debts” in projects for print and real-time media
Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune: “Flipping Fraud” in projects for print and real-time media
David Leonhardt, The New York Times in columns for print and real-time media
Bloomberg Markets: “Big Pharma’s Crime Spree” in magazine enterprise
Los Angeles Business Journal for general excellence in business weeklies
Fast Company for general excellence in large magazines
The Des Moines Register for general excellence in mid-sized newspapers
Bloomberg Markets magazine for general excellence in small magazines

Judges for the Best of the Best portion of the contest were Marcus Brauchli, executive editor of The Washington Post; David Callaway, editor-in-chief of MarketWatch; Kai Ryssdal, host of Marketplace on National Public Radio; and Paul Steiger, editor-in-chief of ProPublica.com.

For a complete list of the 163 winners, click here. The New York Times captured the most awards – 13. The awards were announced at the society’s 47th annual conference, held in Phoenix.

For complete coverage of the conference, including news, photo slide show, story ideas and skills tips, visit the SABEW 2010 blog at BusinessJournalism.org.

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