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Barlett & Steele Award Winners

Since their inception in 2007, the Barlett & Steele Awards have blazed a high-visibility path of excellence in rewarding incisive business reporting that “tells us something we don’t know.”

The awards are named for the illustrious investigative business journalist team of Don Barlett & Jim Steele, who have worked together more than four decades, receiving two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Magazine awards, and a long list of other journalism awards.

Administered by The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism, the Barlett & Steele awards for Gold, Silver and Bronze each fall honor journalists and news organizations ranging in size from local to international.

“We’ve been so impressed with the quality of these stories that year after year have delved into the stories that nobody knew about–or shed light on areas they thought they knew about,” said Jim Steele.

Best in Investigative Business

2010
Silver
The 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.

Best in Investigative Business

2010
Honorable Mention

Best in Investigative Business

2010
Honorable Mention

Best in Investigative Business

2010
Honorable Mention

Inside the Health-Care Crucible: Reports from a Hospital in a Time of Upheaval

By: Michael Vitez

Publication: Philadelphia Inquirer

Best in Investigative Business

2010
Honorable Mention

The Credit Trap

By: Kathy Chu

Publication: USA Today

Best in Investigative Business

2009
Gold
An eight-month investigation found the Florida agency in charge of regulating mortgage professionals broke down at every level, allowing thousands of people with criminal records to get licenses — many who went on to steal millions from borrowers and banks. The newspaper also found the agency failed to discipline crooked brokers and monitor scam operations, leaving consumers to fend for themselves.

Best in Investigative Business

2009
Silver

Best in Investigative Business

2008
Gold

Best in Investigative Business

2008
Silver

About Donald Barlett & James Steele

Donald Barlett and James Steele worked together for more than four decades, first at The Philadelphia Inquirer (1971-1997), where they won two Pulitzer Prizes and scores of other national journalism awards, then at Time magazine (1997-2006), where they earned two National Magazine Awards, becoming the first journalists in history to win both the Pulitzer and its magazine equivalent, and most recently were contributing editors at Vanity Fair (2006-2017).

The Washington Journalism Review said of Barlett and Steele: “They are almost certainly the best team in the history of investigative reporting.”

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