2007 Gerald Loeb Award Finalists Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management

Business Wire, May 22, 2007

Matthew Winkler of Bloomberg News to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award and Lawrence Minard Editor Award Goes to Dan Kelly of the Wall Street Journal

New Feature Writing Category Included

LOS ANGELES -- Judy D. Olian, chairman of the G. and R. Loeb Foundation Inc. and dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management, today announced the finalists of the 2007 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. She also announced the recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lawrence Minard Editor Award.

Celebrating their 50th anniversary, the Loeb Awards are the highest honors in business journalism. They were established in 1957 by Gerald Loeb, a founding partner of E.F. Hutton, to encourage quality reporting in the areas of business, finance and the economy in order to inform and protect private investors and the general public. Presented by UCLA Anderson School of Management since 1973, the awards recognize writers, editors and producers of both print and broadcast media for the significant contributions they make in this field.

The 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient is Matthew Winkler, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News. This annual award recognizes an individual whose career exemplifies the consistent and superior insight and professional skills necessary to further the understanding of business, financial and economic issues.

Dan Kelly, the news editor of page one at the Wall Street Journal, will receive the 2007 Lawrence Minard Editor Award, named in memory of Laury Minard, founding editor of Forbes Global and a former final judge for the Loeb Awards. This award honors excellence in business, financial and economic journalism editing and recognizes an editor whose work does not receive a byline or whose face does not appear on the air for the work covered.

Winkler and Kelly will receive their career achievement awards at the 2007 Loeb Awards dinner, Monday, June 25, 2007, in New York City. Winners in the 12 competition categories, including the new feature writing category, will be announced from among the following finalists, which were chosen from among a record 433 entries.

Large Newspapers Category

The finalists in the large newspapers category (circulation of more than 350,000) are:

* Gretchen Morgenson, Julie Creswell, Geraldine Fabrikant and Louis Uchitelle for "Gilded Paychecks" in The New York Times

* Alan Murray, Steve Stecklow, Charles Forelle, John R. Wilke, Rebecca Buckman, Peter Waldman, Joann S. Lublin, George Anders, Pui-Wing Tam and John R. Emshwiller for "The Hewlett-Packard Spying Scandal" in The Wall Street Journal

* Charles Forelle, James Bandler, Mark Maremont and Steve Stecklow for "The Secretive Backdating of Option Awards for Corporate Executives" in The Wall Street Journal

* Dan Morgan, Gilbert M. Gaul and Sarah Cohen for "Harvesting Cash" in The Washington Post

Medium Newspapers Category

The finalists in the medium newspapers category (circulation between 150,000 and 350,000) are:

* Chiaki Kawajiri, Gady A. Epstein and Stephanie Desmon for "Crab Factory" in The Baltimore Sun

* June Arney and Fred Schulte for "On Shaky Ground" in The Baltimore Sun

* David Olinger, Aldo Svaldi, Greg Griffin and Jeffrey A. Roberts for "Foreclosing on the American Dream" in The Denver Post

* Heather Landy for "Radio Shack CEO's Resume in Question" in Fort Worth Star-Telegram

* Ronnie Greene for "Deadly Express" in The Miami Herald

Small Newspapers Category

The finalists in the small newspapers category (circulation of less than 150,000) are:

* Scott Finn and Tara Tuckwiller for "The Killer Cure" in The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette

* Nathaniel Popper for "The Kosher Jungle" in Forward (New York, N.Y.)

* Mike McAndrew and Michelle Breidenbach for "The Great Empire Zone Giveaway" in The Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.)

* Kyle Stock for "Time Shares" in The Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.)

Magazines Category

The finalists in the magazines category are:

* Emily Thornton, Dean Foust and David Henry for "Private Equity" in BusinessWeek

* Charles Fishman for "How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change the World? One." in Fast Company

* David A. Kaplan for "The Boss Who Spied on Her Board" in Newsweek

* Jon Gertner for "What is a Living Wage?" in The New York Times Magazine

Commentary Category

The finalists in the commentary category are:

* Jay Hancock for "Jay Hancock Columns" in The Baltimore Sun

* Steve Bailey for "Steve Bailey Downtown" in The Boston Globe

* Joe Nocera for "Talking Business" in The New York Times

* Alan Murray for "Business" in The Wall Street Journal

* Kimberley A. Strassel for "Review and Outlook" in The Wall Street Journal

Deadline Writing Category

The finalists in the deadline writing category are:

* Greg Burns, Susan Diesenhouse, Susan Chandler, Julie Johnson and David Greising for "Deal Unites Future Foes" in Chicago Tribune

* Louis Aguilar, Bill Vlasic, Bryce G. Hoffman, Dorothy Bourdet, Christine Tierney and Francis X. Donnelly for "Blue Friday" in The Detroit News

* Damon Darlin, Matt Richtel and Kurt Eichenwald for "The War at H-P" in The New York Times