SABEW Announces Winners in its 13th Annual Best in Business Journalism Contest

Business Wire, March 27, 2008

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has named the winners in its 13th annual Best in Business Journalism contest, recognizing top publications and the best business news reporting during 2007.

SABEW started the contest in 1995 to help set standards and recognize role models for outstanding business journalism. It has grown steadily since then. Categories for magazines and online sites were added this year. A record 842 entries were submitted for work in 2007 by daily newspapers, business weeklies, magazines, wire services and news Websites.

The awards will be presented Sunday, April 27, in Baltimore during SABEW's 45 annual conference.

(The judges' comments for all winners will be posted soon on www.sabew.org. Additional information about the conference and SABEW is available on the site as well.)

The winners listed by contest, category and in alphabetical order by publication or organization:

Overall excellence

Giant Newspapers
(Average daily circulation above 325,000)
Arizona Republic
Los Angeles Times
The New York Times
USA Today
Certificates of Merit:
The Boston Globe
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
Large Newspapers
(circulation from 225,000 to 325,000)
The Miami Herald
Rocky Mountain News (Denver)
The Seattle Times
Certificates of Merit:
The Indianapolis Star
The Orange County Register
Detroit Free Press

Mid-sized Newspapers
(circulation from 125,000 to 224,999)
The Charlotte Observer
The Des Moines Register
The Detroit News
Grand RapidsPress
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Certificates of Merit:
St. Paul Pioneer-Press
Salt Lake Tribune

Small newspapers
(circulation under 125,000)
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Ariz.)
The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.)
Certificates of Merit:
The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.)
The Post & Courier (Charleston, S.C.)

Weekly Business Newspapers
Advertising Age
Boston Business Journal
Crain's New York Business
Financial Week
Triangle Business Journal
Certificate of Merit:
Mass High Tech

Small Magazines
(circulation under 500,000)
Bloomberg Markets

Large Magazines
(circulation 500,000 and over)
Fast Company

Small Websites
(up to 500,000 average monthly unique visitors)
Wired.com
Certificate of Merit:
Crain's Chicago Business

Mid-sized Websites
(500,000-2.5 million average monthly unique visitors)
AdAge.com
Certificate of Merit:
Azstarbiz.com, Arizona Daily Star

Large Websites
(more than 2.5 million average monthly unique visitors)
MarketWatch
The New York Times Dealbook
The Wall Street Journal Online

Business News Reporting

Breaking News

Giant publications

--Patti Bond, Robert Luke, Tom Walker, Maria Saporta, Matt Kempner, Marilyn Geewax, Duane D. Stanford, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Nardelli's departure from Home Depot"

--Krishna Guha, Michael Mackenzie, Saskin Scholtes and Gillian Tett, The Financial Times: "Federal Reserve"

--Robin Sidel, Aaron Lucchetti, Monica Langley, Carrick Mollenkamp, David Reilly and David Enrich, The Wall Street Journal: "The fall of a Citigroup Prince"

Large publications

--Staff, Detroit Free Press: GM/UAW settlement

--Staff, Detroit Free Press: Pfizer breaking news

--Roger Fillion, Chris Walsh, David Milstead, Charles Chamberlin, Joyzelle Davis, Rob Reuteman and Jane Hoback, Rocky Mountain News: Coors-Miller merger

Mid-sized Publications

--Stella M. Hopkins, Adam Bell, Gail Smith-Arrants, Sharif Durhams, Christopher D. Kirkpatrick, Tommy Tomlinson, Kat Greene, Marion Paynter, Mark Johnson and David Ingram, The Charlotte Observer: "Philip Morris quits North Carolina"

--Amos Maki, James Overstreet and Daniel Connolly, Commercial Appeal (Memphis.): "Toyota's decision"

--Sharon Terlep, Bruce G. Hoffman, Eric Morath, Christine Tierney, Daniel Howes, Louis Aguilar, Nathan Hurst, Brian J. O'Connor, Josee Valcourt and Bill Vlasic, The Detroit News: "UAW strike"

Small Publications

--Jack Gillum, Christie Smythe and David Wichner, Arizona Daily Star: "First Magnus meltdown"

--Kathy Jumper, George Talbot, Russ Henderson, Sebastion Kitchen, Dan Murtaugh, Kaija Wilkinson and Jeff Amy, Mobile (Ala.) Register: "Towering triumphs"

--Carol Benfell, The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.): "Hospital closure"

Weekly Publications

--Brent Snavely, Crain's Detroit Business: "Icahn on Lear: company positioned well in industry"

--Andrew Osterland, Marine Cole, Matthew Quinn, Nicholas Rummell and Frank Byrt, Financial Week: "Credit crunch"

Real-time News Organizations

--Scott Lanman, Brendan Murray, Matthew Brockett, Caroline Salas, Anthony Massucci, Lynn Thomasson and Shannon Harrington, Bloomberg News: "Bernanke's world unravels"

--John D. Stoll and Stephen Wisnefski, Dow Jones News Service: "DaimlerChrysler stock moves into high gear"

Enterprise

Giant Publications

--David Barboza, The New York Times: "A Chinese reformer betrays his cause, and pays"

--Gretchen Morgenson, The New York Times: "Crisis looms in mortgages"

--Kate Kelly, The Wall Street Journal: "Bear CEO's handling of crisis raises issues"

Large Publications

--Jeffrey Tomich, St. Louis Post-Disptach: "Bet the farm"