2003 SABEW Best in Business Winners Announced.Business Editors COLUMBIA, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2003 The Society of American Business Editors and Writers The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is an association of business journalists. Its headquarters is at the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri–Columbia. See also: Business journalism Source: Official site has named the winners in its ninth annual Best in Business contest, which recognizes the best overall publications and best breaking news, spot enterprise and in-depth reporting in business journalism during 2002. A record 604 entries from daily newspapers, business weeklies, wire services and business news online sites were received, including 501 stories or story packages in the news portion of the contest. Last year, the contest received 570 total entries. A new contest was added this year to honor comprehensive, long-term reporting efforts. The new "Projects" category attracted 151 entries. Seventeen publications received awards in the category and six received certificates of merit. Among the topics covered by the winners were, not surprisingly, corporate malfeasance and muddled mega-mergers, but the judges also applauded efforts to explain professional shoplifting Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Florida caught shoplifting at sears 12/05/05, first time, 20yearsold, have no criminal record. and expose corporate tax loopholes. Other highlights of the contest included: - Nineteen daily or weekly publications were named Best in Business for overall excellence, and eight were recognized with certificates of merit. San Jose Mercury News The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily newspaper in San Jose, California and Silicon Valley. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group. Its headquarters and printing plant are located in North San Jose next to the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880). won for the fourth straight year. USA TODAY and The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) won for the third straight year. Four other papers were repeat winners including: The Dallas Morning News, The Washington Post, The Washington Post, The Morning daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the dominant paper in the U.S. capital and one of the nation's leading newspapers. Established in 1877 as a Democratic Party organ, it changed orientation and ownership several times and faced Press-Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.), and Crain's Chicago Business. - Ten news organizations were named Best in Business for breaking news coverage. This category recognizes news organizations that produced superior work under tight deadlines. Repeat winners were: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) and The Washington Post. - Sixteen were named Best in Business for Spot Enterprise, a category that honors work that is timely but provides a broader, more analytical look at an issue. Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal won for the third straight year. Repeat winners were: The Detroit News and Dow Jones Newswires Dow Jones Newswires is the real-time financial news organization owned by Dow Jones. Founded in 1882, its primary competitors are Bloomberg L.P. and Reuters. The company reports more than 420,000 subscribers -- including brokers, traders, analysts and fund managers -- as of July . The SABEW SABEW Society of American Business Editors and Writers, Inc. Best in Business contest was started in 1995 to help set standards and recognize role models for outstanding business journalism. Awards will be presented Monday, April 28, at the Boston Globe auditorium, during SABEW's 40th annual convention. Winning sections will be on display at the Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston during the convention. Judges' comments for all winners will be available on April 15th at www.sabew.org. Additional information about the conference and SABEW is available at that site as well. Best in Business winners for Overall Excellence, by category and listed in alphabetical order are: (Judges could name up to five winners in each category) GIANT: (General-interest newspapers with average daily circulation 375,001 and above): - The Dallas Morning News - The New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 - The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.) - The Washington Post - USA TODAY Certificates of Merit: Newsday, The Boston Globe Judges: Rachel Beck, national business columnist, The Associated Press; Johnnie Roberts, senior writer, Newsweek; James W. Michaels, editor emeritus and Group Vice President/Editorial, Forbes LARGE (Newspapers with circulation 250,001 -375,000): - San Jose Mercury News - The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) - The San Diego Union-Tribune Certificate of Merit: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, the largest newspaper in Wisconsin and is distributed widely throughout the state. Judges: John Hillkirk, Managing Editor/Money, USA TODAY, Bill Grueskin, Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal Online, and Winnie O'Kelley, Deputy Business Editor, The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times. MID-SIZED (Newspapers with circulation 125,001-250,000): - Contra Costa Times The Contra Costa Times is a daily newspaper based in Walnut Creek, California. The paper serves Contra Costa and eastern Alameda counties, in the eastern part of the San Francisco Bay Area. (Walnut Creek, Calif.) - The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) - The State (Columbia, S.C.) Certificates of Merit: Daily Herald (Arlington, Ill.), The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa “Des Moines” redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation). Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English, ) - Judges: Dale Gibson, Managing Editor, Triangle Business Journal; Richard Barron, Business Editor, Greensboro News & Record; Charles Fishman, Senior Editor, Fast Company magazine. SMALL (Newspapers with circulation up to 125,000): - Arizona Daily Star The Arizona Daily Star is the major morning daily newspaper that serves Tucson, Arizona, and Southern Arizona. It is currently owned by Lee Enterprises. The Star is in a joint operating agreement with the Tucson Citizen (Tucson, Ariz.) - Florida Today (Melbourne, Fla.) - The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.) Certificate of Merit: Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ken.), The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster, Ind.) - Judges: Thom Kupper, Economics Reporter, The San Diego Union-Tribune; John Hollon, Editor, San Diego Business Journal; Bob Keefe, national correspondent, Cox Newspapers. BUSINESS WEEKLIES: - Atlanta Business Chronicle - Crain's Chicago Business - Crain's Detroit Business - Los Angeles Business Journal - The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee Judges: Dorothy Abernathy, Virginia Associated Press Bureau Chief; Rich Martin, Managing Editor, The Roanoke Times; Chris Roush, Assistant Professor and Director, Carolina Business News Initiative, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina. NEWS CONTEST Best in Business Breaking News winners, by category and in alphabetical order are: (Judges could name up to three winners in each category) GIANT (Newspapers with circulation over 375,001): - The Plain Dealer, "TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc ," by Thomas W. Gerdel, Mary Vanac, John Funk, Chris Seper - The Wall Street Journal, "Coverage of Enron," by staff - The Washington Post, "Worldcom charged with fraud," by staff LARGE (Newspapers with circulation 250,001 -375,000): - San Jose Mercury News, "HP claims victory in COMPAQ merger," by Therese Poletti, Tracy Seipel, Michelle Quinn, Dan Gillmor, Sue McAllister, Elise Ackerman, Scott Herhold, Deborah Lohse - The Detroit News, "Can Kmart lure shoppers back?" by staff MID-SIZE (Newspapers with circulation 125,001-250,000): - The Buffalo News, "Adelphia scandal," by Jerry Zremski, Tim Graham, Dan Herbeck, Fred O. Williams, Holly Auer SMALL (Newspapers with circulation up to 125,000): - Durham Herald-Sun, "Blue Cross racks up record $85.6M," by Jeff Zimmer - Durham Herald-Sun, "Swifty
Swifty is a lightweight, free, and open source HTML editor created by Jacob Sheehy. Serve Corp. is in fight for its life," by Jeff Zimmer WEEKLIES - Inside the Navy, "Shipbuilding giants may swap LDP-17 and DDG-51 work worth billions" and "Responding to Lott, DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet. starts funding LHD-9 and one more DDG-51," by Christopher Castelli REAL-TIME - Bloomberg News, "Treasury's O'Neil would oppose additional IMF IMF See: International Monetary Fund IMF See International Monetary Fund (IMF). aid for Brazil" by Brendan Murray - Reuters, "Bush's economic housecleaning house·clean·ing n. 1. The cleaning and tidying of a house and its contents. 2. Informal Removal of unwanted personnel, methods, or policies in an effort at reform or improvement. ," by Adam Entous, Glenn Somerville, Randall Mikkelsen, Caren Bohan, Steve Holland, Anna Willard Best in Business Breaking News Judges: Josh Mills, Director of the Master's Business Journalism program, Baruch College/CUNY; Stephanie N. Mehta, reporter, Fortune; Marcia Vickers, Wall Street editor, Business Week. Best in Business Spot Enterprise winners: (Judges could name up to three winners in each category) GIANT (Newspapers with circulation over 375,001): - Newsweek, "How it all fell apart," by Johnnie L. Roberts - The Denver Post, "Seven steps to solvency," by Kris Hudson - The Wall Street Journal, "Uncooking the books," by Susan Pulliam and Deborah Solomon LARGE (Newspapers with circulation 250,001-375,000): - Rocky Mountain News The Rocky Mountain News is a daily morning tabloid-format newspaper published in Denver, Colorado. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. (Despite Scripps still running the paper, it's the only newspaper in the Scripps family not to have the corporate lighthouse logo on , "Qwest's rise and fall," by Lou Kilzer, David Milstead and Jeff Smith - The Detroit News, "Why Ford sacked a superstar dealer," by Bill Vlasic and Mark Truby - The Oregonian, "A rising star's rapid descent," by Jeff Manning Certificate of Merit: - Rocky Mountain News, "Wild, wild Qwest," by Lou Kilzer, David Milstead and Jeff Smith MID-SIZED (Newspapers with circulation 125,001-250,000): - The Des Moines Register, "Paycheck to paycheck," by Chad Graham - The Providence Journal, "Priced out," by Lynn Arditi - The Virginian-Pilot, "eModel: Cashing in on dreams of glamour," by Joanne Kimberlin SMALL (Newspapers with circulation up to 125,000): - Anchorage Daily News The Anchorage Daily News is a daily newspaper based in Anchorage, Alaska, in the United States. With a circulation of about 71,711 daily and 89,423 Sundays[1], it is by far the most widely read newspaper in the state of Alaska. , "On the rocks: Alaska's historic salmon industry faces unprecedented threat" by Wesley Loy - The Burlington Free Press, "Anatomy of a scandal," by Cadence Mertz - York Daily Record The York Daily Record is a morning newspaper that serves York, Pennsylvania. The paper, printed in a broadsheet format, is published Monday through Saturday. In 2004 the newspaper merged with the York Sunday News. , "Fields of danger: Farm life can be deadly," by Michelle Starr Certificate of Merit: - Riverfront Times, "Nasty boys," by Geri L. Dreiling WEEKLIES: - Crain's Detroit Business, "A deal in black and white," by Brent Snavely - Orlando Business Journal, "Big bucks, small town, bond haven," by Noelle Haner-Dorr REAL-TIME: - Bloomberg News, "Edison Schools boosts revenues with funds not received," by David Evans - Bloomberg News, "U.S. officials leak agriculture forecasts to few," by Joe Carroll - Dow Jones Newswires, "Critics think Stanley Works may reconsider Bermuda move," by Phyllis Plitch Certificate of Merit: - CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. News.com, "The Google gods," by Stefanie Olsen Spot Enterprise Judges: (Large, small and real-time) Barbara Nagy, Business Reporter, The Hartford Courant Cou`rant´ a. 1. (Her.) Represented as running; - said of a beast borne in a coat of arms. n. 1. A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto. 2. ; Vickie Elmer, Deputy Business Editor, Newsday; Robert Weisman, Technology Editor, The Boston Globe. (Giant, medium and weekly) Richard Jenkins, executive editor, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). Money; Jay Greene, Seattle bureau chief, Business Week; Michael Totty Tot´ty a. 1. Unsteady; dizzy; tottery. For yet his noule [head] was totty of the must. - Spenser. , news editor/technology special sections, The Wall Street Journal. Best in Business Projects winners: (Judges could name up to three winners in each category) GIANT (Newspapers with circulation over 375,001): - The Denver Post, "Unmasking Qwest," by Kris Hudson and Miles Moffeit - The Wall Street Journal, "What's wrong?" by staff - The Washington Post, "AOL's advertising deals," by Alec Klein Certificate of Merit: - Chicago Tribune, "Auditor often fail to warn of bankruptcies," by Andrew Countryman and Janet Kidd Stewart - Dallas Morning News, "Digikids," by Alan Goldstein, Vikas Bajaj, Doug Bedell Bedell could refer to A person:
LARGE (Newspapers with circulation 250,001 -375,000): - The Oregonian, "Prosperity lost," by Catherine Trevison, Ted Sickinger, Gail Kinsey Hill, Brent Hunsberger - The Orlando Sentinel, "A region adrift," by Scott Maxwell - The San Jose Mercury News, "Rich man, poor company," by Chris O'Brien and Jack Davis MID-SIZE (Newspapers with circulation 125,001-250,000): - The Charlotte Observer, "Despair in mill town," by Tony Mecia, Charles Lunan, Amber Veverka, Sharon E. White, Peter St. Onge, Rick Rothacker - The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.), "Enemy in the aisles," by Joanne Kimberlin Certificates of Merit: - The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.), "Rodale: Roots of change," by Gregory Karp - The Providence Journal, "End of the line," by Lynn Arditi SMALL (Newspapers with circulation up to 125,000): - Corpus Christi Caller-Times The Corpus Christi Caller-Times is the newspaper of record for Corpus Christi, Texas. Brief history There has been a newspaper in Corpus Christi for almost as long as there has been a town. , "Malpractice insurance goes under the microscope," by Naomi Snyder - The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.), "Leaving Louisiana," by Sara Bongiorni, Chad Calder, Chris Gautreau - The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.), "From vine to wine," by Ted Appel WEEKLIES - Atlanta Business Chronicle, "Georgia's corporate tax giveaway," by Meredith Jordan - Cincinnati Business Courier, "Road to nowhere," by Dan Monk, Lucy May - Los Angeles Business Journal, "Rise and fall of global pipe dream," by Michael Stremfel, Anthony Palazzo, John Brinsley, Deborah Belgum, Mark Lacter Certificates of Merit: - Orange County Business Journal  An editor has expressed concern that this article or section is .Please help improve the article by adding information and sources on neglected viewpoints, or by summarizing and (Calif.), "OC's cash economy," by Chris Cziborr, Rajiv Vyas, Daniel D. Williams, Vita Reed, Michael Lyster - South Florida Business Journal, "Inside the PSC/SUPRA," by Kevin Gale, Alexis Muellner REAL-TIME - CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. MarketWatch, "Capitalism's crossroads" by staff - CNET News.com, "Cracking the nest egg," by Sandeep Junnarkar - CNET News.com, "A mortal Microsoft," by Mike Ricciuti, Alorie Gilbert, Joe Wilcox Projects Judges: (Giant, mid-sized and weekly categories) Michael Sante, Business Editor, Detroit Free Press The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep". Some still refer to it locally as "The Friendly" -- a slogan from an ad campaign in the '70s. ; Ben Burns, Director of Journalism, Dept. of Communications, Wayne State University Wayne State University, at Detroit, Mich.; state supported; coeducational; established 1956 as a successor to Wayne Univ. (formed 1934 by a merger of five city colleges). ; Philip Nussel, Business Editor, The Detroit News (Large, small and real-time) Judges: Mark Hester, Business Editor, The Oregonian; Byron Acohido, technology reporter, USA Today; Roger Oglesby, Publisher, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. (Hester did not participate in the Large judging.) The Society of American Business Editors and Writers, Inc., headquartered at the Missouri School of Journalism The Missouri School of Journalism [2] is the world’s first school of journalism. It was founded by Walter Williams on Sept. 14, 1908, on the campus of the University of Missouri–Columbia. , is an association of more than 3,000 business journalists in North America. Formed in 1964 to promote superior coverage of business and economic events and issues, it is the only educational business journalism association for editors and writers. |
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