2005 Gerald Loeb Award Finalists Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management; Byron E. ``Barney'' Calame of The New York Times to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award and Lawrence Minard Editor Award goes to Timothy K. Smith of Fortune.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Bruce G. Willison, chairman of the G. and R. Loeb Foundation Inc. and dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management UCLA Anderson School of Management is one of eleven professional schools at the University of California, Los Angeles. The school is consistently ranked among the country’s top-tier programs (currently #16 by US News and World Reporthttp://www.usnews. , today announced the finalists of the 2005 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. He also announced the recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lawrence Minard Editor Award. The Loeb Awards, which are the highest honors in business journalism Business journalism is the branch of journalism that tracks, records, analyses and interprets the economic changes that take place in a society. It could include anything from personal finance, to business at the local market to the malls, to performance of well-known and , have been presented by UCLA Anderson School of Management since 1973. The Loeb Awards recognize writers, editors and producers of both print and broadcast media for significant contributions they make to business, financial and economic journalism. The 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient is Byron E. "Barney" Calame, public editor designate of 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. 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. Timothy K. Smith, assistant managing editor of Fortune, will receive the 2005 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. Calame and Smith will receive their career achievement awards at the Loeb Awards dinner, at which the 2005 Loeb Award winners in the 10 competition categories will be announced. The event will be held Monday, June 27, 2005, in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Lou Dobbs Lou Dobbs (born September 24 1945), is the CNN anchor and managing editor for Lou Dobbs Tonight. He is also an editorial columnist and syndicated radio show host. Lou Dobbs Tonight attracts CNN's second-largest audience after Larry King Live , anchor and managing editor of CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight Lou Dobbs Tonight is an editorial and discussion program on CNN, anchored by journalist Lou Dobbs, who is also its managing editor. The hour-long show is aired live on evenings every weekday, and repeated later at night. ," will serve as master of ceremonies. Business Wire will be the sponsor for this year's gift bags at the event. "The finalists in this year's Loeb Awards were selected from 394 entries, which tied last year's all time record high number of entries," said Willison. The finalists for the 2005 Loeb Awards in the print and broadcast categories are as follows: Large Newspapers Category The finalists in the large newspapers category (circulation of more than 400,000) are: --Diana Henriques for "Captive Clientele" in The New York Times --Walt Bogdanich for "Death on the Tracks" in The New York Times --Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz for "Internet Security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. " in USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. --Steve Fainaru for "The Last Cartel" in The Washington Post Medium Newspapers Category The finalists in the medium newspapers category (circulation between 150,000 and 400,000) are: --Robert Little and Mike Adams for "A Billion-Dollar Bet" in The Baltimore Sun --Bill Vlasic and Jeff Plungis for "Danger Overhead: Crushed Roofs" in The Detroit News --Jenifer B. McKim, William Heisel, Keith Sharon, Valeria Godines and Hanh Kim Quach for "Toxic Treats" in The Orange County Register --Alwyn Scott, Brier brier or briar, name sometimes given any thorny plant, more specifically the sweetbrier, and the greenbrier. French brier, or brierroot, is a name for the root of the European white heath so widely used in the manufacture of smoking pipes. Dudley and Jake Batsell for "Shifting Fortunes" in The Seattle Times --Christopher Carey for "High-Tech Shell Game" in St. Louis Post-Dispatch The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is the only major city-wide newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri. Although written to serve Greater St. Louis, the Post-Dispatch is one of the largest newspapers in the region, and is available and read as far west as Springfield, Missouri. Small Newspapers Category The finalists in the small newspapers category (circulation of less than 150,000) are: --Harvy Lipman and Grant Williams for "Borrowing the Future: a Special Report" in The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Washington, DC) --Bob Norman for "Our Mayor, the Lobbyist" in New Times Broward/Palm Beach (FL) --Bruce Rushton for "In God We Trust" in Phoenix New Times --Craig Troianello for "The China Challenge" in Yakima (WA) Herald-Republic Magazines Category The finalists in the magazines category are: --Jonathan R. Laing for "Swept Away: How Fannie Mae Fannie Mae: see Federal National Mortgage Association. keeps its losses from sullying the bottom line" in Barron's --Charlie McCoy and Ralph King for "Bechtel's Power Outage" in Business 2.0 --Robert Berner for "The Next Warren Buffett Warren Buffett Known as "the Oracle of Omaha," Buffett is Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and arguably the greatest investor of all time. His wealth fluctuates with the performance of the market, but for the last few years he has been reported to be worth over $30 billion, making ?" in BusinessWeek --Charles Fishman for "The Toll of a New Machine" in Fast Company --Clinton Leaf for "Why We're Losing the War on Cancer (and How to Win It)" in Fortune Commentary Category The finalists in the commentary category are: --Robert Barker for "The Barker Portfolio" in BusinessWeek --Stephen H. Wildstrom for "Technology & You" in BusinessWeek --Dan Haar for "Dan Haar Columns" in The Hartford (CT) 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. --Andrew Ross Sorkin for "DealBook" in The New York Times --Peter Eavis for "Cracks in Fannie Mae's Foundation" on TheStreet.com --Kimberley A. Strassel for "Spitzer v. Grasso" in The Wall Street Journal Deadline Writing Category The finalists in the deadline writing category are: --Michael Leidtke for "Google IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. " in Associated Press --Andrew Ross Sorkin, Steve Lohr, David Barboza, Gary Rivlin and John Markoff for "End of an Era" in The New York Times --Monica Langley, Theo Francis, Scot J. Paltrow, Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, Christopher Oster, Ian McDonald and John Hechinger for "The Risky Business of Risk" in The Wall Street Journal --David S. Hilzenrath, Kathleen Day, Carrie Johnson and Terence O'Hara for "Fannie Mae" in The Washington Post Beat Writing Category The finalists in the beat writing category are: --Jeffrey Krasner and Ross Kerber for "Boston Scientific" in The Boston Globe --Bill Vlasic and Jeff Plungis for "Danger Overhead: Crushed Roofs" in The Detroit News --Ellen E. Schultz and Theo Francis for "The Short Life of 'Lifetime' Health-Care Benefits" in The Wall Street Journal --Ariana Eunjung Cha for "Iraq Reconstruction" in The Washington Post News Services or Online Content Category The finalists in the news services or online content category are: --David Dietz and Adam Levy for "Investment Conflict on Wall Street" on Bloomberg News --Carol S. Remond for "Exposing Small-Cap Fraud" on 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 --John W. Schoen for "The Answer Desk" on MSNBC.com --Peter Eavis for "Cracks in Fannie Mae's Foundation" on TheStreet.com Television Deadline Category The finalists in the television deadline category are: --Betsy Stark, Justine Schiro and Alice Maggin for "The Rising Price of Oil" on ABC News World News Tonight with Peter Jennings --Chris Cuomo, Shelley Ross, Bob Lange and Thomas Berman for "Money for Nothing?" on ABC News: Primetime --Maria Bartiromo, Tyler Mathisen, Mark Haines, Sue Herera, Dylan Ratigan, Scott Cohn, Bertha Coombs, Diana Olick, Nanette Hansen, Courtney Ford, Lacy O'Toole, Alex Crippen, Robert Contino, Bill McCandless, Bob Fasbender, Judith Dobrzynski and David Friend for "Enron Scandal: Ken Lay Indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. " on CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. --Anne Thompson, Fred Francis, Robert Hager, Don Teague, Jay Blackman, Denise Baker, Richard LaTour, Charles Schaeffer, Albert Oetgen, John Reiss and Steve Capus for "Identity Theft" on NBC Nightly News NBC Nightly News is the flagship evening news program for NBC News and broadcasts from the GE Building, Rockefeller Center in New York City. It has been known by this name since August 1, 1970. with Tom Brokaw Television Enterprise Category No finalists were announced in the television enterprise category. The judging committee has chosen not to select a Loeb Award winner in the television enterprise category for 2005. The judges select finalists and winners based on quality of reporting and writing, news and analytical value, originality and exclusivity, and in the broadcast categories, production value and visual impact. Fifty preliminary judges representing a broad spectrum of print, online and broadcast media, as well as academia, chose this year's finalists. The winners are then determined by the distinguished panel of final judges: --Lionel Barber, U.S. managing editor, Financial Times --Lou Dobbs, anchor and managing editor, "Lou Dobbs Tonight," CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. --Steve Forbes, president and editor-in-chief, Forbes --Soma Golden Behr, assistant managing editor, The New York Times --John Hillkirk, executive editor, USA Today --Robert G. Kaiser, associate editor, The Washington Post --Rik Kirkland, global editor, Fortune --Mark Morrison, managing editor, BusinessWeek --Allan Sloan, Wall Street editor, Newsweek --Paul E. Steiger, managing editor, The Wall Street Journal --Pamela Thomas-Graham, chairman, CNBC --Bruce G. Willison, dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management --Matthew Winkler Winkler may refer to:
The Loeb Awards 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. For more information about the Loeb Awards, please visit the Loeb Awards Web site at http://www.loeb.anderson.ucla UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX .edu, or e-mail loeb@anderson.ucla.edu, or call the Loeb Awards office at 310-206-1877. |
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