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2006 SABEW Best in Business Winners Announced.


COLUMBIA, Mo. -- 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 11th annual Best in Business contest, which recognizes the best overall publications, as well as best breaking news, enterprise and special projects reporting in business journalism during 2005.

The contest received 850 entries from daily newspapers, business weekly newspapers, magazines, wire services, and business news online sites -- up 32 percent over last year's contest. Much of the growth was due to a new category for columnists, which proved to be an instant hit with 147 entries.

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 Sunday, April 30, in Minneapolis during SABEW's 43rd annual conference. Judges comments for all winners are posted on 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:

GIANT Newspapers (average daily circulation 375,001 and above)

Minneapolis Star Tribune

The New York Times

Philadelphia Inquirer

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USA Today

Certificates of Merit: The Boston Globe, The Boston Globe, The

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 Newark Star-Ledger

LARGE Newspapers (circulation between 250,001 and 375,000)

The Kansas City Star

The 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.  

The 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).  

The Seattle Times

Certificate of Merit: Cleveland Plain Dealer

MEDIUM Newspapers (circulation between 125,001 and 250,000)

Boston Herald

Des Moines Register

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Virginian-Pilot

Certificate of Merit: The Florida Times-Union

SMALL Newspapers (circulation 125,000 and below)

Daily Press (Newport News, VA)

Mobile Register

The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA)

Scranton Times Tribune

The State (Columbia, SC)

WEEKLY Business Newspapers

Atlanta Business Chronicle

Crain's Chicago Business

Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle, WA)

Triangle Business Journal (Raleigh, NC)

Washington Business Journal

Certificate of Merit: Pacific Coast Business Times

Best in Business winners for Breaking News coverage, by category and listed in alphabetical order:

GIANT Newspapers

Gary Rivlin, John Markoff, Ken Belson, Matt Richtel, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Barnaby Feder, Floyd Norris, Gretchen Morgenson, Eric Dash, and Laurie J. Flynn, The New York Times: "The Shake-Up at Hewlett-Packard"

Ed Silverman, The Newark Star-Ledger: "The Vioxx Verdict"

LARGE Newspapers

Bill Vlasic and Brett Clanton, Detroit News: "Delphi Bankruptcy - Staggering blow"

Therese Poletti, Dean Takahashi, Nicole C. Wong, Michelle Quinn, John Boodreau, Mike Langberg, Mike Cassidy, Sam Diaz, Donna Alvarado, Todd Woody, and Vindu Goel, San Jose Mercury News: "Why Fiorina was ousted"

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MEDIUM Newspapers

Greg Gatlin, Jay Fitzgerald, Brett Arends and Laura Crimaldi, The Boston Herald: "Gillette Sold for $56 Billion"

SMALL Newspapers

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George Talbot, Sean Reilly, Andrea James, Bill Barrow and Sallie Owen, Mobile Register: "EADS EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V.
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Bart Jansen, Matt Wickenheiser, Dennis Hoey, Jen Fish, and Paul Carrier, Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram: "A Bittersweet Outcome"

WEEKLY Newspapers

Matthew Creamer, Advertising Age: "Shona Seifert Trial"

Margaret Allen, Dallas Business Journal: "State will pay Vought $65M"

David Dinell, Tim Hart, Shawn Houston, Lainie Mazzullo, Jerry Siebenmark, Ken Vandruff, and Bill Roy, Wichita Business Journal: "Onex buys in"

REAL-TIME News Organizations

Otis Bilodeau, John Dooley, Peter Robison, Ann Saphir, Erik Schatzker, Malcolm Schearmur, Gavin Serkin, and Walden Siew, Bloomberg News: "Refco's ruin"

John Biers and Andrew Dowell, Dow Jones News Service: "Hurricane Katrina approaches"

Neal Lipschutz and Kopin Tan, Dow Jones News Service: "Procter & Gamble acquires Gillette"

Best in Business winners for Enterprise, by category and listed in alphabetical order:

GIANT Newspapers

Matt Kempner, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Home Depot Skips on Philanthropy"

Kurt Eichenwald, The New York Times: "A Sordid Online World"

Mark Maremont, The Wall Street Journal: "JetGreen: The CEO's Private Golf Shuttle"

LARGE Newspapers

Jeffrey Sheban, The Columbus Dispatch: "A life unraveled"

Greg Griffin, The Denver Post: "A Denver power broker's life or death drama"

David Washburn and Bruce V. Bigelow, San Diego Union-Tribune: "In Harm's Way: Titan in Iraq"

MEDIUM Newspapers

Allison Connolly, The Virginian-Pilot: "Is it fair?"

SMALL Newspapers

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: "High home prices mean jail, dump make OK neighbors"

Kevin Harlin, Times Union (Albany, NY): "Tiny town a roost to big bamboozles"

Gretchen Macchiarella, Ventura County Star: "Leaving Ventura County"

WEEKLY Newspapers

Sandra Jones, Crain's Chicago Business: "Image Trumps Reality in Urban Retail Rivalry"

Eric Engleman, Puget Sound Business Journal: "Shifting Sands"

Bill King and John Lombardo, Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal: "A Deal Undone: The Unraveling of Atlanta's Ownership Group"

REAL TIME News Organizations

Paul Elias, Associated Press: "Human-animal mixing"

Adam Geller, Associated Press: "Rowing against offshore"

Martin Z. Braun, Darrell Preston and Liz Willen, Bloomberg News: "JP Morgan Swaps Roil Alabama on Secret Finance Deals"

Best in Business winners for Special Projects, by category and listed in alphabetical order:

GIANT Newspapers

Ann Hardie, Alan Judd and Carrie Teegardin, The Atlanta Journal Constitution: "Borrower beware: Why Georgia is a bad place to borrow money"

Barry Meier, The New York Times: "Flawed design: patients at risk"

Alec Klein, Washington Post: "Medical device reprocessors"

LARGE Newspapers

Jeffrey Sheban and Jeff Hinkley, The Columbus Dispatch: "White pearls"

David Milstead, 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 : "The PERA PERA Public Employees Retirement Association
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Luke Timmerman and David Heath, The Seattle Times: "Drug researchers leak secrets to Wall Street"

MEDIUM Newspapers

Binyamin Appelbaum, Ted Mellnik, and Rick Rothacker, The Charlotte Observer: "The hard truth in lending"

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SMALL Newspapers

Janet Patton, Lexington Herald-Leader: "Wrong side of the track"

John Stamper, Bill Estep, and Linda Blackford, Lexington Herald-Leader: "Win, lose or draw Win, Lose or Draw was an American television game show that aired from September 1, 1987 to September 7, 1989 on NBC and in syndication from 1987 to 1990. It was taped at CBS Television City, often in Studio 33, and occasionally in Studio 31. : Gambling for jobs"

WEEKLY Newspapers

M.C. Moewe, Jacksonville Business Journal: "Disappearances leave mystery"

Susan Lundine, Orlando Business Journal: "'Outrageous' insurance claims"

Heidi Dietrich, Puget Sound Business Journal: "The Road from Cuautla"

REAL-TIME News Organizations

David Evans, Michael Smith and Liz Willen, Bloomberg News: "Big Pharma's shameful secret"

Best in Business winners for Columns, by category and listed in alphabetical order:

GIANT Newspapers

Steve Bailey, Boston Globe

Gretchen Morgenson, The New York Times

Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post

Certificate of Merit: David Wessel, The Wall Street Journal

LARGE Newspapers

Mitchell Schnurman, Fort-Worth Star-Telegram

David Milstead, Rocky Mountain News

Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News

Certificates of Merit: Tannette Johnson-Elie, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; and Robert Trigaux, St. Petersburg Times
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MEDIUM Newspapers

Amy Baldwin, The Charlotte Observer

David Elbert, The Des Moines

Gregory Karp, The Morning Call (Allentown, PA)

SMALL Newspapers

Susan Miller, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Eric Blom, Portland Press Herald The Portland Press Herald (and Maine Sunday Telegram; collectively known as The Portland Newspapers) publish daily newspapers every day of the week in Portland, Maine, USA.  

Marlene Kennedy, Times Union (Albany, NY)

WEEKLY Newspapers

Greg Hinz, Crain's Chicago Business

Huntley Patton, Dallas Business Journal

Mark Lacter, LA Business Journal

Certificate of Merit: Amy Higgs, Louisville Business First

REAL TIME News Organizations

David Callaway, MarketWatch

Martin Wolk, MSNBC.com

Colin Barr, TheStreet.com

Certificates of Merit: Liz Pulliam Weston, 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; and MP Dunleavey, MSN Money

STUDENT CONTEST

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Certificate of Merit: Katrina Altersitz and Mary Ellen Slayter, Philip Merrill College of Journalism The school began its rise under former dean Reese Cleghorn. The current dean is Thomas Kunkel.

The school awards B.A., M.A., M.J. and Ph.D. degrees in journalism. Undergraduates can focus on print, magazine, online, or broadcast journalism.
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, Advisor - Steve Crane, for work published in Capital News Service: "Bleeding industry turns back to Legislature for a cure"
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