2006 SABEW Best in Business Winners Announced.

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has named the winners in its 12th 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 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 will be posted soon 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
 San Francisco Chronicle
 USA Today
 Certificates of Merit: The Boston Globe, The Newark Star-Ledger

LARGE Newspapers (circulation between 250,001 and 375,000)
 The Kansas City Star
 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 The San Jose Mercury News
 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 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 Vindo Goel, San Jose Mercury News: "Why Fiorina was
  ousted"
 Alicia Mundy, The Seattle Times: "Boeing faces CEO dilemma"

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

SMALL Newspapers
 Tilde Herrera and Dana Sachez, The Herald (Bradenton, FL): "Brasota"
 George Talbot, Sean Reilly, Andrea James, Bill Barrow and Sallie
  Owen, Mobile Register: "EADS lands"
 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, Lainie Mazzullo, Jerry Siebenmark, and Ken Vandruff,
  Wichita Business Journal: "Onex buys in"

REAL-TIME News Organizations
 Ann Saphir, 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: "Jet Green"

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
 Joseph Barrios, Arizona Daily Star: "High home prices mean jail,
  dump make OK neighbors"
 Kevin Harlin, Times Union (Albany, NY): "Tiny town a roost to big
  bamboozles"
 Gretchen Macchaiarella, 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 PERA puzzle"
 Luke Timmerman and David Heath, The Seattle Times: "Drug researchers
  leak secrets to Wall Street"

MEDIUM Newspapers
 Binyamin Applebaum, Ted Mellnik, and Rick Rothacker, Charlotte
  Observer: "The hard truth in lending"
 Philip Brasher, Jennifer Dukes Lee, Anne Fitzgerald, and Lee Rood,
  Des Moines Register: "On new ground"

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: 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
 Mitch 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

MEDIUM Newspapers
 Amy Baldwin, 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
 Marlene Kennedy, Times Union (Albany, NY)

WEEKLY Newspapers
 Greg Hinz, Crain's Chicago Business
 Huntley Patton, Dallas Business Journal
 Mark Lachter,  LA Business Journal- Mark Lachter
 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 Money; and MP
  Dunleavey, MSN Money

STUDENT CONTEST
 Emily Steel, St. Petersburg Times: "He's the highest-paid charity
  executive around"
 Certificate of Merit: Katrina Altersitz and Mary Ellen Slayter,
  Capital News Service: "Bleeding industry turns back to Legislature
  for a cure"