Business Journal Named Among Top U.S. Weeklies.The 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. Business Journal for the third year in a row has been named one of the best business weeklies in the country by 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 . It marks the first time a business weekly has won the award in three consecutive years. A total of 246 entries were submitted by daily newspapers, weeklies, wire services and online sites participating in this year's SABEW SABEW Society of American Business Editors and Writers, Inc. awards program, which recognizes the best 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 in 1999. In their assessment of the Los Angeles Business Journal, the judges wrote: "L.A. Business Journal covers the entertainment industry and the movers and shakers without pandering to them. It showed courage in doing a cover story on poverty in a very wealthy area. The judges especially liked the journal's conversational tone, and its creativity. The front page is always a grabber, and usually sexy." The three other weeklies receiving SABEW's "best in business" award this year were the Denver Business Journal, Atlanta Business Chronicle and Washington Business Journal. Among big dailies with average circulation of 350,001 or more, the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). , Boston Globe and Dallas Morning News were named as the papers having the best overall business coverage. Awards will be presented April 30 at the Sheraton Colony Square Hotel in Atlanta. |
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