CATEGORY A: LARGE NEWSPAPERS
- "From the Pentagon to the Private Sector," by Bryan Bender, The Boston Globe
- "Deep Trouble," by Ben Casselman, Russell Gold, Douglas A. Blackmon, Vanessa O'Connell, Alexandra Berzon and Ana Campoy, The Wall Street Journal
- "What They Know," by ulia Angwin, Nick Wingfield, Scott Thurm and Yukari Iwatani Kane, The Wall Street Journal
- "Alaska Native Corporations," by Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post
- "Side Effects," by John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- "Hounded -- Debtors and the New Breed of Collectors," by Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt, Minneapolis Star Tribune
- "The Billion Dollar Boondoggle," by Ralph Cipriano, Philadelphia City Paper
- "Contaminated Drywall Cover-Up," by Aaron Kessler and Joaquin Sapien, Sarasota Herald-Tribune with ProPublica
- "Seniors for Sale," by Michael J. Berens, The Seattle Times
- "Edifice Complex," by David Nicklaus and Tim Logan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
CATEGORY C: MAGAZINES
- "Inside Foxconn," by Frederik Balfour and Tim Culpan, Bloomberg Businessweek
- "End-of-Life Warning at $618,616 Makes Me Wonder Was It Worth It," by Amanda Bennett and Charles R. Babcock, Bloomberg Businessweek
- "Hack Attack," by Don Van Natta Jr., Jo Becker and Graham Bowley, The New York Times
- "Invasion of the Home Snatchers," by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
- "Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds," by Michael Lewis, Vanity Fair
CATEGORY D: COMMENTARY
- "How to Make an American Job," by Andy Grove, Bloomberg Businessweek
- "Capital City," by Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
- "Paul Krugman Columns," by Paul Krugman, The New York Times
- "Froma Harrop Columns," by Froma Harrop, The Providence Journal
CATEGORY E: BREAKING NEWS
- "Toyota Sales Freeze," by Justin Hyde and Greg Gardner, Detroit Free Press
- "Google in China," by Andrew Jacobs, Miguel Helft, John Markoff, Keith Bradsher, David Barboza, David E. Sanger and Brad Stone, The New York Times
- "S.E.C vs. Goldman," by Louise Story, Gretchen Morgenson and Joe Nocera, The New York Times
- "Flash Crash," by Tom Lauricella, Peter A. McKay, Scott Patterson, Jenny Strasburg, Robin Sidel, Carolyn Cui and Mary Pilon, The Wall Street Journal
- "On the Inside," by Susan Pulliam, Michael Rothfeld, Jenny Strasburg, Gregory Zuckerman, Steve Eder and Chad Bray, The Wall Street Journal
- "Education Inc.," by Daniel Golden, John Hechinger and John Lauerman, Bloomberg News
- "Green China," by Keith Bradsher, The New York Times
- "Florida's Insurance Nightmare," by Paige St. John, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
- "Deep Trouble," by Russell Gold and Ben Casselman, The Wall Street Journal
CATEGORY G: NEWS SERVICES
- "Toxic Cadmium," by Justin Pritchard , Associated Press
- "End-of-Life Warning at $618,616 Makes Me Wonder Was It Worth It," by Amanda Bennett and Charles R. Babcock, Bloomberg News
- "Gold's Affliction," by Cam Simpson and Alan Katz, Bloomberg News
- "Profiting From Fallen Soldiers," by David Evans, Bloomberg News
- "Goldman Sachs: Power And Peril," by Mitch Weitzner, David Faber, James Segelstein, Bob Waldman, Clem Tayler and Jonathan Dann, CNBC
- "Capital City," by Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
- "Edifice Complex," by David Nicklaus and Tim Logan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- "What They Know," by Julia Angwin, Nick Wingfield, Scott Thurm and Yukari Iwatani Kane, The Wall Street Journal
- "You're in Bad Hands," by Alan Prendergast, Westword
- "Abandoned Michigan Industrial Toxic Sites," by Jim Lynch, Elizabeth Conley and Pat Murphy, The Detroit News
- "You Fix the Budget," by David Leonhardt, Bill Marsh, Kevin Quealy, Shan Carter, Matthew Ericson and Amanda Cox, The New York Times
- "Contaminated Drywall Cover-Up," by Aaron Kessler, Joaquin Sapien and Jeff Larson, Sarasota Herald-Tribune with ProPublica
- "What They Know," by Julia Angwin, Emily Steel, Scott Thurm, Christina Tsuei, Paul Antonson, Jill Kirschenbaum, Jovi Juan, Andrew Garcia Phillips, Sarah Slobin, Susan McGregor, Tom McGinty and Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, The Wall Street Journal
- "Liveblogging Yahoo Earnings Calls in 2010 (They're Funny!)," by Kara Swisher, All Things Digital
- "Reinvention of the Airlines," Loren Steff , Houston Chronicle
- "Economix Blog," by Catherine Rampell, The New York Times
CATEGORY K: PERSONAL FINANCE
- "Hounded -- Debtors and the New Breed of Collectors," by Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt, Minneapolis Star Tribune
- "A Bully Finds a Pulpit on the Web," by David Segal, The New York Times
- "Student Debt," by Ron Lieber, The New York Times
- "The Intelligent Investor," by Jason Zweig, The Wall Street Journal
CATEGORY L: TELEVISION ENTERPRISE
- "Brian Ross Investigates: Better Business Bureau - Pay to Play Scandal," by Brian Ross, Joseph Rhee, Asa Eslocker, Mark Schone, Rhonda Schwartz and Megan Chuchmach, ABC News
- "Brian Ross Investigates: Make-A-Wish Swindle," by Brian Ross , Matthew Mosk, Vic Walter, Mark Schone, Rhonda Schwartz and Megan Chuchmach, ABC News
- "Remington Under Fire: A CNBC Investigation," by Mitch Weitzner, Scott Cohn, Jeff Pohlman, Emily Bodenberg, Steven Banton and Gary Vandenberg, CNBC
- "Dollars for Docs," by Darren Gersh and Michael LaBella, Nightly Business Report (PBS)
- "Bitter Lessons," by Mark Smith, Billy Bryant and Byron Harris, WFAA-TV
CATEGORY M: BUSINESS BOOKS
- "More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite" by Sebastian Mallaby, The Penguin Press
- "All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis" by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera, Portfolio
- "The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World" by David Kirkpatrick, Simon & Schuster
- "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine" by Michael Lewis, W.W. Norton & Company
