AUDIO FINALISTS
"The Shrink Next Door" – Bloomberg and Wondery
Joe Nocera, Krista Rypl, Francesca Levy, Jared Sandberg, Katie Boyce, George Lavender, Marshall Lewy, Hernan Lopez and Maya Kaufman
"The Antitrust Trilogy" – NPR's Planet Money
Kenny Malone, Jacob Goldstein and Julia Simon
"Amazon: Behind the Smiles" – Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX
Will Evans, Katharine Mieszkowski, Taki Telonidis, Rachel de Leon, Kevin Sullivan, Najib Aminy, Andrew Donohue, Esther Kaplan, Matt Thompson, John Barth, Al Letson, Melissa Lewis, Hannah Young, Byard Duncan, David Rodriguez, Mwende Hinojosa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda and Reveal staff
BEAT REPORTING FINALISTS
"The Price You Pay" – Houston Chronicle
Jenny Deam
"Boeing's 737 MAX Crisis" – The Seattle Times
Dominic Gates, Mike Baker, Steve Miletich and Lewis Kamb
"The WeWork Delusion" – The Wall Street Journal
Eliot Brown, Maureen Farrell, Liz Hoffman, David Benoit and Anupreeta Das
"How PG&E Burned California" – The Wall Street Journal
Katherine Blunt, Russell Gold, Rebecca Smith, Renée Rigdon, Yaryna Serkez and Dave Cole
BREAKING NEWS FINALISTS
"Crash in Ethiopia" – The New York Times
Hadra Ahmed, Hannah Beech, Selam Gebrekidan, David Gelles, James Glanz, Thomas Kaplan, Natalie Kitroeff, Jack Nicas, Norimitsu Onishi, Dionne Searcey, Kenneth P. Vogel and Zach Wichter
"Uber's IPO" – The Wall Street Journal
Maureen Farrell, Eliot Brown, Cara Lombardo, Corrie Driebusch, Scott Austin, Stephanie Stamm and Rolfe Winkler
"Four Turbulent Days in August" – The Washington Post
Damian Paletta, Heather Long, Rachel Bade, Jeff Stein, Phil Rucker, Josh Dawsey, Felicia Sonmez, Jonnelle Marte and Robert Costa
COMMENTARY FINALISTS
"America's Broken Health Care System" – Kaiser Health News
Elisabeth Rosenthal
"Sparking the Next National Conversation" – Los Angeles Times
Michael Hiltzik
"A Secret Life of Your Data" – The Washington Post
Geoffrey A. Fowler
"Commentary by Catherine Rampell" – The Washington Post
Catherine Rampell
EXPLANATORY FINALISTS
"Death by a Thousand Clicks" – Fortune and Kaiser Health News
Erika Fry and Fred Schulte
"Goodbye Big Five" – Gizmodo
Kashmir Hill, Myra Iqbal, Dhruv Mehrotra and Andrew Couts
"California Bullet Train Mismanagement" – Los Angeles Times
Ralph Vartabedian
"Dairyland in Distress" – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Rick Barrett, Maria Perez and Lee Bergquist
FEATURE FINALISTS
"Planet Fox" – The New York Times
Jonathan Mahler and Jim Rutenberg
"Can a Burger Help Solve Climate Change?" – The New Yorker
Tad Friend
"Is Amazon Unstoppable" – The New Yorker
Charles Duhigg
"15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook" – WIRED
Nicholas Thompson and Fred Vogelstein
INTERNATIONAL FINALISTS
"WhatsApp International" – Financial Times
Mehul Srivastava, Tom Wilson, Tim Bradshaw and Robert Smith
"China Surveillance" – The New York Times
Paul Mozur, Sui-Lee Wee, Chris Buckley, Austin Ramzy, Jonah M. Kessel and Melissa Chan
"The Hunt for Asia's El Chapo" – Reuters
Tom Allard
"Chocolate's Secret" – The Washington Post
Peter Whoriskey, Rachel Siegel, Steven Mufson and Salwan Georges
INVESTIGATIVE FINALISTS
"Out of Gear: A Detroit Free Press Investigation" – Detroit Free Press
Phoebe Wall Howard
"Exploited" – The New York Times
Michael H. Keller, Gabriel J.X. Dance and Nellie Bowles
"Show of Force" – USA TODAY and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Brett Murphy, Nick Penzenstadler and Gina Barton
LOCAL FINALISTS
"Arizona's Next Water Crisis" – The Arizona Republic
Rob O'Dell and Ian James
"Profiting from the Poor" – MLK50: Justice Through Journalism and ProPublica
Wendi C. Thomas, Deborah Douglas, Maya Miller, Beena Raghavendran and Doris Burke
"The Bad Bet" – ProPublica Illinois and WBEZ
Jason Grotto, Dan Mihalopoulos and Sandhya Kambhampati
PERSONAL FINANCE & CONSUMER REPORTING FINALISTS
"The New Debtors Prisons" – ProPublica
Lizzie Presser and Anjali Tsui
"The TurboTax Trap" – ProPublica
Justin Elliott, Paul Kiel, Ariana Tobin and Lucas Waldron
"Reversal of Fortune" – USA TODAY
Nick Penzenstadler and Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
VIDEO FINALISTS
"Recovering from Rehab" – Fault Lines and Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting
Shoshana Walter, Amy Julia Harris, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Paul Abowd, Laila Al-Arian, Andrew Donahue, Amanda Pike and Matt Thompson
"Trump's Trade War" – FRONTLINE PBS and NPR
Rick Young, Laura Sullivan, Emma Schwartz, Fritz Kramer, Emily Crawford and Cat Schuknecht
"'Zone Rouge': An Army of Children Toils in African Mines" – NBC News Investigative Unit
Cynthia McFadden, Christine Romo, Lisa Cavazuti and Bill Angelucci
"Huawei Staff Help Governments to Spy on People" – The Wall Street Journal
Clément Bürge, Sharon Shi, Josh Chin, Joe Parikson and Nicholas Bariyo
VISUAL STORYTELLING FINALISTS
"Polluted by Money" – The Oregonian
Mark Friesen, Beth Nakamura, Teresa Mahoney and Rob Davis
"Clear Takeover" – Tampa Bay Times
Tracey McManus and Eli Murray
"Boeing's Deadly Failure" – The Wall Street Journal
Elliot Bentley, Merrill Sherman, Mariano Zafra, Andrew Tangel, Andy Pasztor, Robert Wall and Mark Maremont
"WSJ Graphics Portfolio" – The Wall Street Journal
Elliot Bentley, Yaryna Serkez, Joel Eastwood, Kara Dapena, Robert Wall, Keach Hagey, Lukas I. Albert, Sarah Krouse, Shalini Ramachandran, Thomas Gryta, Patrick Thomas, Jesse Newman and Kirk Maltais
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2012 FINALISTS
Large Newspapers Category Finalists
Ken Bensinger for "Wheels of Fortune" in Los Angeles Times
David Kocieniewski for "But Nobody Pays That..." in The New York Times
Marcus Walker, Charles Forelle, Stacy Meichtry, Matthew Karnitschnig, David Enrich, Brian Blackstone and David Gauthier-Villars for "European Disunion" in The Wall Street Journal
Brody Mullins, Susan Pulliam, Steve Eder, Michael Rothfeld, Jenny Strasburg and Vanessa O'Connell for "Inside Track" in The Wall Street Journal
Medium & Small Newspapers Category Finalists
Jeff Horwitz for "Banks Took Billions in Insurance Kickbacks" in American Banker
Raquel Rutledge, Rick Barrett, John Diedrich, Ben Poston and Mike de Sisti for "Shattered Trust" in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Spencer Soper and Scott Kraus for "Inside Amazon's Warehouse" in The Morning Call
Charles Piller and Robert Lewis for "Hard Money Crumbles" in The Sacramento Bee
Magazines Category Finalists
Chrystia Freeland for "The Rise of the New Global Elite" in The Atlantic
Peter Elkind, Jennifer Reingold and Doris Burke for "Inside Pfizer's Palace Coup" in Fortune
Michael Lewis for "'When Irish Eyes Are Crying', 'It's the Economy, Dummkopf!' and 'California and Bust'" in Vanity Fair
Commentary Category Finalists
Zanny Minton Beddoes, Edward Carr, John Peet, Patrick Foulis and John O'Sullivan for "Euro Zone" in The Economist
Loren Steffy for "Loren Steffy - Commentary" in Houston Chronicle
Joseph E. Stiglitz for "Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%" in Vanity Fair
Ezra Klein for "Ezra Klein" in The Washington Post
Breaking News Category Finalists
Brent Snavely, Greg Gardner and Chrissie Thompson for "GM-UAW Contract Negotiations" in Detroit Free Press
Ben Protess, Michael J. de la Merced, Susanne Craig, Peter Lattman, Nelson D. Schwartz and Azam Ahmed for "MF Global Bankrupcy" in The New York Times
Susan Pulliam, Michael Rothfeld, Chad Bray, Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Jeannette Neumann, Jenny Strasburg, Michael Siconolfi and Dennis K. Berman for "The Fall of Raj" in The Wall Street Journal
Zachary Goldfarb and Anthony Faiola for "The Downgrade" in The Washington Post
Beat Reporting Category Finalists
John Fauber for "'Side Effects' Beat Reporting" in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Kevin Krolicki, Deepa Seetharaman, Bernie Woodall, Ben Klayman and Jan Schwartz for "United Auto Workers Union Coverage" in Reuters
Missy Sullivan for "Missy Sullivan - Beat Reporting" in SmartMoney
Jessica Silver-Greenberg for "The Debt Collectors" in The Wall Street Journal
News Services Category Finalists
Jeff Donn for "Aging Nukes" in The Associated Press
Kevin Freking, Michael Hill, Danny Robbins, Tammy Webber, Peter Jackson and Jeffrey Collins for "Broken Budgets" in The Associated Press
Bradley Keoun, Phil Kuntz and Bob Ivry for "The Fed's Trillion-Dollar Secret" in Bloomberg News
Brian Grow, Kelly Carr, Laurence Fletcher, Nanette Byrnes, Matthew Bigg, Joshua Schneyer, Cynthia Johnston and Sara Ledwith for "Shell Games" in Reuters
Explanatory Category Finalists
Devin Leonard, Sommer Saadi and Angela Greiling Keane for "End of Mail" in Bloomberg Businessweek
Jeff Fager, Bill Owens, Claudia Weinstein, Steve Kroft, Ira Rosen, Gabrielle Schonder, Tadd J. Lascari and Andy Soto for "The Insiders" on CBS News 60 Minutes
Scott Pelley, Robert G. Anderson, Daniel Ruetenik, Robert J. Shattuck and Nicole Young for "The Next Housing Shock" on CBS News 60 Minutes
Gretchen Morgenson and Louise Story for "No Prosecutions" in The New York Times
Peter Whoriskey, Steven Mufson, Jia Lynn Yang, Laura Stanton and Karen Yourish for "Breakaway Wealth" in The Washington Post
Online Enterprise Category Finalists
Ronnie Greene, Mark Schone and Matthew Mosk for "Green Energy: Contracts, Connections and the Collapse of Solyndra" for The Center for Public Integrity and ABC News
John Markoff, David Pogue, Shayla Harris, Shan Carter, Jon Huang, Celina Fang, Danielle Belopotosky, Laurie Kawakami and Joshua Brustein for "Steve Jobs - nytimes.com" for The New York Times
Eliza Krigman for "AT&T Gave Cash to Merger Backers" for POLITICO
Mark Maremont, Tom McGinty, Jon Keegan, Palani Kumanan, Sarah Slobin and Neil King Jr. for "Jet Tracker" for The Wall Street Journal
Blogging Category Finalists
Catherine Rampell for "Catherine Rampell, Economix Blog - nytimes.com" for The New York Times
Felix Salmon for "Felix Salmon's Blog" for Reuters
Ezra Klein, Sarah Kliff and Brad Plumer for "Wonkblog" for The Washington Post
Luke Timmerman for "BioBeat" for Xconomy
Personal Finance Category Finalists
Penelope Wang, Kim Clark and Lisa Gibbs for "'Protecting Your Parents' Series" in Money
Lisa Gibbs for "The Safety Trap" in Money
Jason Zweig for "The Intelligent Investor" in The Wall Street Journal
E.S. Browning for "Older and Poorer" in The Wall Street Journal
Broadcast Enterprise Category Finalists
Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz, Matthew Mosk, Ronnie Greene, Mark Schone and Angela Hill for "Green Energy: Contracts, Connections and the Collapse of Solyndra" on ABC News Brian Ross Investigate and The Center for Public Integrity
Jeff Fager, Bill Owens, Michael Radutzky, Claudia Weinstein, Steve Kroft, Andy Court, Kevin Livelli and Stephanie Palewski Brumbach for "Greg Mortenson" on CBS News 60 MinutesMitch Weitzner, Scott Cohn, Mary Noonan Robichaux, Na Eng, Ruth Chenetz and Lauren Farrelly for "Billions Behind Bars: Inside America's Prison Industry" on CNBC
Laura Sydell and Alex Blumberg for "When Patents Attack" on NPR and This American Life Collaboration
Mark Smith, Byron Harris and Billy Bryant for "Crooked Teeth" on WFAA-TV
Business Books Category Finalists
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo for "Poor Economics" published by PublicAffairs
Walter Isaacson for "Steve Jobs" published by Simon & Schuster
Diana B. Henriques for "The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust" published by Times Books
Bill Vlasic for "Once Upon a Car" published by William Morrow
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
CATEGORY B: MEDIUM & SMALL NEWSPAPERS
"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
CATEGORY F: BEAT REPORTING
"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
CATEGORY H: EXPLANATORY
"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
CATEGORY I: ONLINE ENTERPRISE
"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
CATEGORY J: BLOGGING
"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
LARGE NEWSPAPERS
Gretchen Morgenson, Don Van Natta Jr., Peter S. Goodman and Jenny Anderson for “Back to Business” in The New York Times
Michael Moss and Andrew Martin for “Food Safety” in The New York Times
Charles Duhigg for “Toxic Waters” in The New York Times
Kate Kelly, Jon Hilsenrath, Dan Fitzpatrick, Suzanne Craig, Deborah Solomon, Damian Paletta and David Enrich for “USA Inc.: The State of Capitalism” in The Wall Street Journal
Mark Maremont for “The Talented Mr. Pang” in The Wall Street Journal
MEDIUM & SMALL NEWSPAPERS
Rick Montgomery and Dan Margolies for “Enterprise Rent-A-Car Airbags” in The Kansas City Star
Michael Sallah, Rob Barry and Lucy Komisar for “Keys to the Kingdom: How State Regulators Enabled a $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme” in The Miami Herald
Raquel Rutledge for “Cashing in on Kids” in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Kirsten Grind for “WaMu’s Final Days” in Puget Sound Business Journal
MAGAZINES
James Bandler, Nicholas Varchaver and Doris Burke for “How Bernie Did It” in Fortune Magazine
Joe Nocera for “Risk Mismanagement” in The New York Times Magazine
Nina Munk for “Rich Harvard, Poor Harvard” in Vanity Fair
Fred Vogelstein for “Facebook Versus Google” in Wired Magazine
COMMENTARY
David Leonhardt for “Economic Scene” in The New York Times
Joseph E. Stiglitz for “Capitalist Fools and Wall Street’s Toxic Message” in Vanity Fair
Michael Wolff for “The Ultimate Bubble and Rupert to Internet: It’s War!” in Vanity Fair
Steven Pearlstein for “Commentary by Steven Pearlstein” in The Washington Post
BREAKING NEWS
Matthew Goldstein for “Stanford Financial Coverage” in Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Christine Tierney, David Shepardson and Gordon Trowbridge for “Breaking News (Big 3)” in The Detroit News
Louise Story for “Return of the Big Payday” in The New York Times
Jon Hilsenrath and Kate Kelly for “New York Fed Chairman’s Ties to Goldman Raise Questions” in The Wall Street Journal
Brady Dennis, David Cho and Binyamin Appelbaum for “AIG” in The Washington Post
BEAT REPORTING
Greg Sandoval for “SpiralFrog Coverage” in CNET
Ralph Vartabedian and Ken Bensinger for “The Toyota Recall” in Los Angeles Times
Michael Moss and Andrew Martin for “Food Safety” in The New York Times
Aaron Kessler for “Contaminated Chinese Drywall” in Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Feature Writing
James Bandler and Doris Burke for “The Grifter?” in Fortune Magazine
David Segal for “After the Meltdown” in The New York Times
Michael Lewis for “Wall Street on the Tundra” in Vanity Fair
Robert A. Guth, Susan Pulliam and Justin Scheck for “The Network” in The Wall Street Journal
NEWS SERVICES
Ted Anthony, Christopher S. Rugaber, Mike Schneider, and Mike Baker for “AP: Economic Stress Index” in The Associated Press
Matt Apuzzo and Daniel Wagner for “AP: Geithner's Phone Records” in The Associated Press
Michael Rapoport for “Minding The Banks...And The Government” in Dow Jones Newswires
Greg Gordon, Kevin G. Hall, and Chris Adams for “Goldman, Moody's and the Collapse of the American Economy” in McClatchy Newspapers
Online Commentary and Blogging
Adrian Wooldridge, Steven N. Kaplan, Nell Minow, Patrick Lane, Brad DeLong, Luigi Zingales, Saugato Datta, Thomas Picketty and Chris Edwards for “Online Debates” for The Economist
David Pogue for “Pogue’s Posts” for The New York Times
Francine McKenna for “re: The Auditors” for re: The Auditors Blog
Jim Prevor for “Business, Finances and Public Policy” for The Weekly Standard
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
TELEVISION ENTERPRISE
Brian Ross, Joseph Rhee, Angela Hill and Asa Eslocker for “Brian Ross Investigates: Runaway Toyotas” on ABC News
Jeff Fager, Bill Owens, Scott Pelley, Claudia Weinstein and Draggan Mihailovich for “Amazon Crude” on CBS News/60 Minutes
David Faber, Mitch Weitzner, James Jacoby, Jill Landes and Patrick Ahearn for “House of Cards” on CNBC
Marlena Telvick, Lowell Bergman, Oriana Zill de Granados and Daniel Hirst for “Black Money” on PBS Frontline
Byron Harris, Mark Smith, Kraig Kirchem and Billy Bryant for “Safety for Sale” on WFAA-TV
TELEVISION BREAKING NEWS
Sharyl Attkisson, Christopher Scholl, Matt Tureck, Rick Kaplan and Bill Piersol for “Follow the Money: Bailout Investigation” on CBS Evening News
Armen Keteyian, John Blackstone, George Osterkamp, Yvonne Halee, Laura Strickler and Len Tepper for “Bernard Madoff Series” on CBS News
Jeff Fager, Bill Owens, Steve Kroft, Claudia Weinstein, Ira Rosen and Sumi Aggarwal for “401(k) Recession” on CBS News/60 Minutes
Jeff Fager, Bill Owens, Steve Kroft, Claudia Weinstein, Andy Court and Keith Sharman for “We Own It” on CBS News/60 Minutes
Scott Cohn, Mary Thompson, Courtney Ford, Wally Griffith and Molly Mazilu for “The Madoff Scandal” on CNBC
BUSINESS BOOKS
David Wessel for “In Fed We Trust” published by Crown Business
Liaquat Ahamed for “Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World” published by The Penguin Press
Andrew Ross Sorkin for “Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System — and Themselves” published by Penguin Group (USA) - Viking