Gerald Loeb Awards

Audio

"Your Money and Your Life"

by Chris Arnold, Uri Berliner, Neal Carruth, Lori Todd, John Ydstie, Heidi Glenn, Ariel Zambelich, Avie Schneider, Alyson Hurt and Annette Elizabeth Allen, NPR

Beat Reporting

"Testing Theranos"

by John Carreyrou, Michael Siconolfi and Christopher Weaver, The Wall Street Journal

Breaking News

"Inside the Dow-DuPont Merger"

by David Benoit, Jacob Bunge, Dana Cimilluca, Dana Mattioli and Dennis K. Berman, The Wall Street Journal

Commentary

"Inside the Boardroom"

by James B. Stewart, The New York Times

Explanatory

"Insult to Injury: America's Vanishing Worker Protections"

by Michael Grabell, Howard Berkes and Lena Groeger, ProPublica & NPR

Feature

"The Unraveling of Tom Hayes"

by David Enrich, The Wall Street Journal

Images/Graphics/Interactives Winner

"Making Data Visual"

by Amanda Cox, Gregor Aisch, Kevin Quealy, Matthew Bloch, Wilson Andrews, Josh Keller, Karen Yourish, Eric Buth, Nicholas Confessore and Sarah Cohen, The New York Times

International Winner

"Malaysia's Missing Millions"

by Tom Wright, Bradley Hope, Simon Clark, Mia Lamar, Justin Baer, Tom Di Fonzo and Paolo Bosonin, The Wall Street Journal

Investigative

"Seafood from Slaves"

by Margie Mason, Martha Mendoza, Robin McDowell and Esther Htusan, The Associated Press

Local Winner

"Painkiller Profiteers"

by Eric Eyre, Charleston Gazette-Mail

Personal Finance

"Aging's Costliest Challenge"

by Donna Rosato, Kate Santichen, Alexandra Mondalek and Shayla Hunter, MONEY Magazine

Video

"Joanna Stern's Videos"

by Joanna Stern and Drew Evans, The Wall Street Journal

Beat Reporting

"Duke Energy and Nuclear Power in Florida"

by Ivan Penn, Tampa Bay Times

Breaking News

"Bangladesh"

by Jim Yardley, Julfikar Ali Manik, and Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times

Commentary

"Commentary by Peter Goodman"

by Peter Goodman, The Huffington Post

Explanatory

"Assets of the Ayatollah"

by Steve Stecklow, Babak Dehghanpisheh, and Yeganeh Torbati, Reuters

Images/Visuals

"Interactive Graphics"

by Ford Fessenden, Tom Giratikanon, Josh Keller, Archie Tse, Tim Wallace, Derek Watkins, Jeremy White, Karen Yourish, Shan Carter, Hannah Fairfield, Alicia Parlapiano, Mike Bostock, Amanda Cox, Matthew Ericson, Kevin Quealy, and Josh Williams, The New York Times

International Winner

"The Shortest Route to Riches"

by Kerry A. Dolan and Rafael Marques de Morais, Forbes

Investigative

"Breathless and Burdened: Dying from Black Lung, Buried by Law and Medicine"

by Chris Hamby, Brian Ross, Matthew Mosk, Rhonda Schwartz, Chris Zubak-Skees, Ronnie Greene, and Jim Morris, The Center for Public Integrity, in partnership with ABC News

Magazines

"Stranded: An iPhone Tester Caught in Apple's Supply Chain"

by Cam Simpson, Bloomberg Businessweek

News Services

"Rigging the World's Biggest Market"

by Liam Vaughan, Gavin Finch, Bob Ivry, and Ambereen Choudhury, Bloomberg News

Large Newspapers

"Five of the NSA Stories"

by Barton Gellman, Laura Poitras, Ellen Nakashima, Craig Timberg, Steven Rich, and Ashkan Soltani, The Washington Post

Small & Medium Newspapers

"Deadly Delays"

by Ellen Gabler, Mark Johnson, John Fauber, Allan James Vestal, and Kristyna Wentz-Graff, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Online

"Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt"

by Kainaz Amaria, Alex Blumberg, Brian Boyer, Jacob Goldstein, Wes Lindamood, and Joshua Davis, NPR

News Services

"Rigging the World's Biggest Market"

by Liam Vaughan, Gavin Finch, Bob Ivry, and Ambereen Choudhury, Bloomberg News

Large Newspapers

"Five of the NSA Stories"

by Barton Gellman, Laura Poitras, Ellen Nakashima, Craig Timberg, Steven Rich, and Ashkan Soltani, The Washington Post

Beat Reporting

"Side Effects"

by John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Blogging

"Felix Salmon's Blog"

by Felix Salmon, Reuters

Breaking News

"GM-UAW Contract Negotiations"

by Brent Snavely, Greg Gardner and Chrissie Thompson, Detroit Free Press

Broadcast Enterprise

"When Patents Attack"

by Laura Sydell and Alex Blumberg, NPR and This American Life

Business Book

"Steve Jobs"

by Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster

Commentary

"Euro Zone"

by Zanny Minton Beddoes, Edward Carr, John Peet, Patrick , The Economist

Explanatory

"The Next Housing Shock"

by Scott Pelley, Robert G. Anderson, Daniel Ruetenik, Robert J. Shattuck and Nicole Young, CBS News 60 Minutes

Large Newspapers

"Wheels of Fortune"

by Ken Bensinger, Los Angeles Times

Small & Medium Newspapers

"Shattered Trust"

by Raquel Rutledge, Rick Barrett, John Diedrich, Ben Poston and Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"Inside Amazon's Warehouse"

by Spencer Soper and Scott Kraus, The Morning Call

Magazines

"Inside Pfizer's Palace Coup"

by Peter Elkind, Jennifer Reingold and Doris Burke, Fortune

News Services

"Shell Games"

by Brian Grow, Kelly Carr, Laurence Fletcher, Nanette Byrnes, Matthew Bigg, Joshua Schneyer, Cynthia Johnston and Sara Ledwith, Reuters

Online Enterprise

"Jet Tracker"

by DMark Maremont, Tom McGinty, Jon Keegan, Palani Kumanan, Sarah Slobin and Neil King Jr., The Wall Street Journal

Personal Finance

"Protecting Your Parents Series"

by Penelope Wang, Kim Clark and Lisa Gibbs, Money

Honorable Mention - Business Books

"Poor Economics"

by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, PublicAffairs

Lifetime Achievement Award

by Gerald F. Seib, The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires

Minard Editor Award

by Winnie O'Kelley, The New York Times

Beat Writing

"The Toyota Recall"

by Ralph Vartabedian and Ken Bensinger, Los Angeles Times

Breaking News

"GM, Chrysler Nudges Toward Bankruptcy"

by Christine Tierney, David Shepardson and Gordon Trowbridge, The Detroit News

Business Book

"Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System - and Themselves"

by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Penguin Group (USA) - Viking

Commentary

"Capitalist Fools and Wall Street's Toxic Message"

by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Vanity Fair

Online Commentary and Blogging

"Pogue's Posts"

by David Pogue, The New York Times

Feature Writing

"Wall Street on the Tundra"

by Michael Lewis, Vanity Fair

Large Newspapers

"Food Safety"

by Michael Moss and Andrew Martin, The New York Times

Medium & Small Newspapers

"Keys to the Kingdom: How State Regulators Enabled a $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme"

by Michael Sallah, Rob Barry and Lucy Komisar, The Miami Herald

Magazines

"How Bernie Did It"

by James Bandler, Nicholas Varchaver and Doris Burke, Fortune Magazine

News Services

"Goldman, Moody's and the Collapse of the American Economy"

by Greg Gordon, Kevin G. Hall and Chris Adams, McClatchy Newspapers

Personal Finance

"From Prison to the Pinnacle"

by Matthew Hathaway, Elizabethe Holland and Jim Gallagher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Television Breaking News

"The Madoff Scandal"

by Scott Cohn, Mary Thompson, Courtney Ford, Wally Griffith and Molly Mazilu, CNBC

Television Enterprise

"House of Cards"

by David Faber, Mitch Weitzner, James Jacoby, Jill Landes, Patrick Ahearn, JamesSegelstein and Lisa Orlando, CNBC

Honorable Mention - Television Enterprise

"Black Money"

by Marlena Telvick, Lowell Bergman, Oriana Zill de Granados and Daniel Hirst, PBS Frontline

Lifetime Achievement Award

by Walt Bogdanich, The New York Times

Minard Editor Award

by Alix Freedman, The Wall Street Journal

Beat Writing

"Breakdown at Bear Stearns"

by Kate Kelly, Serena Ng, Susanne Craig and David Reilly, The Wall Street Journal

Honorable Mention - Beat Writing

"Golden Opportunities"

by Charles Duhigg, The New York Times

Breaking News

"The Fall of E. Stanley O'Neal at Merrill Lynch"

by Jenny Anderson and Landon Thomas Jr., The New York Times

Honorable Mention - Breaking News

"A New U.S. Auto Industry"

by Katie Merx, Tim Higgins, Tom Walsh, Mark Phelan, Susan Tompor, Sarah A. Webster, Katherine Yung and Joe Guy Collier, Detroit Free Press

Business Book

"Mine's Bigger: Tom Perkins and the Making of the Greatest Sailing Machine Ever Built"

by David A. Kaplan, William Morrow

Commentary

"Talking Business"

by Joe Nocera, Vanity Fair

Honorable Mention - Commentary

"Business Columnist"

by Daniel Howes, The Detroit News

Feature Writing

"Message in a Bottle"

by Charles Fishman, Fast Company

Magazines

"House of Junk"

by Allan Sloan, Fortune

Honorable Mention - Magazines

"In Nature's Casino"

by Michael Lewis, The New York Times Magazine

Large Newspapers

"Toxic Pipeline"

by Walt Bogdanich, Jake Hooker, David Barboza and Andrew W. Lehren, The New York Times

Medium Newspapers

"Sold a Nightmare"

by Binyamin Appelbaum, Lisa Hammersly Munn, Ted Mellnik, Peter St. Onge and Liz Chandler, The Charlotte Observer

Small Newspapers

"The China Effect"

by Tony Bartelme, The Post and Courier

News Services

"Wall Street's Faustian Bargain"

by Mark Pittman, Bob Ivry and Kathleen M. Howley, Bloomberg News

Television Daily

"India's Promise"

by Steve Washington, Darren Gersh, Dana Greenspon and Sanjay Jha, PBS Nightly Business Report

Television Enterprise

"Money for Nothing"

by Byron Harris, Mark Smith and Kraig Kirchem, WFAA-TV

Lifetime Achievement Award

by Daniel Hertzberg, The Wall Street Journal

Minard Editor Award

by Frank J. Comes, BusinessWeek

Beat Writing

"The Most Expensive Drugs and How They Came to Be"

by Geeta Anand, The Wall Street Journal

Business Book

"DisneyWar"

by James B. Stewart, Simon & Schuster

Commentary

"Review and Outlook: Kianna's Law"

by Robert L. Pollock, The Wall Street Journal

"Business and Economics Columns"

by Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post

Deadline Writing

"Sale of MBNA"

by Maureen Milford, Ted Griffith, Luladey B. Tadesse, Robin Brown, Gary Soulsman, Christopher Yasiejko, Michele Besso, Steven Church, Jeff Montgomery and Peter Bothum, The News Journal

Large Newspapers

"Borrower Beware"

by Ann Hardie, Carrie Teegardin and Alan Judd, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Medium Newspapers

"Ohio Rare Coin Funds"

by Christopher Kirkpatrick, Joshua Boak, Steve Eder, Jim Drew and Mike Wilkinson, The Blade

Honorable Mention - Medium Newspapers

"Selling Drug Secrets"

by Luke Timmerman and David Heath, The Seattle Times

Magazines

"Why Carly's Big Bet Is Failing, How the HP Board KO'd Carly"

by Carol Loomis, Fortune

Small Newspapers

"School's Pursuit of Profit Leaves Students Behind"

by Sam Kennedy and Christina Gostomski, The Morning Call

News Services or Online Content

"LAX Loans"

by Frank Bass, Dirk Lammers and Larry Margasak, The Associated Press

Television Deadline

"The Katrina Effect"

by Anne Thompson, Doug Adams, Liz Brown, Carl Sears, Kelly Venardos, Joo Lee, Rick Brown, Katie Ernst, Rich Dubroff, Doug Stoddart, Chuck Schaeffer, Mario Garcia, Meaghan Rady, Genevieve Michel-Bryan, Jill Silverstri, Chris Scholl, Sharon Hoffman, Albert Oetgen and John Reiss, NBC Nightly News

Television Enterprise

"China Rising"

by Paul Solman, Lee Koromvokis, Jeffrey Klein, Jacob Klein and Joanne Elgart Jennings, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Honorable Mention - Television Enterprise

"Learning the Hard Way"

by Byron Harris, Kraig Kirchem and Mark Smith, WFAA-TV

Lifetime Achievement Award

by Myron Kandel, CNN

Minard Editor Award

by Ronald Henkoff, Bloomberg News & Bloomberg Markets

Beat Writing

"A Spotlight on Boeing's Legal and Ethical Scandals"

by J. Lynn Lunsford, Andy Pasztor and Anne Marie Squeo, The Wall Street Journal

Commentary

"Golden State"

by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times

Deadline Writing

"The Day Grasso Quit as NYSE Chief"

by Susanne Craig, Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, Theo Francis and Kate Kelly, The Wall Street Journal

Large Newspapers

"Big Green"

by David B. Ottaway and Joe Stephens, The Washington Post

Medium Newspapers

"Drugging the Poor"

by Fred Schulte, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Small Newspapers

"Everybody at Risk"

by Kate Long, The Charleston Gazette

Magazines

"Is Your Job Next?" and "The Rise of India"

by Aaron Bernstein, Pete Engardio and Manjeet Kripalani, BusinessWeek

News Services or Online Content

"The Flimflam Man"

by Adrian Cox, David Evans and Abhay Singh, Bloomberg News

"Risky Rx"

by Chris Adams and Alison Young, Knight Ridder Washington Bureau

Television Short Form

"The Jobless Recovery"

by Doug Adams, Christiana Arvelis, Donna Bass, Steve Capus, Joo Lee, Karen Nye, Albert Oetgen, Felicia Patinkin, Charles Schaeffer, Nikki Stamos and Anne Thompson, NBC Nightly News

Television Long Form

"Imported from India"

by Rome Hartman and Lesley Stah, CBS News 60 Minutes

Lifetime Achievement Award

by Louis Rukeyser (posthumously), CNBC

Minard Editor Award

by Michael Siconolfi, The Wall Street Journal

Deadline or Beat Writing

"Enron: The Demise of a Giant"

by Rebecca Smith and John Emshwiller, The Wall Street Journal

Commentary

"Market Watch"

by Gretchen Morgenson, The New York Times

Large Newspapers

"Uninformed Consent"

by Duff Wilson and David Heath, The Seattle Times

Medium Newspapers

"Unequal Opportunity"

by Jeffrey Meitrodt, Mark Schleifstein, Pamela Coyle and Ronette King, The Times-Picayune

Small Newspapers

"Foal Deaths"

by Janet Patton, Lexington Herald-Leader

Magazines

"The Numbers Game, Why Earnings Are Too Rosy, Confused About Earnings"

by David Henry and Nanette Byrnes, BusinessWeek

News Services or Online Content

"Muddy Markets"

by Jonathan Berr, Adam Levy, Peter Robison, Russell Hubbard and Neil Roland, Bloomberg News

Television

"The Money Trai"

by Allan Dodds Frank and Lisa Slow, Cable News Network/CNNfn

Lifetime Achievement Award

by Paul E. Steiger, The Wall Street Journal

Minard Editor Award

by Everett Lawrence Minard III (posthumously), Forbes Global

Deadline and/or Beat Writing

"The Rise of Day Trading"

by Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, The Washington Post

Commentary

"Business and Technology Columns"

by David Ignatius, The Washington Post

Large Newspapers

"Retirement Rip-Off"

by Ellen E. Schultz, The Wall Street Journal

Medium Newspapers

"A Killer in Our Food"

by Alison Young, Jeffrey Taylor and Janet L. Fix, Detroit Free Press

Small Newspapers

"The Doctor Will Sell You Now"

by Harris Meyer, New Times Broward Palm Beach

Magazines

"Cheap Car Parts Can Cost You a Bundle"

by Jeff Blyskal, Consumer Reports

Television

"Sweepstakes Series"

by Brian Gaffney, Lea Thompson, Neal Shapiro and John ReissDateline NBC

Radio

"Minnesota in the .com Age"

by Carl Goldstein, Bill Catlin, Chris Farrell and Jon Gordon, Minnesota Public Radio

Lifetime Achievement Award

Norman Pearlstine, Time Inc. 

Deadline and/or Beat Writing

"Coverage of the Near Collapse of Long-Term Capital Management"

by The New York Times Staff, The New York Times

Commentary

"Personal Technology Columns"

by Walter S. Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal

Large Newspapers

"Prying Perks from the Poor"

by Joel Rutchick, Cleveland Plain Dealer

Medium Newspapers

"Cosmetic Surgery: The Hidden Dangers"

by Fred Schulte and Jenni Bergal, Sun-Sentinel

Small Newspapers

"The Dairy Boom: Growth, Trouble and Transition"

by Jennifer Hieger and Bill Heisel Jr., Yakima Herald-Republic

Magazines

"Bull Marketing"

by Shane Tritsch, Chicago

Network and Large-Market Television

"Investigative Piece on the International Pharmaceutical Industry"

by Mike Wallace and Walt Bogdanich, CBS News 60 Minutes

Radio

"The World Turned Upside Down"

by Chris Farrell, Stephen Smith, Karen Tofte and Bill Catlin, Minnesota Public Radio

Lifetime Achievement Award

Stephen B. Shepard, Business Week

Deadline and/or Beat Writing

"Coverage of the Economy"

by Scott Thurm, San Jose Mercury News

Commentary

"Business World Columns"

by Holman W. Jenkins Jr., The Wall Street Journal

Large Newspapers

"Test by Fire: The Story of Malden Mills

by Bruce D. Butterfield, Boston Globe

Medium Newspapers

"Series of Investigative Reports on Comparator Systems Corp."

by Cathy Taylor, Liz Pulliam and Elliot Blair Smith, Orange County Register

Small Newspapers

"River of No Return

by Lynda V. Mapes, The Spokesman-Review

Magazines

"Abuse of Power"

by Mark Maremont and Jane Sasseen, Business Week

Network and Large-Market Television

"On Dangerous Ground"

by Byron Harris, WFAA-TV

Other TV Markets

"My First House"

by Antonio Valverde, KMEX-TV

Radio

Bottomline Blues

Sarah Gardner, Marketplace-USC radio

Lifetime Achievement Award

Jane Bryant Quinn, Newsweek

Deadline and/or Beat Writing

"Coverage of the Collapse of Kidder Peabody"

by Michael Siconolfi and Laura Jereski, The Wall Street Journal

Commentary

"Selected Columns"

by Jane Bryant Quinn, Newsweek

Large Newspapers

"Investigative Series on SAFE Investment Fund"

by Joel Rutchick and Timothy Heider, Plain Dealer

Medium Newspapers

"Stacking the Deck: The Birth of Louisiana Gambling"

by Peter Nicholas, Susan Finch, Mark Schleifstein, Mike Hughlett and James O'Byrne, Times-Picayune

Small Newspapers

"Wasteland"

by Jim Lynch and Karen Dorn Steele, Spokesman-Review

Magazines

"The Politics of Wind"

by Phillip Longman, Florida Trend

Lifetime Achievement Award

Leonard S. Silk (posthumously), The New York Times

Deadline and/or Beat Writing

"Coverage of General Motors Corps"

by Joseph B. White and Paul Ingrassia, The Wall Street Journal

Commentary

"Deals Columns"

by Allan Sloan, Newsday

Large Newspapers

"Fire Power"

by Alix M. Freedman, The Wall Street Journal

Medium Newspapers

"Profits and Power: Japan's Foreign-Aid Machine"

by Pete Carey and Lewis M. Simons, San Jose Mercury News

Small Newspapers

"Failing the Children"

by Michael Hinkelman and Emory Thomas Jr., Atlanta Business Chronicle

Magazines

"The Job Drought"

by Brian O'Reilly, Fortune

Lifetime Achievement Award

Carol J. Loomis, Fortune

Deadline and/or Beat Writing

"Coverage of the Collapse of Donald Trump's Financial Empire"

by Neil Barsky, The Wall Street Journal

Commentary

"Deals Columns"

by Allan Sloan, Newsday

Large Newspapers

"The Vendetta"

by Bryan Burrough, The Wall Street Journal

Medium Newspapers

"Frank's Town"

by Bill Dalton, Mike Hendricks and Chris Lester, The Kansas City Star

Small Newspapers

"A Requiem for Fashion"

by Phyllis Furman and Linda Moss, Crain's New York Business

Magazines

"Series of Articles on the IRS"

by Joseph S. Coyle, Frank Lalli, Denise M. Topolnicki, Elizabeth MacDonald and Robert Wool, Money

Deadline and/or Beat Writing

"Coverage of RJR Nabisco Buyout"

by John Helyar and Bryan Burrough, The Wall Street Journal

Honorable Mention Deadline and/or Beat Writing

"Coverage of Texas Air Corp."

by Thomas Petzinger Jr. and Paulette Thomas, The Wall Street Journal

Commentary

"Selected Columns"

by David Warsh, The Boston Globe

Magazines

"Buyout Kings"

by Carol J. Loomis, Fortune

"The Empire Called AARP"

by Eric Schurenberg and Lani Luciano, Money

Large Newspapers

"The Great Tax Giveaway"

by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Medium Newspapers

"Invisible Work Force"

by S. Lynne Walker, The San Diego Union

Small Newspapers

"Towering Ambition"

by Howard Gold, Miami Review