Journalists from across the nation gathered tonight at Capitale for the 2012 Gerald Loeb Awards Banquet. The Gerald Loeb Awards are among the highest honors in journalism, recognizing the work of journalists whose contributions illuminate the world of business, finance and the economy for readers and viewers around the world.
Judy D. Olian, dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management and chairman of the G. and R. Loeb Foundation, welcomed Loeb Awards honorees and their guests. CNBC’s Tyler Mathisen, vice president for strategic editorial initiatives and host of CNBC’s Power Lunch, served as master of ceremonies.
The Gerald Loeb Awards includes two special awards for career contributions: the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to Jerry Seib, deputy managing editor and Washington bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal, and the Lawrence Minard Editor Award, which went to Winnie O’Kelley, deputy business editor of The New York Times. In addition, winners of 13 competition categories were named at the banquet. Following is a list of the 2012 Loeb Award recipients.
Large Newspapers Winner
Ken Bensinger of Los Angeles Times for “Wheels of Fortune”
Medium & Small Newspapers Winners
Raquel Rutledge, Rick Barrett, John Diedrich, Ben Poston and Mike de Sisti of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for “Shattered Trust”
Spencer Soper and Scott Kraus of The Morning Call for “Inside Amazon’s Warehouse”
Magazines Winners
Peter Elkind, Jennifer Reingold and Doris Burke of Fortune for “Inside Pfizer’s Palace Coup”
Commentary Winners
Zanny Minton Beddoes, Edward Carr, John Peet, Patrick Foulis and John O'Sullivan of The Economist for “Euro Zone”
Breaking News Winners
Brent Snavely, Greg Gardner and Chrissie Thompson of Detroit Free Press for “GM-UAW Contract Negotiations”
Beat Reporting Winner
John Fauber of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for “‘Side Effects’ Beat Reporting”
News Services Winner
Brian Grow, Kelly Carr, Laurence Fletcher, Nanette Byrnes, Matthew Bigg, Joshua Schneyer, Cynthia Johnston and Sara Ledwith of Reuters for “Shell Games”
Explanatory Winners
Scott Pelley, Robert G. Anderson, Daniel Ruetenik, Robert J. Shattuck and Nicole Young of CBS News 60 Minutes for “The Next Housing Shock”
Online Enterprise Winners
Mark Maremont, Tom McGinty, Jon Keegan, Palani Kumanan, Sarah Slobin and Neil King Jr. of The Wall Street Journal for “Jet Tracker”
Blogging Winner
Felix Salmon of Reuters for “Felix Salmon’s Blog”
Personal Finance Winners
Penelope Wang, Kim Clark and Lisa Gibbs of Money for “‘Protecting Your Parents’ Series”
Broadcast Enterprise Winners
Laura Sydell and Alex Blumberg of NPR and This American Life for “When Patents Attack”
Business Books Winner
Walter Isaacson for “Steve Jobs” published by Simon & Schuster
Business Books Honorable Mention
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo for “Poor Economics” published by PublicAffairs
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