Awards
The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News and The New York Times each took home multiple awards among the 13 categories in the 2011 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism announced June 28 in New York City.
Jackee Budesta Batanda exposed acid attacks of women as ‘revenge crimes’ and the murders of albinos.
The Better Newspaper Contest is held semi-annually to recognize excellence in news reporting and advertising.
L.A. Times reporters Ruben Vives and Jeff Gottlieb receive the Los Angeles Press Club's first public service award.
The Register's Sunday Real Estate Section — compiled partly from
news stories posted on its five real estate blogs — was picked as the
"Best Newspaper Real Estate or Home Section Less than 250,000
Circulation."
Kambiz Foroohar of Bloomberg Markets Magazine (USA) and Terry Macalister of The Guardian (UK) were honoured as winners of the Energy of Word international media competition in a ceremony held in St. Petersburg.
Knight News Challenge winners receive $4.7 million, including $1 million in support from Google; winners include traditional news organizations and Internet entrepreneurs, projects focused on government transparency, mobile and more.
The XMA competition is looking this year for the best smartphone/tablet apps from newspaper and magazine publishers.
Rocio Idalia Gallegos Rodriguez and Sandra Rodriguez Nieto
are fearless investigative reporters in what may be the most dangerous
city in the world. Despite tremendous risks, they have probed the drug
wars that are wreaking havoc in Ciudad Juarez and other places along the U.S.-Mexican border.
The Sidney Hillman Foundation announced today that the Miami Herald reporters Michael Sallah, Rob Barry, Carol Marbin Miller and Chuck Fadely have won the May Sidney Award for "Neglected to Death," their ongoing series that looks into the widespread neglect and abuse occurring at assisted-living facilities for the elderly and mentally ill in Florida.
The Times-Journal also received the best website award from the
APA.
Staffers win 21 awards from the Society of Professional Journalists
Independent Record won 28 awards in Montana Newspaper Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest.
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