NEW YORK: 22 February 2012: The Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) has awarded the Financial Times with nine prizes, the most given to any one news outlet, in its annual Best in Business contest. The competition, which recognises the year’s finest business news coverage and commentary, generated over 1,000 entries from leading news organisations, making 2011 the most competitive year in the history of the contest.
Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor of the FT, commented: “In a year marked by continued financial and economic upheaval, FT journalists from New York to Brussels to Tokyo worked tirelessly to provide unrivalled, high-quality news and analysis for our loyal readers. It is a true honour for all of us to see this work recognised by SABEW and our industry peers.”
The Financial Times won in the following categories:
- “General Excellence” (Newspaper) – Financial Times, http://www.ft.com/
- “Feature” – “Madoff spins his story” (Contributors: David Gelles and Gillian Tett), http://on.ft.com/xXWI8s
- “Commentary” – John Gapper, http://www.ft.com/gapper
- “Commentary” (International) - Wolfgang Münchau, http://www.ft.com/munchau
- “Breaking News” (International) – “The eurozone crisis” (Contributors: FT reporters), http://www.ft.com/intl/indepth/euro-in-crisis
- “Breaking News” (International) – “The Olympus Accounting Scandal” (Contributors: Jonathan Soble, Louise Lucas, Lindsay Whipp), http://www.ft.com/olympus
- “Investigative” (International) and “Creative Use Across Multiple Platforms”(International) – “Tax Wars Series” (Contributors: Christine Spolar, Jeff Gerth (ProPublica), Megan Murphy, Vanessa Houlder, Johanna Kassel, Benjamin Freese), http://www.ft.com/taxwars
- “Blog” (International) - FT Alphaville, http://ftalphaville.ft.com/