The

Gerald Loeb Award The Gerald Loeb Awards, also referred to as the Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, is a recognition of excellence in journalism, especially in the fields of business, finance and the economy. The award was e ...

is given annually for multiple categories of business reporting. Special awards were occasionally given for distinguished business journalism that doesn't necessarily fit into other categories.

Gerald Loeb Special Award winners

* 1966: Marcus Gleisser, '' The Cleveland Plain Dealer'' ::He was awarded for a series on the financial difficulties of luxury apartments in

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. * 1968: Nicholas Molodovsky, '' Financial Analysts Journal'' ::He was awarded for his twenty years of "outstanding contributions to investment theory." * 1968: '' Newsweek Magazine'' ::The magazine was awarded for its 1967 financial columns by Milton Freedman,

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, and Henry Wallich. * 1969:

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::Article: :
"Business and the Urban Crisis"
February 1968 * 1970: Philip B. Osborne, ''

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'' ::Article: :::"Special Report: The War Business Must Win", November 1, 1969 * 1972: James W. Michaels of ''

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'' ::He provided "distinguished service to financial journalism." * 1973: Louis Rukeyser of '' Wall Street Week'' ::The first Gerald Loeb Award given to a television program. * 1975: "Auditing the IRS" by Donald Bartlett and James Steele, ''

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'' ::Articles in Series: :
"IRS Misses Billions, Stalks Little Guy"
April 14, 1974 :
"Nixon Reflects Typical Errors Of High Bracket"
April 14, 1974 :
"One Man’s $1 Million Tax Bill"
April 15, 1974 :
"Saga of a Fugitive Debtor"
April 16, 1974 :
"Financier, Taxes Missing"
April 17, 1974 :
"Affluent Bloom Owes Big Tax"
April 18, 1974 :
"Tax Court Is Not Very Taxing for the Wealthy"
April 19, 1974 :
"IRS Runs on Secret Rulings"
April 20, 1974 * 1976: "Don't Worry, It's Only Money" by John Guinther, '' Philadelphia Magazine'' ::His article analyzed public money mismanagement by

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state officials. * 1983: "Articles on the Outcome of the AT&T and IBM Antitrust Cases" by the Business and Financial Staff (including Frederick Andrews) of ''

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'' * 1985:

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of ''

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'' * 1987: ''

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'' ::The ''Times'' was awarded for its overall excellence of business coverage. * 1994: John Hays of the ''Morning Paper'' of

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. ::He was awarded for an investigative series on Towers Financial Corporation.

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External links

Gerald Loeb Award historical winners list
{{Gerald Loeb Award American journalism awards Gerald Loeb Award winners