The
Gerald Loeb Award is given annually for multiple categories of business reporting. The first television awards were given for "Network and Large-Market Television" (1997, 1999–2000), "Other TV Markets" (1997), and "Television" (2001–2002). Subsequent television awards were given in 2003–2011 and broken down into several different categories: "Television Long Form" (2003–2004), "Television Short Form" (2003–2004), "Television Deadline" (2005–2006), "Television Enterprise" (2006–2011), "Television Daily" (2007–2008), "Television Breaking News" (2009–2010).
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Network and Large-Market Television (1997, 1999–2000)
* 1997: "On Dangerous Ground" by
Byron Harris, ''
WFAA-TV
WFAA (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Decatur-licensed Estrella TV affiliate KMPX (channel 29) ...
''
* 1999: "Investigative Piece on the International Pharmaceutical Industry" by
Mike Wallace
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and
Walt Bogdanich
Walt Bogdanich (born October 10, 1950) is an American investigative journalist and three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize.
Life
Bogdanich graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1975 with a degree in political science. He recei ...
, ''
CBS News 60 Minutes''
* 2000: "Sweepstakes Series" by
Brian Gaffney,
Lea Thompson
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She is best known for her role as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the ''Back to the Future'' film trilogy (1985–1990) and Beverly Switzler in '' Howard the Duck'' (1 ...
,
Neal Shapiro
Neal B. Shapiro (born March 9, 1958) is the President and CEO of WNET. He worked previously as the President of NBC News and the executive producer for ''Dateline NBC''. Prior to this Shapiro spent 13 years as a news producer at ABC News.
Early ...
and
John Reiss, ''
Dateline NBC
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''
::Their series provided an in-depth look at the practices of the sweepstakes industry.
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Other TV Markets (1997)
* 1997: "My First House" by
Antonio Valverde, ''
KMEX-TV
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''
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Television (2000–2002)
* 2001: "The Paper Chase" by
Lynne Dale and
John Larson
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''
Dateline NBC
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''
* 2002: "The Money Trail" by
Allan Dodds Frank and
Lisa Slow, ''
Cable News Network/CNNfn''
::Air Dates of Reports:
::#September 21, 2001
::#November 25, 2001
::#October 3, 2001
::#October 11, 2001
::#October 17, 2001
::#October 31, 2001
::#November 16, 2001
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Television Long Form (2003–2004)
* 2003
"La Oroya, City of Lead"by
Craig Cheatham,
Mark Hadler and
Andrea Torrence, ''
KMOV-TV
KMOV (channel 4) is a television station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, affiliated with CBS and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power Circle owned-and-operated station KDTL-LD (channel 16). The two stations sh ...
''
::The depth and complexity of their investigation of a local company far exceeded the expectations for a local television station.
* 2004
"Imported from India"by
Rome Hartman and
Lesley Stahl, ''
CBS News 60 Minutes''
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Television Short Form (2003–2004)
* 2003: "Enron Investigation" by
Brian Ross,
Rhonda Schwartz,
Chris Vlasto,
Jill Rackmill,
David Scott
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,
Gerilyn Curtin and
Simon Surowicz, ''
ABC News
ABC News is the news division of the American broadcast network ABC. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast ''ABC World News Tonight, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir''; other programs include Breakfast television, morning ...
''
::Their investigation exposed questionable actions by
Enron
Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. It was founded by Kenneth Lay in 1985 as a merger between Lay's Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, both relatively small regional compani ...
and led the way for investigations by other news organizations.
Stories in Series
::#''
World News Tonight'', January 21, 2002
::#''World News Tonight'', January 29, 2002
::#''World News Tonight'', January 31, 2002
::#''World News Tonight'', February 4, 2002
::#''World News Tonight'', February 6, 2002
::#''World News Tonight'', February 8, 2002
::#''World News Tonight'', February 11, 2002
::#''World News Tonight'', February 13, 2002
* 2004
Jobless Recovery"by
Doug Adams,
Christiana Arvelis,
Donna Bass,
Steve Capus
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He is the former president of NBC News.
Early life and career
Steve Capus was born in 1963, the son of Jean and Paul Capus. His mother is a teacher's aide; his ...
,
Joo Lee,
Karen Nye,
Albert Oetgen,
Felicia Patinkin,
Charles Schaeffer,
Nikki Stamos and
Anne Thompson, ''
NBC Nightly News
''NBC Nightly News'' (titled as ''NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt'' for its weeknight broadcasts since June 22, 2015) is the flagship daily evening News broadcasting#Television, television news program for NBC News, the news division of the NB ...
''
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Television Deadline (2005–2006)
* 2005
"Money for Nothing?"by
Chris Cuomo
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,
Shelley Ross Shelley Ross is an American television executive producer, former writer and editor at the ''National Enquirer'', former executive producer of ABC News '' Good Morning America'', and former executive producer at CBS News ''The Early Show''.
Car ...
,
Bob Lange,
Thomas Berman and
Jack Pyle, ''
ABC News: Primetime''
* 2006: "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 García,
Meaghan Rady,
Genevieve Michel-Bryan,
Jill Silverstri,
Chris Scholl,
Sharon Hoffman,
Albert Oetgen and
John Reiss, ''
NBC Nightly News
''NBC Nightly News'' (titled as ''NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt'' for its weeknight broadcasts since June 22, 2015) is the flagship daily evening News broadcasting#Television, television news program for NBC News, the news division of the NB ...
''
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Television Enterprise (2006–2011)
* 2006: "China Rising" by
Paul Solman,
Lee Koromvokis,
Jeffrey Klein,
Jacob Klein and
Joanne Elgart Jennings, ''
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
''PBS NewsHour'' is an American evening television news program broadcast on over 350 PBS member stations. It airs seven nights a week, and is known for its in-depth coverage of issues and current events.
Anchored by Judy Woodruff, the prog ...
''
* 2007
"The Mother of All Heists"by
Jeff Fager
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Biography
Fager was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts, to an Episcopalian family ...
,
Steve Kroft
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,
Andy Court,
Keith Sharman,
Patti Hassler and
Daniel J. Glucksman, ''
CBS News 60 Minutes''
* 2008
"Money for Nothing"by
Byron Harris,
Mark Smith and
Kraig Kirchem, ''
WFAA-TV
WFAA (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Decatur-licensed Estrella TV affiliate KMPX (channel 29) ...
''
* 2009: "The Wasteland" by
Scott Pelley
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,
Solly Granatstein and
Nicole Young, ''
CBS News 60 Minutes''
* 2010: "House of Cards" by
David Faber,
Mitch Weitzner,
James Jacoby,
Jill Landes,
Patrick Ahearn,
James Segelstein and
Lisa Orlando, ''
CNBC
CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk sho ...
''
* 2011
"Remington Under Fire: A CNBC Investigation"by
Mitch Weitzner,
Scott Cohn,
Jeff Pohlman,
Emily Bodenberg,
Steven Banton and
Gary Vandenbergh, ''
CNBC
CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk sho ...
''
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Television Daily (2007–2008)
* 2007: "Trophy" by
Jim Popkin,
Lisa Myers and
Adam Ciralsky
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, ''
NBC News
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''
* 2008
"India's Promise"by
Steve Washington,
Darren Gersh
Darren Gersh was the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for the PBS show, Nightly Business Report from 1995 through 2013. He made the move to public service when he joined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on June 3, 2013. While at the CFPB, G ...
,
Dana Greenspon and
Sanjay Jha, ''
PBS Nightly Business Report''
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Television Breaking News (2009-2010)
* 2009: "Economic Crisis: House of Cards" by
Steve Kroft
Stephen F. Kroft (born August 22, 1945) is an American retired journalist, best known as a long-time correspondent for ''60 Minutes''. Kroft's investigative reporting garnered widespread acclaim, winning him three Peabody Awards and nine Emmy a ...
,
Jennifer MacDonald and
L. Franklin Devine, ''
CBS News 60 Minutes''
* 2010: "The Madoff Scandal" by
Scott Cohn,
Mary Thompson,
Courtney Ford
Courtney Braden Ford is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on television, such as playing Christine Hill on ''Dexter'' (2009), Portia Bellefleur on ''True Blood'' (2011), Lily on '' Parenthood'' (2012), Tonia Pyne on '' Murder ...
,
Wally Griffith and
Molly Mazilu, ''
CNBC
CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk sho ...
''
References
External links
Gerald Loeb Award historical winners list
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American journalism awards
Gerald Loeb Award winners