The Gerald Loeb Award 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 ''The Plain Dealer'' is the major newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio, United States. In fall 2019, it ranked 23rd in U.S. newspaper circulation, a significant drop since March 2013, when its circulation ranked 17th daily and 15th on Sunday. As of Ma ...

'' ::He was awarded for a series on the financial difficulties of luxury apartments in

Greater Cleveland The Cleveland metropolitan area, or Greater Cleveland as it is more commonly known, is the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Cleveland in Northeast Ohio, United States. According to the 2020 United States Census results, the five-county ...

. * 1968: Nicholas Molodovsky, ''

Financial Analysts Journal The ''Financial Analysts Journal'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering investment management, published by Routledge on behalf of the CFA Institute. It was established in 1945 and , the editor-in-chief is William N. Goetzman ...

'' ::He was awarded for his twenty years of "outstanding contributions to investment theory." * 1968: ''

Newsweek Magazine ''Newsweek'' is an American weekly online news magazine co-owned 50 percent each by Dev Pragad, its president and CEO, and Johnathan Davis, who has no operational role at ''Newsweek''. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, it was widel ...

'' ::The magazine was awarded for its 1967 financial columns by Milton Freedman,

Paul Samuelson Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009) was an American economist who was the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. When awarding the prize in 1970, the Swedish Royal Academies stated that he " ...

, and

Henry Wallich Henry Christopher Wallich (; June 10, 1914 – September 15, 1988) was a German American economist who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1974 to 1986. He previously served as a member of the Council of the Economic ...

. * 1969:

McGraw-Hill McGraw Hill is an American educational publishing company and one of the "big three" educational publishers that publishes educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education. The company also publishes refere ...

::Article: :
"Business and the Urban Crisis"
February 1968 * 1970: Philip B. Osborne, '' Business Week'' ::Article: :::"Special Report: The War Business Must Win", November 1, 1969 * 1972: James W. Michaels of ''

Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. ''Forbes'' also r ...

'' ::He provided "distinguished service to financial journalism." * 1973:

Louis Rukeyser Louis Richard Rukeyser (January 30, 1933 – May 2, 2006) was an American financial journalist, columnist, and commentator, through print, radio, and television. He was best known for his role as host of two television series, ''Wall Street We ...

of ''

Wall Street Week ''Bloomberg Wall Street Week'' (''WSW''), is an investment news and information TV program airing Friday nights on the Bloomberg Television. The original weekly show hosted by Louis Rukeyser aired each Friday evening on PBS in the United States ...

'' ::The first Gerald Loeb Award given to a television program. * 1975: "Auditing the IRS" by Donald Bartlett and James Steele, ''

Philadelphia Inquirer ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Penns ...

'' ::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 ''Philadelphia'' (also called "''Philadelphia'' magazine" or referred to by the nickname "Phillymag", once called ''Greater Philadelphia'') is a regional monthly magazine published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by the Lipson family of Philadelphia ...

'' ::His article analyzed public money mismanagement by

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

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 ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

'' * 1985:

Robert Heilbroner Robert L. Heilbroner (March 24, 1919 – January 4, 2005) was an American economist and historian of economic thought. The author of some 20 books, Heilbroner was best known for ''The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great ...

of ''

The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...

'' * 1987: ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the U ...

'' ::The ''Times'' was awarded for its overall excellence of business coverage. * 1994: John Hays of the ''Morning Paper'' of Ruston, Louisiana. ::He was awarded for an investigative series on

Towers Financial Corporation Towers Financial Corporation was a debt collection agency based in Manhattan.Allan Sloan (February 16, 1993)"THE SEC VS. STEVEN HOFFENBERG: A CASE OF LEANING FORTUNES AT TOWERS FINANCIAL?,"''The Washington Post''. Between 1988 and 1993, Towers Fina ...

References

External links

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