Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism Announces Call for Entries

Loeb Awards Debuts Online Submissions Process and Two New Categories

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UCLA Anderson School of Management and the G. and R. Loeb Foundation invite business, financial and economic journalists from print, online and broadcast media to submit entries and nominations for the 2010 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. The Loeb Awards are the most prestigious honor in business journalism, recognizing writers, editors and producers who make significant contributions to the understanding of business, finance and the economy for both the private investor and the general public.

This year, the Loeb Awards are launching significant changes that embrace emerging technologies and new media. The awards submissions process will be entirely electronic and two new Loeb Awards categories have been created: Online Commentary and Blogging; and Personal Finance. Submissions and nominations for the 13 competition categories and two career achievement awards will be accepted online only at www.loeb.anderson.ucla.edu.

Entries Accepted in 13 Competition Categories

• Large Market Newspapers
• Medium & Small Market Newspapers
• Magazines
• Commentary
• Breaking News
• Beat Writing
• News Services
• Feature Writing
• Online Commentary and Blogging
• Personal Finance
• Television Breaking News
• Television Enterprise
• Business Book

Consideration is limited to entries that were published or broadcast in the United States during calendar year 2009. All submissions and nominations must be submitted online at www.loeb.anderson.ucla.edu by midnight Monday, February 1, 2010.

Nominations Accepted for Lifetime Achievement and Lawrence Minard Editor Awards

The Loeb Awards are also accepting nominations for (1) the Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes exceptional career contributions in the field of business, financial and economic news; and (2) the Lawrence Minard Editor Award, which recognizes career contributions in business journalism editing. Nominations will be accepted online only at www.loeb.anderson.ucla.edu.

For more information or to receive a call for entries brochure by mail or e-mail, please contact the Loeb Awards office at [e-mail] or [phone]. To download the entry brochure in PDF format, visit: http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/Documents/areas/adm/loeb/LOEB2010Call4Entries.pdf

Loeb Awards Final Judges:

STEPHEN J. ADLER, Senior Vice President and Editorial Director Thomson Reuters Professional Division

AMANDA BENNETT, Executive Editor, Enterprise Bloomberg News

MATTHEW BISHOP, Bureau Chief The Economist

GENE BLOCH, Managing Editor CNN New York

CHRYSTIA FREELAND, U.S. Managing Editor Financial Times

JOHN HILLKIRK, Executive Editor USA Today

GLENN KRAMON, Assistant Managing Editor The New York Times

JOANNE LIPMAN, Former Editor-in-Chief Condé Nast Portfolio

TYLER MATHISEN, Vice President for Strategic Editorial Initiatives CNBC

MATT MURRAY, Deputy Managing Editor, National News The Wall Street Journal

JUDY D. OLIAN, Dean UCLA Anderson School of Management

DAVID SCHLESINGER, Editor-in-Chief Thomson Reuters

RUSS STANTON, Editor Los Angeles Times

ALLAN SLOAN, Senior Editor at Large Fortune

JONATHAN WALD, Former Senior Vice President Business News CNBC

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