The Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism is given annually for multiple categories of business reporting. The category "Editorials" was awarded in 1970–1972, "Columns/Editorial" in 1974–1976, "Columns" in 1977, "Columns/Editorial" again in 1978–1982, "Editorial/Commentary" in 1983–1984, and "Commentary" in 1985 onwards.
Gerald Loeb Award for Editorials (1970–1972)
1970: Patricia Shontz, The Detroit News
Editorial Series: "Today's Economy", 1969
1971: Philip Greer, The Washington Post
Editorials in Series: "Wall Street Changes", December 20, 1970 "Wall Street Changes", December 21, 1970 "Wall Street Changes", December 22, 1970 "Wall Street Changes", December 23, 1970
1972: Robert H. Metz, The New York Times
Editorials in Series: "Market Place: Why Wall St. Sold Wrigley", October 26, 1971 "Market Place: Price Swings: Limit Needed?", December 7, 1971 "Market Place: Market Drops: Another View", December 15, 1971 "Market Place: A Fresh Slant On Steep Dips", December 23, 1971 "MarketPlace: Dumping Stock: Some Solutions", December 31, 1971
Gerald Loeb Award for Columns/Editorial (1973–1976, 1978–1982)
1973: "Wall Street" by Clem Morgello, Newsweek 1974: "Trust Busting the USA" by Henry Wallich, Newsweek 1975: "Pendulum of Power to Swing to Arabs?" by Edwin Darby, Chicago Sun Times 1976: "The Second Battle of Great Britain" by Joseph A. Livingston, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Columns in series: "Britain Faces Second Battle", July 13, 1975 "Wage Freeze Pivotal in Second Battle of Britain", July 14, 1975 "Status of the Pound Shows Monetary Optimism", July 15, 1975 "Britain's Industrial Troubles Keep Growing Worse", July 16, 1975 "The 'Second Battle of Britain' Must Be Won, Too", July 17, 1975
1978: "IMF, World Bank Face Grave Issues" by Hobart Rowen, The Washington Post 1979: Robert L. Bartley, The Wall Street Journal 1980: "Investment Series: Gambling with Someone Else's Money" by Alan Gersten, Rocky Mountain News 1980: (Honorable Mention) "The Underpaid and Under-Protected" by Paul Lieberman and Chester Goolrick, The Atlanta Constitution
Their series of articles described widespread national minimum wage law violations in the state of Georgia.
Articles in series: "Part I: The Turpentine Men: Hard Woods Toil For Little Pay", December 1, 1979 "For Many Americans, Work Pays Off In Poverty", December 1, 1979 "Endless Debt Haunts Turpentiners", December 2, 1979 "Naval Stores Ages-Old, but Few Like Living in Past", December 2, 1979 "Part III: No Golden Eggs In Georgia’s Chicken Sheds", December 3, 1979 "Motel Maid’s Wages Fall Into Crevice In The Law", December 4, 1979 "Unique Deductions Push Pay Below U.S. Minimum", December 4, 1979 "Over 40 Years, A Corporation’s Pattern Of Underpaying Workers", December 5, 1979 "Munford: ‘Minimum Wage A Tragic Thing", December 5, 1979 "They'd Rather Collect Weeds Than Welfare", December 6, 1979 "Wage Law Enforcers Overwhelmed By Complaints", December 6, 1979 "Beverly Worrell Has Done Battle 38 Years For Nation’s Underpaid", December 6, 1979
1980: (Honorable Mention) Tom Bethell, Harper's
Article: "Fooling With the Budget", October 1979
1981: "How to Understand Inflation" by Sarai Ribicoff (posthumous), Los Angeles Herald Examiner 1981: (Honorable Mention) "Cable TV: Channels of Influence" by Stan DeCoster and Ann Baldelli, New London Day 1982 (tie): "Review & Outlook" by George Melloan, The Wall Street Journal 1982 (tie): "Selected Editorials" by Lester C. Thurow, Newsweek
Gerald Loeb Award for Columns (1977)
1977: "Series on Pension Costs” by Lee Mitsang, The Associated Press
Gerald Loeb Award for Editorial/Commentary (1983–1984)
1983: "Economic Focus" by Robert J. Samuelson, National Journal 1984: Robert L. Heilbroner, The New Yorker
Article: "Economic Prospects", August 29, 1983
Gerald Loeb Award for Commentary (1985–present)
1985: "Editorial Series" by Daniel Henninger, The Wall Street Journal
His editorial series discussed the international debt crisis, a letter on the U.S. economy by U.S. Catholic bishops, and bank failures.
1986 (tie): Michael Kinsley, The New Republic 1986 (tie): Robert Samuelson, Newsweek 1987: "Series of Editorials on Farm Policy" by Richard Doak, The Des Moines Register 1988: "Perspectives Columns" by Ron Ridenhour, New Orleans City Business 1988: (Honorable Mention) "Series of Editorials on the Texaco/Pennzoil Battle" by Gordon Crovitz, The Wall Street Journal 1989: "Selected Columns" by David Warsh, The Boston Globe
He was awarded for his "Economic Principles" column in The Boston Sunday Globe.
1990: "Columns on the Alleged Prosecutorial Abuses of the RICO Law" by L. Gordon Crovitz, The Wall Street Journal 1991: "Deals Columns" by Allan Sloan, Newsday 1992: "Selected Columns" by Warren T. Brookes (posthumously), The Detroit News 1993: "Deals Columns" by Allan Sloan, Newsday 1994: "Selected Columns" by Robert J. Samuelson, Newsweek 1995: "Selected Columns" by Jane Bryant Quinn, Newsweek 1996: "Selected Editorials" by Bill Bishop, Lexington Herald-Leader 1997: "Business World Columns" by Holman W. Jenkins Jr., The Wall Street Journal 1998: "Selected Columns" by Allan Sloan, Newsweek 1999: "Personal Technology Columns" by Walter S. Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal 2000: "Business and Technology Columns" by David Ignatius, The Washington Post 2001: "Floyd Norris Columns" by Floyd Norris, The New York Times
Norris was awarded "for his insightful columns educating investors about the complexities of Wall Street."
2002: "Market Watch" by Gretchen Morgenson, The New York Times
Columns: "Hands Out, Even in a Time Of Crisis", November 4, 2001 "A Benefit For the Few Weighs On Many", February 25, 2001 "Employers Dodge a Bullet That Their Workers Can't", April 15, 2001 "A Company Tested And Found Wanting", June 17, 2001 "Warning Signs Fail to Shake True Believers' Faith", August 12, 2001 "Price Targets Are Hazardous to Investor's Wealth", August 5, 2001 "Take Away the Window Dressing, ans Who Will Buy?", September 2, 2001
2003: "Auto Industry Commentary" by Jerry Flint, Forbes
His bold, punchy, and entertaining essays on the auto industry expressed depth of knowledge while conveying new information.
Columns: "Hydrogen Bomb", February 8, 2002 "Horror Story", June 14, 2002 "Money Isn't Everything", July 19. 2002 "Falling in Love, August 26, 2002 "A Death on Route 9", September 18, 2002
2004: "Golden State" by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
The judges said his columns were "smart, angry and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, tackling complex subjects in a lively, accessible style with a strong voice and a real sense of being on the reader's side.
Columns: "Tobacco Fires Back as Ads Become Sorely Personal", April 17, 2003 "SBC, It's All in the Way You Look at It", June 23, 2003 "Stock Picker, 20, a Genius? Perhaps in His Own Eyes", August 21, 2003 "Safeway's Merger Loss Eclipses Labor Woes", October 23, 2003 "City Putting a Pound in the Way of Progress", December 1, 2003 "Lockyer Not Above a Little Legal Aid", December 18, 2003
2005: "Cracks in Fannie Mae's Foundation" by Peter Eavis, TheStreet.com
Columns: "Fannie's Fearsome New Year Challenge", January 2, 2004 "Freddie Flap Highlights Fannie Flaw", January 30, 2004 "A New Reason to Fret About Fannie", April 1, 2004 "Fannie Flap Points to Options Grants", April 6, 2004 "Falcon Has Landed at Fannie Mae" May 6, 2004 "Fannie Probe Turns to Derivatives", September 2, 2004 "Fannie Fight Ready to Get Nastier", November 11, 2004
2006 (tie): "Review and Outlook: Kianna's Law" by Robert L. Pollock, The Wall Street Journal
Columns: "How About a Kianna's Law?", 2005 "Kianna's Legacy", 2005 "The FDA vs. Cancer Patients", 2005 Pazdur's Cancer Rules", 2005
2006 (tie): "Business and Economics Columns" by Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post
Columns: "Big Three Lumbering Toward Failure", March 25, 2005 "Greenspan Misfires on Fannie, Freddie", May 25, 2005 "Defection Could Be Just What Organizaed Labor Needs", July 20, 2005 "Refiners' Merger Good for Business, Not Consumers", September 7, 2005 "Boats Rose in New Orleans, but Not for the Poor", September 14, 2005 "Alaska Would Be More at Home in Russia", November 23, 2005 "When Breaking Up is Not Hard to Do", December 14, 2005
2007: "Steve Bailey Downtown" by Steve Bailey, The Boston Globe
Columns: "Key West Academy", February 1, 2006 "Bluto does good", March 10, 2006 "Gov. Jobs is MIA", April 5, 2006 "Good job, lost wages", May 10, 2006 "Friendly Fenway", July 26, 2006 "An American dream denied", October 18, 2006 "Happy 50th, Marty", November 29, 2006
2008: "Talking Business" by Joe Nocera, Vanity Fair
Columns: "A Double Shot Of Nostalgia For Starbucks", March 3, 2007 "Well-Meaning But Misguided Stock Screens", April 7, 2007 "Weighing Jobs's Role In a Scandal", April 28, 2007 "IPhone Spin Goes Round And Round", June 30, 2007 "How The Bancrofts Blew It", August 4, 2007 "What If C.E.O. Pay Is Fair?", October 13, 2007 "The Pursuit Of Justice, Or Money?", December 8, 2007
2008: (Honorable Mention) "Business Columnist" by Daniel Howes of The Detroit News
Columns "Real answers for Big 3 sting", January 31, 2007 "Who will save state when even boosters bail?", March 7, 2007 "A tough blow, a long road ahead", June 23, 2007 "A state in a state of denial", September 21, 2007 "Tactics from 1970 don't fit '07 reality", September 25, 2007
2009: "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac" by Brian M. Carney, The Wall Street Journal
Articles in Series: "Fannie Mae Alchemy", 2008 "A More Honest Socialism", 2008 "The Price of Fannie Mae", 2008 "Paulson's Fannie Test", 2008 "Whitewashing Fannie Mae", 2008
2010: "Capitalist Fools and Wall Street's Toxic Message" by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Vanity Fair
Articles in Series: "Capitalist Fools", January 2009 "Wall Street's Toxic Message", July 2009
2011: "Paul Krugman Columns" by Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Columns: "Fiscal Scare Tactics", February 5, 2010 "Now That's Rich", August 23, 2010 "Downhill With The G.O.P.", September 24, 2010 "The Hijacked Commission", November 12, 2010 "The Humbug Express", December 24, 2010
2012: "Euro Zone" by Zanny Minton Beddoes, Edward Carr, John Peet, Patrick Foulis and John O'Sullivan, The Economist
Columns: "Time for Plan B", January 15, 2011 "They're bust. Admit it.", April 2, 2011 "How to save the euro", September 17, 2011 "Europe's rescue plan", October 29, 2011 "Is this really the end?", November 26, 2011
2013: "John Gapper (Financial Times)" by John Gapper, Financial Times
Articles in Series: "Facebook ought to ditch its initial public offering", 2012 "Law firms have struck the limits of partnership", 2012 "JPMorgan's fiasco exposes the myth of an imperial CEO", 2012 "It is too late for America to eliminate Huawei", 2012 "HP should have known all about Autonomy", November 21, 2012
2014: "Commentary by Peter Goodman" by Peter Goodman, The Huffington Post 2015: "Wall Street Accountability" by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica 2016: "Inside the Boardroom" by James B. Stewart, The New York Times 2017: "Creative Destruction: The Schumpeter Column" by Adrian Wooldridge, The Economist
Columns: "The collaboration curse: The fashion for making employees collaborate has gone too far", January 23, 2016 "Mafia management: The crime families of Naples are remarkably good at business", August 27, 2016 "Shhhh! Companies would benefit from helping introverts to thrive", September 10, 2016 "Out with the old. Management theory is becoming a compendium of dead ideas", December 17, 2016 "Capitalism and democracy: The West confronts a future of slow growth, social division and populist revolt", December 24, 2016
2018: "The Pharmalot View" by Ed Silverman, Stat 2019: "Inside View" by Andy Kessler, The Wall Street Journal
Columns: "Elon Musk's Uncontested 3-Pointers", February 26, 2018 "A Better Way to Make Facebook Pay", April 9, 2018