The Business Journalist of the Year Awards are widely recognised as the most important global awards for business writers and broadcasters. They are the only awards for business writers that are open to journalists of all nationalities, and the only awards to cover the entire spectrum of business and financial reporting.

The Business Journalist of the Year Awards (first presented in 1999) were created because business information had become a global commodity paying little heed to national borders. In a world where goods, services, money and knowledge move ever more freely from one domain to another, the source of business information is no longer relevant – only its quality matters. That’s the spirit these awards were created in, and the spirit in which they have grown.

The Business Journalist of the Year Awards are judged exclusively by journalists and governed by the World’s leading business editors. The Editors’ Committee comprises Martin Dickson, Deputy Editor of the Financial Times; Robert Peston, Business Editor at the BBC; Hugo Dixon, Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of breakingviews; Jesse Lewis, Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal Europe; and Rik Kirkland, former Managing Editor of Fortune.

The Business Journalist of the Year Awards are widely recognised as the most important global awards for business writers and broadcasters. They are the only awards for business writers that are open to journalists of all nationalities, and the only awards to cover the entire spectrum of business and financial reporting.

The Business Journalist of the Year Awards (first presented in 1999) were created because business information had become a global commodity paying little heed to national borders. In a world where goods, services, money and knowledge move ever more freely from one domain to another, the source of business information is no longer relevant – only its quality matters. That’s the spirit these awards were created in, and the spirit in which they have grown.

The Business Journalist of the Year Awards are judged exclusively by journalists and governed by the World’s leading business editors. The Editors’ Committee comprises Martin Dickson, Deputy Editor of the Financial Times; Robert Peston, Business Editor at the BBC; Hugo Dixon, Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of breakingviews; Jesse Lewis, Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal Europe; and Rik Kirkland, former Managing Editor of Fortune.

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Vintage (January 7, 2003)

From Publishers Weekly:
Business writing evokes images of stock reports and other dry-as-dust fare, but this best-of compilation proves the business desk is no longer the newsroom’s backwater. Series editor Leckey and guest editor Sloan have focused this third edition in the series around the fiscal year’s big scandals. Highlights include Nicholas Stein’s chronicle of the rise and fall of Chiquita Banana in Fortune, James B. Stewart’s well-rendered tale of Sotheby’s antitrust woes for the New Yorker and three selections covering various angles of the Enron scandal. As Sloan notes in his introduction, “Main Street has increasingly tied its fate to Wall Street-if our retirement portfolios don’t do well, many of us who had counted on a caviar retirement are going to get cat food instead.” The savvy editors leaven the bad news with some humor, though. “My Pro Forma Life” by Rob Walker for Slate pokes fun at the slippery language companies use to slide bad numbers past investors. There are some intriguing general interest stories with business tangents, too: Malcolm Gladwell on the shrinking disposable diaper, Wayne Curtis on Newfoundland iceberg harvesters and Neil Irwin on the effects of technology on the economics of the Slinky. For perspective, the editors have included a piece about currency trading in Pakistan by the late Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, to whom this edition is dedicated. Taken together, the stories make for an ample snapshot of the face of the nation this past fiscal year. Better, most of these writers transcend the business-writing genre, offering just plain good writing.

The Business Journalist of the Year Awards are widely recognised as the most important global awards for business writers and broadcasters. They are the only awards for business writers that are open to journalists of all nationalities, and the only awards to cover the entire spectrum of business and financial reporting.

The Business Journalist of the Year Awards (first presented in 1999) were created because business information had become a global commodity paying little heed to national borders. In a world where goods, services, money and knowledge move ever more freely from one domain to another, the source of business information is no longer relevant – only its quality matters. That’s the spirit these awards were created in, and the spirit in which they have grown.

The Business Journalist of the Year Awards are judged exclusively by journalists and governed by the World’s leading business editors. The Editors’ Committee comprises Martin Dickson, Deputy Editor of the Financial Times; Robert Peston, Business Editor at the BBC; Hugo Dixon, Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of breakingviews; Jesse Lewis, Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal Europe; and Rik Kirkland, former Managing Editor of Fortune.