The Distinguished Achievement Award was established in 1993 to single out individuals who have made a significant impact on the field of business journalism and who have served as a nurturing influence on others in the profession.
Recipients
2025 – Rebecca Blumenstein, president of editorial, NBC News
2024 – Bethany McLean, business journalist, author, Business Insider, CNBC, Fortune, Vanity Fair, Yahoo! Finance
2023 – Gail MarksJarvis, financial columnist, TV commentator & author, Chicago Tribune
2022 – Larry Kramer, USA Today, MarketWatch, TheStreet, CBS, The Washington Post
2021 – Sue Herera, anchor-at-large and founding member, CNBC
2020 – James B. Stewart, author, columnist, The New York Times,
2019 – Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist, The Washington Post
2018 – Gretchen Morgenson, senior special writer – investigations unit, The Wall Street Journal
2017 – Lawrence Ingrassia, managing editor, Los Angeles Times
2015 – Michael R. Bloomberg, founder, Bloomberg LP
2013 – Michael Lewis, author/contributing editor, Vanity Fair
2012 – Diana Henriques, The New York Times
2011 – Donald Barlett and James Steele, Vanity Fair
2009 – Ray Shaw*, American City Business Journals
2008 – Floyd Norris, The New York Times
2007 – Paul Steiger, ProPublica
2006 – Carol Junge Loomis, Fortune magazine
2005 – Stephen B. Shepard, City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism
2004 – Linda O’Bryon, PBS’ “Nightly Business Report”
2003 – James K. “Jimmy” Gentry, University of Kansas School of Journalism
2003 – Randy Smith, The Kansas City Star
2002 – Byron “Barney” Calame, The Wall Street Journal
2001 – Allan Sloan, ProPublica
2000 – Ernest Holsendolph, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
1999 – Chet Currier*, The Associated Press and Bloomberg News
1999 – John Cuniff*, The Associated Press
1998 – Marshall Loeb*, Money magazine, Fortune magazine
1997 – Chris Welles*, BusinessWeek
1996 – Cheryl Hall, Dallas Morning News
1995 – Larry Birger*, Miami Herald
1994 – Myron Kandel, CNN Business News
1993 – Hobart Rowan*, The Washington Post
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*Deceased
