Gerald Loeb Award winners for Large Newspapers
The Gerald Loeb Award is given annually for multiple categories of business reporting. The "Newspaper" category was awarded in 1958–1973. It was split into two categories beginning in 1974: "Small Newspapers" and "Large Newspapers". A third category, "Medium Newspapers", was created in 1987. The small and medium newspaper awards were combined as "Medium & Small Newspapers" in 2009–2012, and "Small & Medium Newspapers" in 2013–2014. The last year newspaper categories were awarded was 2014.
1974: Paul Steiger, Los Angeles Times1975: "Utility Rates: Too High or Too Low?" by Allan Sloan, Detroit Free Press1976: Willard Randal and Stephen Solomon, Philadelphia Inquirer1977: "Commodity Options" by Susan Trausch and Larry Collins, The Boston Globe1978: "The Dollar: Its History and Current Woes" by Paul Steiger, Robert Rosenblatt, Ronald Soble, Murray Seeger and Sam Jameson, Los Angeles Times1979: "A.T.&T., the Biggest Company on Earth" by N. R. Kleinfield, The New York Times1979: Richard C. Longworth and Bill Neikirk, Chicago Tribune1980: "Coverage of U.S. Energy Crisis" by Gaylord Shaw, Tom Redburn, William C. Rempel, Cathleen Decker, William J. Eaton, Norman Kempster, Larry Pryor, Bill Stall and Penelope McMillan, Los Angeles Times1981: "Government Out of Control: Contracts" by Jonathan Neumann and Ted Gup, The Washington Post1982: "Corporate Mergers" by Linda Grant and Karen Tumulty, Los Angeles Times1983: "102 Miles Up the River" by Robert Frump, The Philadelphia Inquirer1984: "High Tech: Leaving Home Series" by Dan Morgan, The Washington Post1984: "The King of Gems Series" by Ted Gup, The Washington Post1985: "Monetary Zeal" by Paul Blustein, The Wall Street Journal1985: "Takeovers" by Jane Applegate, Patrick Boyle, James Flanigan, Linda Grant, Michael Hiltzik, John Lawrence, Paul Richter, Nancy Rivera and Debra Whitefield, Los Angeles Times1986: "Power, Greed and Glory on Wall Street - the Fall of Lehman Brothers" by Ken Auletta, The New York Times1987: "The Empire Crumbles" by Kimberly Greer, Newsday1988: "Terrible Tuesday" by Daniel Hertzberg and James B. Stewart, The Wall Street Journal1989: "The Great Tax Giveaway" by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, The Philadelphia Inquirer1990: "The Man from Wall Street: John Shad's Reign at the SEC" by David A. Vise and Steve Coll, The Washington Post1991: "The Vendetta" by Bryan Burrough, The Wall Street Journal1992: "Coverage of Massachusetts' Public Pension Scandal" by Gerard O'Neill, Dick Lehr, Bruce Mohl, Brian C. Mooney and Karen Douglass, The Boston Globe1993: "Fire Power" by Alix M. Freedman, The Wall Street Journal1994: "Investigative Series on Prudential Securities" Scot J. Paltrow, Los Angeles Times1995: "Investigative Series on SAFE Investment Fund" by Joel Rutchick and Timothy Heider, Plain Dealer1996: "Series on Archer-Daniels-Midland Co." by Thomas M. Burton, Scott Kilman and Richard Gibson, The Wall Street Journal1997: "Test by Fire: The Story of Malden Mills" by Bruce D. Butterfield, Boston Globe1998: "The Spin Desk" Michael Siconolfi, The Wall Street Journal1999: "Prying Perks from the Poor" by Joel Rutchick, Cleveland Plain Dealer2000: "Retirement Rip-Off"by Ellen E. Schultz, The Wall Street Journal2001: "The Body Brokers" by William Heisel, Mark Katches and Ronald Campbell, The Orange County Register2002: "Uninformed Consent" by Duff Wilson and David Heath, The Seattle Times2003: "AOL's Advertising Deals" by Alec Klein, The Washington Post2004: "Big Green" by David B. Ottaway and Joe Stephens, The Washington Post2005: "Death on the Tracks" by Walt Bogdanich, The New York Times2006: "Borrower Beware" by Ann Hardie, Carrie Teegardin and Alan Judd, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution2007: "The Secretive Backdating of Option Awards for Corporate Executives" by Charles Forelle, James Bandler, Mark Maremont and Steve Stecklow, The Wall Street Journal2008: "Toxic Pipeline" by Walt Bogdanich, Jake Hooker, David Barboza and Andrew W. Lehren, The New York Times2009: "The Reckoning" by Gretchen Morgenson, Peter S. Goodman, Charles Duhigg, Carter Dougherty, Eric Dash, Julie Creswell, Jo Becker, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Stephen Labaton, The New York Times2010: "Food Safety" by Michael Moss and Andrew Martin, The New York Times2011: "Deep Trouble" by Ben Casselman, Russell Gold, Douglas A. Blackmon, Vanessa O'Connell, Alexandra Berzon and Ana Campoy, The Wall Street Journal2012: "Wheels of Fortune" by Ken Bensinger, Los Angeles Times2013: "Playing With Fire" by Patricia Callahan, Sam Roe and Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune2014: "Five of the NSA Stories" by Barton Gellman, Laura Poitras, Ellen Nakashima, Craig Timberg, Steven Rich, and Ashkan Soltani, ''The Washington Post''