List of winners of the Gerald Loeb Award for Small and Medium Newspapers
The Gerald Loeb Award for Small and Medium Newspapers was a business news reporting award conferred in 2013 and 2014, although similar awards have existed under other titles since 1974. 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 together as "Medium & Small Newspapers" in 2009–2012, and "Small & Medium Newspapers" in 2013–2014. The last year newspaper categories were awarded was 2014. "Small & Medium Newspapers" was replaced by the platform-neutral category "Local" in 2015.
Gerald Loeb Award for Small Newspapers (1974–1983, 1985–2008)
1974: Livingston V. Taylor, The Courier-Journal1975: "Who Owns West Virginia?" by Tom Miller, The Herald-Advertiser1976: "The Multinational Corporations" by David R. Francis, The Christian Science Monitor1977: "The Alaska Pipeline" by Sally Jones and Rosemary Shinohara, The Anchorage Daily News1977: "The Greenback Islands: A Look at Off-Shore Tax Havens" by Larry Kramer, The San Francisco Examiner1978: Harold Chucker, Minneapolis Star1979: "Facing Up to Inflation" by Philip Moeller, The Courier-Journal1980: "Rent Control" by Joe R. Cordero and Tim W. Ferguson, Santa Ana Register1981: "The Chrysler Saga" by Gary M. Hector, American Banker1982: Phil Norman, Louisville Courier-Journal1982: "The Federal Impact Series" by the Staff of the Sentinel Star 1983: "Series on the Failure of Penn Square Bank" by Phillip L. Zweig, American Banker1984: No award given1985: "The Tobacco Story" by Beth McLeo, Lawrence Spohn, Stan Swofford and Greta Tilley, Greensboro News & Record1986: "The Man Who Saved Nike" by Mark L. Zusman, Willamette Week1986: Jan Brogan, Providence Journal-Bulletin1987: "Floating Point's Troubled Waters" by Brent Walth, Willamette Week1988: "Anatomy of a Takeover" by Paul Farhi, San Francisco Examiner1988: "The Peyton School Story: A Gamble Lost" by Julie Bird, Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph1989: "Towering Ambition" by Howard Gold, Miami Review1990: "Calculated Madness: The Rise and Fall of Crazy Eddie Antar" by Gary Belsky and Phyllis Furman, Crain's New York Business1991: "A Requiem for Fashion" by Phyllis Furman and Linda Moss, Crain's New York Business1992: "Shocks to the System" by Emory Thomas Jr. and M. Rex Smith, Atlanta Business Chronicle1993: "Failing the Children" by Michael Hinkelman and Emory Thomas Jr., Atlanta Business Chronicle1994: "UC Inc." by Lance Williams, San Francisco Examiner1995: "Wasteland" by Jim Lynch and Karen Dorn Steele, Spokesman-Review1996: "Oil's New Frontiers" by Kim Fararo, Anchorage Daily News1997: "River of No Return" by Lynda V. Mapes, The Spokesman-Review1998: "Borrowing Trouble" by Amy Hetzner and Amy Baldwin, Birmingham Post-Herald1999: "The Dairy Boom: Growth, Trouble and Transition" by Jennifer Hieger and Bill Heisel Jr., Yakima Herald-Republic2000: Harris Meyer, New Times Broward-Palm Beach2001: Bruce Rushton, The Riverfront Times2002: "Foal Deaths" by Janet Patton, Lexington Herald-Leader2003: "A License to Steal" by Eric Eyre and Scott Finn, The Charleston Gazette2004: "Everybody at Risk" by Kate Long, The Charleston Gazette2005: "The China Challenge" by Craig Troianello, Yakima Herald-Republic2006: "School's Pursuit of Profit Leaves Students Behind" by Sam Kennedy and Christina Gostomski, The Morning Call 2007: "The Great Empire Zone Giveaway" by Mike McAndrew and Michelle Breidenbach, The Post-Standard2008: "The China Effect" by Tony Bartelme, ''The Post and Courier''
Gerald Loeb Award for Medium Newspapers (1987–2008)
1987: "Technical Equities" by Edward O. Welles, San Jose Mercury News West Magazine1988: "Down and Out in the Middle Class" by David Sylvester, San Jose Mercury News1989: "Invisible Work Force" by S. Lynne Walker, The San Diego Union1990: "Coverage of the Collapse of Charles H. Keating Jr.'s Lincoln Savings & Loan" by Jerry Kammer, Andy Hall and Team, The Arizona Republic1991: "Frank's Town" by Bill Dalton, Mike Hendricks and Chris Lester, The Kansas City Star1992: "Adios Wisconsin: The Mexican Job Connection" by John Fauber and Jack Norman, The Milwaukee Journal1993: "Profits and Power: Japan's Foreign-Aid Machine" by Pete Carey and Lewis M. Simons, San Jose Mercury News1994: "The HMO Maze: How Medicare Fails Seniors" by Fred Schulte and Larry Keller, Sun-Sentinel1995: "Stacking the Deck: The Birth of Louisiana Gambling" by Peter Nicholas, Susan Finch, Mark Schleifstein, Mike Hughlett and James O'Byrne, Times-Picayune1996: "Formula for Disaster: The Lodi Explosion" by Debra Lynn Vial, Michael Moore and Bruce Locklin, The Record1997: "Series of Investigative Reports on Comparator Systems Corp." by Cathy Taylor, Liz Pulliam and Elliot Blair Smith, Orange County Register1998: "House of Cards" by William Conroy, Nancy Shields, John T. Ward, Larry Arnold, Rick Linsk and Terri Somers, Asbury Park Press1999: "Cosmetic Surgery: The Hidden Dangers" by Fred Schulte and Jenni Bergal, Sun-Sentinel2000: "A Killer in Our Food" by Alison Young, Jeffrey Taylor and Janet L. Fix, Detroit Free Press2001: "Government Inc." by Robert Sargent, Ramsey Campbell, Jim Leusner and Sean Holton, The Orlando Sentinel2002: "Unequal Opportunity" by Jeffrey Meitrodt, Mark Schleifstein, Pamela Coyle and Ronette King, The Times-Picayune2003: "The CEO and His Church" by Deborah O'Neil and Jeff Harrington, St. Petersburg Times2004: "Drugging the Poor" by Fred Schulte, South Florida Sun-Sentinel2005: "Danger Overhead: Crushed Roofs" by Bill Vlasic and Jeff Plungis, The Detroit News2006: "Ohio Rare Coin Funds" by Christopher Kirkpatrick, Joshua Boak, Steve Eder, Jim Drew and Mike Wilkinson, The Blade2006: "Selling Drug Secrets" by Luke Timmerman and David Heath, The Seattle Times2007: "Crab Factory" by Chiaki Kawajiri, Gady A. Epstein, and Stephanie Desmon, The Baltimore Sun2008: "Sold a Nightmare" by Binyamin Appelbaum, Lisa Hammersly Munn, Ted Mellnik, Peter St. Onge and Liz Chandler, ''The Charlotte Observer''
Gerald Loeb Award for Medium & Small Newspapers (2009–2012)
2009: "Borrowers Betrayed" by Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman and Rob Barry, The Miami Herald2009: "The Cruelest Cuts" by Ames Alexander, Peter St. Onge, Franco Ordoñez, Kerry Hall and Ted Mellnik, The Charlotte Observer2010: "Keys to the Kingdom: How State Regulators Enabled a $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme" by Michael Sallah, Rob Barry and Lucy Komisar, The Miami Herald2011: "Hounded - Debtors and the New Breed of Collectors" by Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt, Minneapolis Star Tribune2011: "Seniors for Sale" Michael J. Berens The Seattle Times2012: "Shattered Trust" by Raquel Rutledge, Rick Barrett, John Diedrich, Ben Poston and Mike de Sisti of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel2012: "Inside Amazon's Warehouse" by Spencer Soper and Scott Kraus, ''The Morning Call''
Gerald Loeb Award for Small & Medium Newspapers (2013–2014)
2013: "Prognosis: Profits" Ames Alexander, Karen Garloch, Joseph Neff and David Raynor, The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer2013: "Ghost Workers", Mandy Locke and David Raynor, The News & Observer2014: "Deadly Delays" by Ellen Gabler, Mark Johnson, John Fauber, Allan James Vestal, and Kristyna Wentz-Graff, ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''