2nd Annual Barlett and Steele Awards

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Entries are now being accepted for the 2nd Annual Barlett and Steele Awards.

Named for the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning investigative business journalist team of Don Barlett and Jim Steele, these awards, funded by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, celebrate the best in print and online investigative business journalism.

The annual awards were first given out in fall 2007 when reporters at The New York Times took the first-place prize of $5000 and reporters at The Sun in Baltimore were awarded the runner-up prize of $2,000 (Read more about last year’s winners here).

For the 2008 awards, entries must have appeared between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008. Submission deadline is August 1, 2008.

"Intensified by corporate scandal, investigative business journalism has become a major part of our training workshops for journalists," said Andrew Leckey, director of the Reynolds Center at ASU. "Since Barlett and Steele represent the highest standard of the field, we are delighted this award carries their names."

Barlett and Steele, who won two Pulitzers with The Philadelphia Inquirer and two National Magazine Awards at Time, have worked together more than three decades. They are contributing editors to Vanity Fair.

"We'd like to see journalists who keep the bigger picture in mind," said Steele. "Someone who brings an understanding of complex issues that have not been properly explained. Don and I have an informal motto: Tell the reader something they don't know about. It sounds simple. Yet a lot of journalism is a rehash of what people already know."

Judges will be looking for investigative enterprise, strong business theme, writing style and clarity and impact.

For the official Rules & Guidelines, click here.
For the official Entry Form, click here.