The competition, which recognises the year’s finest business news coverage and commentary, generated over 1,000 entries from leading news organisations, making 2011 the most competitive year in the history of the contest.
Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor of the FT, commented: “In a year marked by continued financial and economic upheaval, FT journalists from New York to Brussels to Tokyo worked tirelessly to provide unrivalled, high-quality news and analysis for our loyal readers. It is a true honour for all of us to see this work recognised by SABEW and our industry peers.”
The Financial Times won in the following categories:
• “General Excellence” (Newspaper) – Financial Times
• “Feature” – “Madoff spins his story” (Contributors: David Gelles and Gillian Tett)
• “Commentary” – John Gapper
• “Commentary” (International) – Wolfgang Münchau
• “Breaking News” (International) – “The eurozone crisis” (Contributors: FT reporters)
• “Breaking News” (International) – “The Olympus Accounting Scandal” (Contributors: Jonathan Soble, Louise Lucas, Lindsay Whipp)
• “Investigative” (International) and “Creative Use Across Multiple Platforms” (International) – “Tax Wars Series” (Contributors: Christine Spolar, Jeff Gerth (ProPublica), Megan Murphy, Vanessa Houlder, Johanna Kassel, Benjamin Freese)
• “Blog” (International) – FT Alphaville
FT Magazine was also awarded four prizes in the Society for News Design’s (SND) “Best of News Design” competition, recognising excellence in visual journalism.
Caroline Daniel, editor of FT Weekend, said: “These awards reinforce the success of the FT Weekend magazine redesign, completed in late 2010. Never before has the magazine’s aesthetic and editorial vision been so finely intertwined, with beautifully-designed content, stunning and original photography and illustration, and a strong sense of intelligence, wit and liveliness. We are extremely proud to be honoured by the SND.”
These honours were:
• “Magazines: overall design” – “FT Magazine”, Silver Award
• “Magazines: features/cover story design” – “The astronauts of planet earth”, Award of Excellence
• “Magazines: features/inside page design” – “Aerotropolis”, Award of Excellence
• “Magazines: news/cover story design” – “Japan: the aftermath”, Award of Excellence
