| The Morton Margolin Prize for Distinguished Business Reporting |
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The University of Denver School of Communication and the Denver College of Business present this prestigious award annually to recognize outstanding reporting on Colorado businesses or its economy. The work should exemplify thoroughness, imagination, clarity of thought and the ability to make the subject interesting and understandable to the general public. The award recognizes noteworthy reporting that is timely, accurate, skillfully researched, and written in such a way as to bring new insight and understanding to the general public. Articles entered for consideration must reflect high standards, competency, and integrity. They must illuminate the topic’s significance, provide in-depth analysis, or open up new concerns. The entry should emphasize a Colorado angle and cover firms, people, and/or trends in the state, and must have been published in a Colorado newspaper or magazine.
A $1,000 cash prize and a plaque will be awarded. Judges include members of the faculty of the Daniels College of Business and the School of Communication at the University of Denver.
The deadline for submissions is September 15. Information for submitting entries is downloadable: http://daniels.du.edu/pdf/Margolin.pdf
About Morton Margolin…Morton Margolin received many awards, including a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize, during his 35-year career as a journalist with the Rocky Mountain News and Colorado Business Magazine, among other publications. His series of news stories exposing controversial U.S. reclamation projects in the Riverton, Wyo., area in 1952 won him that nomination. More about Margolin is available in this downloadable brochure: http://daniels.du.edu/pdf/Margolin.pdf
Previous Winners include:
2005 Paul Beebe and Bryan Oller, The Gazette 2004 Greg Griffin and Jeffrey Leib, The Denver Post 2003 Louis Aguilar and Kevin Simpson, The Denver Post 2002 Shannon Joyce Neal, The Daily Sentinel 2001 Greg Griffin, The Denver Post 2000 Tina Griego, The Denver Rocky Mountain News 1999 Al Lewis, The Denver Rocky Mountain News 1998 Michelle S. Conklin, Rocky Mountain News 1997 Alan Prendergast, Westword 1996 John Accola, Rocky Mountain News 1995 Price Coleman, Rocky Mountain News 1994 Julie Hutchinson, Colorado Business 1993 Garrison Wells, Denver Business Journal 1992 Andy van De Voorde, Westword 1991 Jaye Scholl, Barron’s 1990 Don Knox, Rocky Mountain News 1989 Mark Harden, The Herald (Everett, Washington) 1988 Henry Dubroff and Mark Tatge, The Denver Post 1987 Suzanne Costas, Denver Business Journal 1986 Michael Rounds, Rocky Mountain News 1985 Glenn Meyers and Jeff Rundles, Rocky Mountain Business Journal 1984 Gail Pits, The Denver Post 1983 Joe Weber, Rocky Mountain News 1982 William Boas, Jr, Colorado Business 1981 Jerry Ruhl, Rocky Mountain News 1980 Alan Gersten, Rocky Mountain News |
