Azbee Awards

Past Azbee Awards Winners Coverage

Magazine of the Year

Past winners include:

Website of the Year

Past winners include:

Multi-Platform Package of the Year

Other Awards

Stephen Barr Award

Past winners include:

• Meagan Parrish (2020) of Pharma Manufacturing for her December 2019 article, “The Recall Effect,” describing widespread levels of impurities being imported from oversees by U.S. pharmaceutical companies.
• Kevin Davis (2019) of ABA Journal for his July 2018 article covering abuses among law-enforcement officers in dealing with suspects:  “Under Questioning: The Chicago police legacy of extracting false confessions is costing the city millions.”
• Renee Knight (2018) of Inside Unmanned Systems for her October 2017 news-analysis package, “After the Storm,” describing life-saving uses of drone aircraft after a Texas hurricane and showcasing their promising future.
• Louise Esola (2017) of Business Insurance for her December 2016 article, “Who Pays to Heal Mental Injuries of First Responders?” Her investigations revealed mental injuries among critical employees and shocking deficiencies, often insurance-related, in the care they receive.
• Tom Wadsworth (2016) of Door + Access Systems for his Fall 2015 article “The Worst Garage Door Company in the Nation,” exposing long-running national scams involving Garage Door Services Co.
• Ann Marsh (2015) of Financial Planning magazine for her May 2014 article, “Could Financial Planning Help Stem the Rate of Military Suicides?” Her investigations into the need for improvements led to a Congressional investigation.
• David Hechler (2014) of Corporate Counsel magazine for his April 2013 article, “Lost in Translation,” which explained the legal developments surrounding Toyota’s problems with sudden acceleration.
• Burt Helm (2013) of Inc. magazine for his November 2012 story, “After the Squeeze,” which examined the causes and effects of a bank-lending drought that has disproportionately hit the small-business owners who are the publication’s main audience.
• Jenna Greene (2012) of The National Law Journal for “Civil Inaction,” her June 2011 article exploring the legal quagmire that has prevented victims of radioactive contamination near Washington State’s Hanford Nuclear Reservation from receiving justice.
• Michael Peltz (2011) for his June 2010 Institutional Investor article, “Inside the Machine: A Journey Into the World of High-Frequency Trading,” which probed a “flash crash” that mysteriously sent markets plunging.
  
• Tom Zind (2010) for his January 2009 freelance article, “A Killer in the Ranks” in Electrical Construction and Maintenance (EC&M). The piece studied unsafe electrical systems that caused non-combat military deaths and injuries among U.S. troops in Iraq.
• Frank Lessiter (2009), editor of American Farriers Journal, for his four-part series, “Soring,” from July/August to December 2008. His work examined the shocking mistreatment of “injuring a horse’s foot or leg in an attempt to use pain to promote hoof action that judges look for in gaited horse competitions.”
• David Cullen (2008), executive editor of FleetOwner, for his role coordinating its August 2007 feature “Fuel: Diesel and Beyond,” examining the push beyond established fuel technologies.
• David McClintick (2007) for his January 2006 Institutional Investor feature article, “How Harvard Lost Russia,” about the university’s disastrous program to help privatize financial markets in parts of the former Soviet Union.
• Shabnam Mogharabi (2006) for her 2005 feature series, “Minority Report” in Aquatics International, exploring reasons behind the unusually high toll of minority children in swimming-pool deaths.
• John Gibeaut (2005) for his 2004 ABA Journal articles, “The Good Fight Gets Harder” and “Opening Sentences,” detailing how state budget cuts illustrate the negative impact of certain harsh sentencing laws.
• Adam Minter (2004) for his three-part Scrap magazine series, “Scrap in China,” in 2003, telling vivid and surprising stories that broadened our understanding of that country’s burgeoning role in a global recycling industry.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Past winners include:

• Roy J. Harris Jr., author and former CFO editor and Wall Street Journal reporter
• Julia Homer, former founding editor of CFO magazine
• Abe Peck, Medill professor, writer, B2B editorial consultant
• Jan White, designer, teacher, and “visual journalist”
• Stan Modic, senior editorial advisor, columnist, Nelson Publishing
• Don Ranly, professor emeritus, University of Missouri School of Journalism
• Patrick J. McGovern, founder and chairman, International Data Group
• Dana Chase Jr., chairman, Dana Chase Publications, and editorial director of Appliance magazine
• Howard Rauch, editorial consultant
• Vernon Henry of Advanstar Communications
• Bernie Knill of Penton Media