Corporate News
Globe sweeps 2020 SABEW Awards
Sept. 28, 2021
The Globe and Mail dominated news organizations at the Canadian Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) Best in Business awards on September 22 with eight gold and five silver medals in 13 categories.
The Globe is also proud to announce that Michael Babad, who died in March 2020, was posthumously celebrated with an Outstanding Achievement Award. A senior business editor and long-time Globe staffer, Mike was loved and respected throughout the industry.
The SABEW winners were:
Audio or Visual Storytelling
Gold: Rob Carrick, Roma Luciw, Kiran Rana, Hannah Sung, Amanda Cupido and TK Matunda (The Globe and Mail), “Stress Test”
Beat reporting
Silver: Josh O’Kane (The Globe and Mail), small business
Breaking News
Gold: Wendy Stueck, Brent Jang, Les Perreaux, Eric Andrew-Gee, Eric Atkins, Evan Annett, John Sopinski and Jimmy Jeong (The Globe and Mail), “Coastal Gaslink protests and rail blockades”
Commentary
Gold: Eric Reguly (The Globe and Mail)
Silver: Rita Trichur (The Globe and Mail)
Feature (long)
Gold: Joe Castaldo (The Globe and Mail), “Despite a pandemic, mega-mall pioneers bet on American Dream”
Silver: Eric Reguly (The Globe and Mail), “Next stop, Ottawa: Mark Carney comes home”
Feature (short)
Gold: David Milstead and Bill Curry (The Globe and Mail), “CPPIB’s fracking operation in U.S. raises questions”
Honorable Mention: Rachelle Younglai, Frances Bula and Michael Awad (The Globe and Mail), “Will the pandemic reshape landmark high streets?”
Investigative
Gold: Tavia Grant, Kathryn Blaze Baum and Carrie Tait (The Globe and Mail), “Canada’s vulnerable food sector workers”
Personal Finance and Investing
Silver: Rob Carrick (The Globe and Mail), pandemic personal finance updates
Profile
Gold: Alanna Mitchell (Report on Business magazine), “Women Lead Here: Eira Thomas”
Silver: David Parkinson (The Globe and Mail), “Crush it: Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says a crisis is no time for half measures”
Honorable Mention: Brent Jang (The Globe and Mail), “Chasing the hydrogen dream: Ballard on quest to transform long-haul transportation”
Scoop
Gold: Andrew Willis and Jeffrey Jones (The Globe and Mail), “Aimco’s errors”
Trade article
Honorable Mention: Helen Burnett-Nichols (Globe Advisor), “New advisors find ways to make a go of it during the pandemic”