SmartMoney Recognized for Journalistic Excellence

SmartMoney has won a host of honors for writing and reporting over the last two years, as it helped tell the broader story of personal finance during the recession and the recovery.

Most recently, SmartMoney magazine was named a double-finalist in the 2010 Gerald Loeb Awards, an annual competition honoring excellence in business and financial journalism. Staff writer Angie C. Marek was nominated for “Paging Dr. No,” an inside look at doctors who work for the health insurance firm Aetna, and who determine whether to pay for the care of severely ill health-plan members. Janet Paskin was nominated for “The Accidental 401(k) Planner,” a look at the standards of expertise and competence required of managers who run 401(k) plans. Both stories were nominated in the personal finance category.

Earlier in June, the magazine and web site won three awards in the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ annual Best in Business contest. SmartMoney.com won the award for overall excellence for a midsized web site. Senior writer Anne Kadet won for magazine enterprise for “My Battle for a Sales Job,” a first-person account of her hunt for part-time retail work. Ryan Sager won for a column at a midsized web site for “Money and Your Mind,” a weekly look at the intersection of psychology, neuroscience and personal finance.

Other recent honors for SmartMoney:

2010

The Press Club of Atlantic City’s Headliner award for best magazine feature writing on a variety of subjects:
• Anne Kadet for “Why the Credit Bureaus Can’t Get it Right,” (March 2009); “10 Ways to Make Your Boss Love You,” (October 2009); and “My Battle for a Sales Job,” (December 2009).

The Deadline Club’s (the New York City chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists) award for online spot news reporting:
• Diana Ransom for “The 70% Discount on Goldman’s $500M Gift,” (Nov. 2009), which showed how Goldman Sachs’s widely publicized initiative to help small business could actually cost it just $136 million to $150 million, partly because of big tax deductions.

The New York Press Club’s award for consumer reporting in a magazine:
• Peter Keating for “The New Retirement.” Throughout 2009, the column addressed estate planning, individual retirement accounts, long-term-care insurance and strategies for selecting variable annuities.

The FOLIO: magazine Eddie award in the Banking/Business/Finance Single Article category:
• Reshma Kapadia for “The Survivors,” (May 2009), a profile of three money managers who lived through the Great Depression.

2009

The Deadline Club’s award for opinion writing:
• Anne Kadet for “Tough Customer.” In 2009, the column addressed topics including the high prices of small snacks, the practice of checking receipts at the door, and the market for used textbooks.

The Newswomen's Club of New York’s Front Page award for general business writing:
• Anne Kadet for “Price Profiling,” (May 2008), a profile of two businessmen who help companies optimize their prices for different customers.

The Society of American Travel Writers Foundation’s Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism silver award for travel coverage in non-travel magazines:
• Kristen Bellstrom and Missy Sullivan for “A Guide of One’s Own,” (April 2008); “Cruise Control,”(May 2008); and “Married Away” (June 2008).

The North American Travel Journalists Association’s merit awards in leisure activity, culinary travel and cruises:
• Kristen Bellstrom for “Snowed In,” (August 2008); “Airport Epicure,” (November 2008); and “Cruise Control,” (May 2008), respectively.