Post-Dispatch, Nicklaus win SABEW business journalism awards
The Post-Dispatch and columnist David Nicklaus have received recognition from a national journalism group for business coverage in 2008. The "Best in Business" awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers picks the best entries submitted by newspapers, wire services, business weeklies and business websites throughout the country.
The Post-Dispatch won in the breaking news category for large newspapers for its package of business and metro stories on Anheuser-Busch’s July 13 decision to accept InBev’s takeover bid.
The coverage, led by business reporter Jeremiah McWilliams, "conveyed the historical complexity of the deal in a readable style. Stories by the business and metro desks covered the impact on the entire brewing process, from farmers to workers, from distributors to bartenders and customers cheap payday loans. … The newspaper’s preparation for the historic story and deadline execution made it one of the best in a year of big breaking business stories," the judges wrote.
Meanwhile, Nicklaus garnered recognition for a selection of columns. "Here’s a columnist who consistently goes beyond the obvious," the judges wrote. "If you believe that a local business columnist should actually write about local business and do so with insight and verve, you can’t do much better than Nicklaus."