The Gerald Loeb Award for Explanatory is given annually for journalism pieces showing exemplary in-depth analysis and clear presentation of a complex business subject.[ 1] First awarded in 2011, the "Explanatory" category was restricted to print, broadcast, and online works,[ 1] then opened to all mediums in 2015.[ 2] The first "Explanatory" award was given in 2011.
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Explanatory (2011–present)[ edit ]
Articles in Series:
"If you build it... jobs still may not come", November 14, 2010[ 4]
"Area stunts growth by feeding on itself", November 15, 2010[ 4]
"A powerful lobby built by incentives", November 16, 2010[ 4]
Story:
"The Next Housing Shock"
Articles in Series :
"Beef's Raw Edges", December 9, 2012[ 7]
"The Industry's Response", December 9, 2012[ 7]
"Inside America's largest beef factories", December 9, 2012[ 7]
"From Calf to Kitchen: The Journay of A Beef Cow", December 9, 2012[ 7]
"Costco's E. coli-testing procedures rival government", December 9, 2012[ 7]
"What's safest? Cook it fully", December 9, 2012[ 7]
"Building bigger cattle: An industry overdose", December 10, 2012[ 7]
"The Industry's Response", December 10, 2012[ 7]
"Beefed Up Corridor", December 10, 2012[ 7]
"Using money, science to win over stomachs", December 11, 2012[ 7]
"The Industry's Response", December 11, 2012[ 7]
Articles in Series:
"Khamenei controls massive financial empire built on property seizures" , November 11, 2013[ 9]
"Khamenei's conglomerate thrived as sanctions squeezed Iran" , November 12, 2013[ 10]
"To expand Khamenei’s grip on the economy, Iran stretched its laws" , November 13, 2013[ 11]
Articles in Series :
"Risky bonds prove costly for Chicago Public Schools" , November 7, 2014[ 13]
"Banks kept CPS in shaky bond market" , November 10, 2014[ 14]
"Illinois lawmakers opened door to risky CPS bond deals" , November 11, 2014[ 15]
Stories in Series
"Injured Workers Suffer As 'Reforms' Limit Workers' Compensation Benefits" , March 4, 2015[ 17]
"'Grand Bargain' In Workers' Comp Unravels, Harming Injured Workers Further" , March 5, 2015[ 18]
"As Workers' Comp Varies From State To State, Workers Pay The Price" , March 6, 2015[ 19]
Articles in Series :
"Antibiotic Apocalypse Fear Stoked by India’s Drugged Chickens", March 29, 2016[ 21]
"Baby's Death Shows Global Threat From Wonder Drugs Demise", March 29, 2016[ 21]
"China’s Five-Star Pig Pens Are Latest Weapons in the Superbug War", September 19, 2016[ 21]
"Why Superbugs Are Beating Big Pharma", September 21, 2016[ 21]
"How Antibiotic-Tainted Seafood From China Ends Up on Your Table", December 15, 2016[ 21]
Articles in Series :
1. "Part 1: Body Brokers" ,[ 23] October 24, 2017[ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
"In the U.S. market for human bodies, almost anyone can dissect and sell the dead"[ 24]
"Video: At this family firm, dissecting the dead is an art and a "thrill""[ 25]
"Donated cadavers are essential to medical training, doctors say"[ 26]
2. "Part 2: Desperate Gift" ,[ 23] October 25, 2017[ 27] [ 28]
"A Reuters journalist bought human body parts, then learned a donor's heart-wrenching story"[ 27]
"How and why a Reuters journalist purchased human body parts"[ 28]
3. "Part 3: Industry Leader" ,[ 23] October 27, 2017[ 29]
"How an American company made a fortune selling bodies donated to science"[ 29]
4. "Part 4: Grisly Case" ,[ 23] OCtober 31, 2017[ 30] [ 31]
"In a warehouse of horrors, body broker allegedly kept human heads stacked on his shelves"[ 30]
"Criminals, slaves and minorities: the unseemly past of the body trade"[ 31]
5. "Part 5: Mystery Woman" ,[ 23] November 2, 2017[ 32]
"Mystery in the woods: In 2014, a woman’s severed head was found. Who is she?"[ 32]
6. "Part 6: Unexpected Guests" ,[ 23] December 15, 2017[ 33]
"Cadavers in the ballroom: Doctors practice their craft in America’s favorite hotels"[ 33]
7. "Part 7: The Chop Shop" ,[ 23] December 27, 2017[ 34]
"A business where human bodies were butchered, packaged and sold"[ 34]
8. "Q&A: Body Donations" ,[ 23] October 24, 2017[ 35]
"Body donation: Frequently asked questions"[ 35]
Articles in Series :[ 37]
"Part 1: I Hereby Confess Judgment", November 20, 2018
"Part 2: The $1.7 Million Man", November 27, 2018
"Part 3: Rubber-Stamp Justice", November 29, 2018
"Part 4: Business-Loan Kingpin", December 3, 2018
"Part 5: Fall Behind on These Loans? You Might Get a Visit From Gino", December 20, 2018
Story:
"Death by a Thousand Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong" , March 18, 2019[ 39]
Article:
"How toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes" , December 17, 2020[ 41]
Article:
"Inside TikTok’s Algorithm: A WSJ Video Investigation" , July 21, 2021[ 43]
^ a b "2012 Categories" . UCLA Anderson School of Management . Archived from the original on June 21, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
^ "2015 Categories" . UCLA Anderson School of Management . Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2019 .
^ "Loeb Award Winners" . UCLA Anderson School of Management . June 28, 2011. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019 .
^ a b c Logan, Tim; Nicklaus, David (2010). "Edifice Complex" (PDF) . UCLA Anderson School of Management .
^ "UCLA Anderson Announces 2012 Gerald Loeb Award Winners" . UCLA Anderson School of Management . June 26, 2012. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019 .
^ "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2013 Gerald Loeb Award Winners" . PR Newswire . June 25, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2019 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k McGraw, Mike ; Bavley, Alan (December 9–11, 2012). "Beef's Raw Edges" (PDF) . UCLA Anderson School of Management . Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
^ "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2014 Gerald Loeb Award Winners" . UCLA Anderson School of Management . June 24, 2014. Archived from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2019 .
^ Stecklow, Steve ; Dehghanpisheh, Babak ; Torbati, Yeganeh (November 11, 2013). "Khamenei controls massive financial empire built on property seizures" . Reuters . Retrieved April 10, 2019 .
^ Dehghanpisheh, Babak ; Stecklow, Steve (November 12, 2013). "Khamenei's conglomerate thrived as sanctions squeezed Iran" . Reuters . Retrieved April 10, 2019 .
^ Torbati, Yeganeh ; Stecklow, Steve ; Dehghanpisheh, Babak (November 13, 2013). "To expand Khamenei's grip on the economy, Iran stretched its laws" . Reuters . Retrieved April 10, 2019 .
^ "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2015 Gerald Loeb Award Winners" . UCLA Anderson School of Management . June 24, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2019 .
^ Grotto, Jason ; Gillers, Heather (November 7, 2014). "Risky bonds prove costly for Chicago Public Schools" . Chicago Tribune . Retrieved April 11, 2019 .
^ Grotto, Jason ; Gillers, Heather (November 10, 2014). "Banks kept CPS in shaky bond market" . Chicago Tribune . Retrieved April 11, 2019 .
^ Grotto, Jason ; Gillers, Heather (November 11, 2014). "Illinois lawmakers opened door to risky CPS bond deals" . Chicago Tribune . Retrieved April 11, 2019 .
^ Daillak, Jonathan (June 29, 2016). "UCLA Anderson School honors 2016 Gerald Loeb Award winners" . UCLA . Retrieved January 31, 2019 .
^ Berkes, Howard ; Grabell, Michael (March 4, 2015). "Injured Workers Suffer As 'Reforms' Limit Workers' Compensation Benefits" . NPR . Retrieved April 11, 2019 .
^ Berkes, Howard (March 5, 2015). " 'Grand Bargain' In Workers' Comp Unravels, Harming Injured Workers Further" . NPR . Retrieved April 11, 2019 .
^ Grabell, Michael ; Berkes, Howard (March 6, 2015). "As Workers' Comp Varies From State To State, Workers Pay The Price" . NPR . Retrieved April 11, 2019 .
^ "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2017 Gerald Loeb Award Winners" . UCLA Anderson School of Management . June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2019 .
^ a b c d e Pearson, Natalie Obiko ; Limaye, Sharang ; Gale, Jason ; Mulvany, Lydia ; Reel, Monte ; Baker, Stephanie ; Fan, Wenxin ; Narayan, Adi (February 10, 2017). Micklethwait, John (ed.). "Superbug Spreaders" (PDF) . Bloomberg News . Retrieved April 11, 2019 – via UCLA Anderson School of Management .
^ "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2018 Gerald Loeb Award Winners" . PR Newswire . June 25, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2019 .
^ a b c d e f g h "The Body Trade" . Reuters . Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
^ a b Grow, Brian ; Shiffman, John ; DeRose, Adam; Culliford, Elizabeth ; Ubaid, Mir; Kunthara, Sophia (October 24, 2017). "In the U.S. market for human bodies, almost anyone can dissect and sell the dead" . Reuters . Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
^ a b Wood, Mike (October 24, 2017). Goelman, Zachary (ed.). "Video: At this family firm, dissecting the dead is an art and a "thrill" " . Reuters (video). Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
^ a b Shiffman, John (October 24, 2017). "Donated cadavers are essential to medical training, doctors say" . Reuters . Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
^ a b Grow, Brian ; Shiffman, John (October 25, 2017). "A Reuters journalist bought human body parts, then learned a donor's heart-wrenching story" . Reuters . Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
^ a b "How and why a Reuters journalist purchased human body parts" . Reuters . October 25, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
^ a b Shiffman, Brian ; Grow, Brian (October 26, 2017). "How an American company made a fortune selling bodies donated to science" . Reuters . Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
^ a b Shiffman, John ; Grow, Brian (October 31, 2017). "In a warehouse of horrors, body broker allegedly kept human heads stacked on his shelves" . Reuters . Retrieved April 14, 2017 .
^ a b Shiffman, John (October 31, 2017). "Criminals, slaves and minorities: the unseemly past of the body trade" . Reuters . Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
^ a b Morrison, Blake ; Bogel-Burroughs, Nicholas (November 12, 2017). "Mystery in the woods: In 2014, a woman's severed head was found. Who is she?" . Reuters . Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
^ a b Culliford, Elizabeth (December 15, 2017). "Cadavers in the ballroom: Doctors practice their craft in America's favorite hotels" . Reuters . Retrieved April 14, 2017 .
^ a b Shiffman, John ; Levinson, Reade ; Grow, Brian (December 27, 2017). "A business where human bodies were butchered, packaged and sold" . Reuters . Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
^ a b Shiffman, John ; Grow, Brian (October 24, 2017). "Body donation: Frequently asked questions" . Reuters . Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
^ Trounson, Rebecca (June 28, 2019). "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2019 Gerald Loeb Award Winners" . PR Newswire (Press release). UCLA Anderson School of Management. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .
^ Mider, Zachary R. ; Faux, Zeke ; Pogkas, Demetrios ; Ingold, David (November–December 2018). "Sign Here to Lose Everything" (PDF) . Bloomberg News . Retrieved October 2, 2019 – via UCLA School of Management .
^ Trounson, Rebecca (November 13, 2020). "Anderson School of Management announces 2020 Loeb Award winners in business journalism" (Press release). UCLA Anderson School of Management. Retrieved November 13, 2020 .
^ Fry, Erika ; Schulte, Fred (March 19, 2019). "Death by a Thousand Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong" . Fortune . Retrieved December 17, 2020 .
^ Daillak, Jonathan (September 30, 2021). "Winners of the 2021 Gerald Loeb Awards Announced by UCLA Anderson in Live Virtual Event" (Press release). Los Angeles : UCLA Anderson School of Management . Retrieved October 7, 2021 .
^ Feldman, Kiera (December 17, 2020). "How toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 8, 2021 .
^ Daillak, Jonathan (September 30, 2022). "Winners of the 2022 Gerald Loeb Awards Announced by UCLA Anderson at New York City Event" (Press release). UCLA Anderson School of Management . PR Newswire .
^ WSJ Staff (July 21, 2021). "Inside TikTok's Algorithm: A WSJ Video Investigation" . The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved October 9, 2022 .
^ "L.A. Times Wins Two Loeb Awards, Rivera Brooks Honored with Minard Editor Award" . Los Angeles Times . September 23, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2023 .