The Gerald Loeb Award is given annually for multiple categories of business reporting. The "Breaking News" category was first awarded in 2008.
Gerald Loeb Award for Breaking News (2008–present)
2008: "The Fall of E. Stanley O’Neal at Merrill Lynch" by Jenny Anderson, and Landon Thomas Jr.,The New York Times[1]
"These two reporters at The New York Times broke and kept breaking the news, providing astonishing perspective and continuous scoops on the ouster of Merrill Lynch CEO E. Stanley O’Neal. Written with authority built on tremendous sourcing, this was a fascinating case study of the downfall of a leader and simultaneously signified an historic moment on Wall Street. The Times delivered reporting, analysis and writing at breakneck speed, often reporting events before they were announced."[1]
2008: (Honorable Mention) "A New U.S. Auto Industry" by Katie Merx, Tim Higgins, Tom Walsh, Mark Phelan, Susan Tompor, Sarah A. Webster, Katherine Yung, and Joe Guy Collier, Detroit Free Press[1]
"This special report was an authoritative, comprehensive examination of a key day for Michigan readers- and for an iconic American industry struggling to survive- in the pivotal labor agreement reached in the aftermath of the UAW’s strike against General Motors. Merx and her colleagues at the Detroit Free Press did a superb job of breaking the latest news, being the first in the nation to report the terms of agreement online, while also adding context to relay the broader significance of the agreement to future dealings with U.S. automakers."[1]
2009: "The Day That Changed Wall Street" by Carrick Mollenkamp, Susanne Craig, Serena Ng, Aaron Lucchetti, Matthew Karnitschnig, Dan Fitzpatrick, Deborah Solomon, Dennis K. Berman, Liam Pleven, Peter Lattman, and Annelena Lobb, The Wall Street Journal[2]
"Feds: Bankruptcy may be best option", March 31, 2009[5]
2011: "Flash Crash" by Tom Lauricella, Peter A. McKay, Scott Patterson, Jenny Strasburg, Robin Sidel, Carolyn Cui, and Mary Pilon, The Wall Street Journal[6]
"Deal has potential to be lucrative for workers, plants, communities", September 18, 2011[9]
"Newer GM workers may get lift", September 18, 2011[9]
2013: "Best Buy CEO Resigns Under Cloud" by Thomas Lee, David Phelps, Janet Moore, Paul McEnroe, Tony Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy, and Eric Wieffering, Star Tribune[10]
2016: "Inside the Dow-DuPont Merger" by David Benoit, Jacob Bunge, Dana Cimilluca, Dana Mattioli, and Dennis K. Berman, The Wall Street Journal[14]
2017: "Saudi Aramco: The World’s Most Valuable IPO" by Zanny Minton Beddoes, Henry Tricks, Anton La Guardia, Chris Lockwood, and Edward McBride, The Economist[15]
2019: "Amazon's HQ2 About-face" by Scott Calvert, Eliot Brown, Peter Grant, Tawnell Hobbs, Katie Honan, Melissa Korn, Douglas MacMillan, Eric Morath, Keiko Morris, Shayndi Raice, Stephanie Stamm, Laura Stevens, Jimmy Vielkind and Lauren Weber, The Wall Street Journal[18]
2021: "Collapse of Wirecard." by Dan McCrum, Olaf Storbeck, Stefania Palma, John Reed, Guy Chazan, and Laurence Fletcher, Financial Times[21]
2022: "The GameStop Frenzy" by Juliet Chung, Gunjan Banerji, Julia-Ambra Verlaine, Caitlin McCabe, and Akane Otani, The Wall Street Journal[22]
2023: "The Collapse of FTX" by Tom Wilson, Angus Berwick, Chris Prentice, Hannah Lang, Koh Gui Qing, Jasper Ward, Luc Cohen, Elizabeth Howcroft, Lawrence Delevingne, Anirban Sen, Greg Roumelotis, Reuters[23]