List of winners of the Gerald Loeb Award for Small and Medium Newspapers
The Gerald Loeb Award for Small and Medium Newspapers was a business news reporting award conferred in 2013 and 2014, although similar awards have existed under other titles since 1974. The "Newspaper" category was awarded in 1958–1973. It was split into two categories beginning in 1974: "Small Newspapers" and "Large Newspapers". A third category, "Medium Newspapers," was created in 1987. The small and medium newspaper awards were combined together as "Medium & Small Newspapers" in 2009–2012, and "Small & Medium Newspapers" in 2013–2014. The last year newspaper categories were awarded was 2014. "Small & Medium Newspapers" was replaced by the platform-neutral category "Local" in 2015.
Gerald Loeb Award for Small Newspapers (1974–1983, 1985–2008)
- 1974: Livingston V. Taylor, The Courier-Journal
- 1975: "Who Owns West Virginia?" by Tom Miller, The Herald-Advertiser
- 1976: "The Multinational Corporations" by David R. Francis, The Christian Science Monitor
- 1977: "The Alaska Pipeline" by Sally Jones and Rosemary Shinohara, The Anchorage Daily News
- 1977: "The Greenback Islands: A Look at Off-Shore Tax Havens" by Larry Kramer, The San Francisco Examiner
- 1978: Harold Chucker, Minneapolis Star
- 1979: "Facing Up to Inflation" by Philip Moeller, The Courier-Journal
- 1980: "Rent Control" by Joe R. Cordero and Tim W. Ferguson, Santa Ana Register
- 1981: "The Chrysler Saga" by Gary M. Hector, American Banker
- 1982: Phil Norman, Louisville Courier-Journal
- 1982: "The Federal Impact Series" by the Staff of the Sentinel Star
- 1983: "Series on the Failure of Penn Square Bank" by Phillip L. Zweig, American Banker
- 1984: No award given
- 1985: "The Tobacco Story" by Beth McLeo, Lawrence Spohn, Stan Swofford and Greta Tilley, Greensboro News & Record
- 1986: "The Man Who Saved Nike" by Mark L. Zusman, Willamette Week
- 1986: Jan Brogan, Providence Journal-Bulletin
- 1987: "Floating Point's Troubled Waters" by Brent Walth, Willamette Week
- 1988: "Anatomy of a Takeover" by Paul Farhi, San Francisco Examiner
- 1988: "The Peyton School Story: A Gamble Lost" by Julie Bird, Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
- 1989: "Towering Ambition" by Howard Gold, Miami Review
- 1990: "Calculated Madness: The Rise and Fall of Crazy Eddie Antar" by Gary Belsky and Phyllis Furman, Crain's New York Business
- 1991: "A Requiem for Fashion" by Phyllis Furman and Linda Moss, Crain's New York Business
- 1992: "Shocks to the System" by Emory Thomas Jr. and M. Rex Smith, Atlanta Business Chronicle
- 1993: "Failing the Children" by Michael Hinkelman and Emory Thomas Jr., Atlanta Business Chronicle
- 1994: "UC Inc." by Lance Williams, San Francisco Examiner
- 1995: "Wasteland" by Jim Lynch and Karen Dorn Steele, Spokesman-Review
- 1996: "Oil's New Frontiers" by Kim Fararo, Anchorage Daily News
- 1997: "River of No Return" by Lynda V. Mapes, The Spokesman-Review
- 1998: "Borrowing Trouble" by Amy Hetzner and Amy Baldwin, Birmingham Post-Herald
- 1999: "The Dairy Boom: Growth, Trouble and Transition" by Jennifer Hieger and Bill Heisel Jr., Yakima Herald-Republic
- 2000: Harris Meyer, New Times Broward-Palm Beach
- 2001: Bruce Rushton, The Riverfront Times
- 2002: "Foal Deaths" by Janet Patton, Lexington Herald-Leader
- 2003: "A License to Steal" by Eric Eyre and Scott Finn, The Charleston Gazette
- 2004: "Everybody at Risk" by Kate Long, The Charleston Gazette
- 2005: "The China Challenge" by Craig Troianello, Yakima Herald-Republic
- 2006: "School's Pursuit of Profit Leaves Students Behind" by Sam Kennedy and Christina Gostomski, The Morning Call
- 2007: "The Great Empire Zone Giveaway" by Mike McAndrew and Michelle Breidenbach, The Post-Standard
- 2008: "The China Effect" by Tony Bartelme, The Post and Courier
Gerald Loeb Award for Medium Newspapers (1987–2008)
- 1987: "Technical Equities" by Edward O. Welles, San Jose Mercury News West Magazine
- 1988: "Down and Out in the Middle Class" by David Sylvester, San Jose Mercury News
- 1989: "Invisible Work Force" by S. Lynne Walker, The San Diego Union
- 1990: "Coverage of the Collapse of Charles H. Keating Jr.'s Lincoln Savings & Loan" by Jerry Kammer, Andy Hall and Team, The Arizona Republic
- 1991: "Frank's Town" by Bill Dalton, Mike Hendricks and Chris Lester, The Kansas City Star
- 1992: "Adios Wisconsin: The Mexican Job Connection" by John Fauber and Jack Norman, The Milwaukee Journal
- 1993: "Profits and Power: Japan's Foreign-Aid Machine" by Pete Carey and Lewis M. Simons, San Jose Mercury News
- 1994: "The HMO Maze: How Medicare Fails Seniors" by Fred Schulte and Larry Keller, Sun-Sentinel
- 1995: "Stacking the Deck: The Birth of Louisiana Gambling" by Peter Nicholas, Susan Finch, Mark Schleifstein, Mike Hughlett and James O'Byrne, Times-Picayune
- 1996: "Formula for Disaster: The Lodi Explosion" by Debra Lynn Vial, Michael Moore and Bruce Locklin, The Record
- 1997: "Series of Investigative Reports on Comparator Systems Corp." by Cathy Taylor, Liz Pulliam and Elliot Blair Smith, Orange County Register
- 1998: "House of Cards" by William Conroy, Nancy Shields, John T. Ward, Larry Arnold, Rick Linsk and Terri Somers, Asbury Park Press
- 1999: "Cosmetic Surgery: The Hidden Dangers" by Fred Schulte and Jenni Bergal, Sun-Sentinel
- 2000: "A Killer in Our Food" by Alison Young, Jeffrey Taylor and Janet L. Fix, Detroit Free Press
- 2001: "Government Inc." by Robert Sargent, Ramsey Campbell, Jim Leusner and Sean Holton, The Orlando Sentinel
- 2002: "Unequal Opportunity" by Jeffrey Meitrodt, Mark Schleifstein, Pamela Coyle and Ronette King, The Times-Picayune
- 2003: "The CEO and His Church" by Deborah O'Neil and Jeff Harrington, St. Petersburg Times
- 2004: "Drugging the Poor" by Fred Schulte, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
- 2005: "Danger Overhead: Crushed Roofs" by Bill Vlasic and Jeff Plungis, The Detroit News
- 2006: "Ohio Rare Coin Funds" by Christopher Kirkpatrick, Joshua Boak, Steve Eder, Jim Drew and Mike Wilkinson, The Blade
- 2006: "Selling Drug Secrets" by Luke Timmerman and David Heath, The Seattle Times
- 2007: "Crab Factory" by Chiaki Kawajiri, Gady A. Epstein, and Stephanie Desmon, The Baltimore Sun
- 2008: "Sold a Nightmare" by Binyamin Appelbaum, Lisa Hammersly Munn, Ted Mellnik, Peter St. Onge and Liz Chandler, The Charlotte Observer
Gerald Loeb Award for Medium & Small Newspapers (2009–2012)
- 2009: "Borrowers Betrayed" by Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman and Rob Barry, The Miami Herald
- 2009: "The Cruelest Cuts" by Ames Alexander, Peter St. Onge, Franco Ordoñez, Kerry Hall and Ted Mellnik, The Charlotte Observer
- 2010: "Keys to the Kingdom: How State Regulators Enabled a $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme" by Michael Sallah, Rob Barry and Lucy Komisar, The Miami Herald
- 2011: "Hounded - Debtors and the New Breed of Collectors" by Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt, Minneapolis Star Tribune
- 2011: "Seniors for Sale" Michael J. Berens The Seattle Times
- 2012: "Shattered Trust" by Raquel Rutledge, Rick Barrett, John Diedrich, Ben Poston and Mike de Sisti of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- 2012: "Inside Amazon's Warehouse" by Spencer Soper and Scott Kraus, The Morning Call
Gerald Loeb Award for Small & Medium Newspapers (2013–2014)
- 2013: "Prognosis: Profits" Ames Alexander, Karen Garloch, Joseph Neff and David Raynor,The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer
- 2013: "Ghost Workers", Mandy Locke and David Raynor, The News & Observer
- 2014: "Deadly Delays" by Ellen Gabler, Mark Johnson, John Fauber, Allan James Vestal, and Kristyna Wentz-Graff, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel