Hartford Business Journal’s editorial staff won four editorial excellence awards from the Alliance of Area Business Publishers (AABP), an industry association that represents dozens of business publications in the U.S.
The awards were presented at AABP’s annual summer conference on Saturday, June 29, in Atlanta, Ga. About 40 publications from the U.S., Canada and Australia competed for the awards.
HBJ, which is in AABP’s medium-tabloid category, received two first-place gold awards:
- Most improved publication; Greg Bordonaro, Matt Pilon, Gregory Seay, Joe Cooper, Sean Teehan, Chris Wallace.
- Best editorial for “No relief for Hartford commercial taxpayers,” written by Greg Bordonaro.
HBJ also earned two second-place silver awards:
- Best investigative reporting for “Knights of Columbus’ insurance business enmeshed in bitter contract dispute,” which took a careful examination of court documents of membership fraud in the Knights of Columbus organization, written by Chris Hoffman.
- Best scoop for “Aer Lingus taps $4.5M state subsidy after direct flights miss revenue target,” which revealed how poorly the state of Connecticut estimated market demand for direct air travel to Ireland, written by Matt Pilon.
“The top business journals from around the country compete for these awards. It’s a great accomplishment by our editorial staff to be recognized among the best,” said HBJ Editor Greg Bordonaro. “HBJ’s editorial team works hard every day to keep our readers up-to-date in print and online with the latest business news from around the region.”
HBJ’s sister publications — Worcester Business Journal and MaineBiz, which are all owned by New England Business Media — won numerous awards as well.
