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Updated: July 3, 2024 What's Trending

HBJ wins 3 national business journalism awards

The Hartford Business Journal's editorial staff won three editorial excellence awards from the Alliance of Area Business Publishers, an industry association that represents dozens of business publications from around the country.

The awards were presented in late June during AABP’s annual summer conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 

Combined with 2023, HBJ has won 10 AABP awards in the past two years.

HBJ received the 2024 awards in the medium-sized tabloids category for:

Best Newspaper, Bronze.

The judges said:

‘This newspaper delivers a nice mix of news, briefs, features and lists inside each issue.  Covers have a consistent, clean design that signals the major stories inside. The writing is  straightforward and easy to read. Also, the publication uses charts well to illustrate stories.’

Issues submitted for consideration:

Best Beat Reporting, Economics and Finance, Michael Puffer, Silver.

The judges said: 

‘High interest rates and a collapsing commercial real estate market will have implications for Hartford. A story on how one of Hartford’s largest owners is navigating the future of  financing its downtown buildings no doubt was read closely by local business owners. The wave of  consolidation of credit unions – cutting the number nearly in half – has real implications, and this great piece of reporting explains the breadth of implications for the state. A final piece puts a  number on what everyone already knew – that high interest rates and changing work habits have killed the market for commercial real estate. This is reporting that matters to a community.’

Stories submitted for consideration:

Best Editorial, Gold, Greg Bordonaro, “Business community must step up efforts to promote  Hartford, other CT cities.”

The judges said:

‘Looking beyond the usual arguments for why businesses leave the city and state – high costs of living and doing business and over-regulation – this piece uses the latest defection to nearby Boston to identify a problem the city can address: Promoting its trained and skilled workforce capable of attracting business. A table of comparison data between Connecticut and  Massachusetts backs up the claim that the city and state have a competitive workforce and suggests local business leaders are not adequately promoting that.’  

"It's a great accomplishment by our editorial staff to be recognized in a national competition among some of the best business journals in the country," 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."

“These awards reflect our strong investment in and commitment to independent journalism that keeps the business community informed,” said Hartford Business Journal Publisher Tom Curtin. “With HBJ’s broader statewide focus and expanded newsroom, we plan to have an even greater reach and impact on local business journalism across Connecticut.” 

HBJ's sister publications — Worcester Business Journal and MaineBiz, which are all owned by New England Business Media — took home several awards as well. 

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