Digital: Eligible entrants’ primary business activity is disseminating news and information through a digital platform (online, mobile, etc.).
Energy: Energy reporting and/or commentary from any source.
Government: Government reporting and/or commentary from any source.
Health Care: Health care reporting and/or commentary from any source.
Innovation: Stories, projects, initiatives that exemplify creativity and originality.
International: This category is open to media organizations based outside the United States, as well as work by U.S.-based organizations that is datelined outside the U.S.
News Agencies: Media primarily responsible for distributing news to other news organizations and business entities.
Personal Finance: Personal finance reporting and/or commentary on any platform.
Print: Dailies. Magazines published at various intervals. Business weeklies/biweeklies.
Radio/TV/Podcast: Broadcasts on radio, television, and podcast.
Real Estate: Commercial or residential real-estate reporting and/or commentary from any source.
Small Business: Reporting on small business and entrepreneurship from any source.
Social Media: A collection of Twitter and/or Facebook posts presenting an innovative skillful approach to the medium.
Student: Stories on any business journalism topic reported by students at colleges and universities.
Technology: Reporting on the technology industry from any source.
(updated 11/17/2015)