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June 26, 2020

HBJ wins 3 national biz-pub 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 Thursday during AABP's annual summer conference, which is being held virtually this year due to travel restrictions from COVID-19.

HBJ received two first-place gold awards for medium-sized tabloids:

  • Best Explanatory Journalism for “Broken System: Hartford’s exorbitant commercial property tax curbs economic growth,” by Greg Bordonaro, Matt Pilon, and Sean Teehan. The judges said: “This is an ambitious reporting effort that examines how the city’s tax system fails residents, businesses and property owners. The reporters use data, documents and interviews well to show the failures. In addition, they offer solutions based on their discoveries.”
  • Best Recurring Feature for Sean Teehan’s “Executive Profiles.” The judges said: “Executive Profiles pay obvious attention to a wide variety of diverse personalities, jobs and professions. In the hands of this capable writer, these deftly executed portraits demonstrate masterful writing and editing.”

HBJ also received one second-place silver award for medium-sized tabloids:

  • Best Local Coverage of National Business/Economic Story: “With Their Costs Under Fire, Long-term Care Hospitals Push Back, Pivot,” by Matt Pilon. The judges said: “Here’s an example of excellent enterprise reporting. Mr. Pilon sheds light on the growing debate over the economic value of long-term care hospitals, exploring not only their expense but also their record of patient outcomes. This is a story that other business and health-care reporters can take a cue from.

"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."

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

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