DENVER, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- One hundred of this era's greatest
business journalists and news executives will be honored with a special
recognition for their contributions to the profession.
A Business News Luminary of the Century Award will be bestowed upon those
individuals, living or deceased, whose visionary thinking and deeds most
positively influenced the business news profession during the 20th century.
The finalists for the awards will be announced in a special December 1999
issue of TJFR Group's quarterly business journalism trade magazine, TJFR
Business News Reporter. The magazine is closely read by top business editors
and reporters and reaches more than 6,000 influential business and financial
journalists throughout the country.
MasterCard International is the lead sponsor of the Business News Luminary
Awards, and will join with TJFR in presenting them at a special recognition
dinner to be held in New York in March 2000.
"We are delighted to join with TJFR in honoring the men and women who have
contributed so much both to business journalism and to people's understanding
of the impact of business on their lives," said Sharon Gamsin, vice president
of global communications for MasterCard International.
Nominations for the TJFR Group/MasterCard International Business News
Luminary Awards will be accepted on-line at http://www.newsluminaries.com,
beginning September 15, 1999, from members of the news media as well as the
public. Printed nomination forms also will be available in TJFR's
twice-monthly newsletter. Balloting will be open until October 31, 1999.
Nominees will be screened by a panel of leading business reporters and
editors, business executives, academics and historians. The final selection
of 100 will be made by the editorial staff of TJFR.
Each year, TJFR recognizes the Top 100 influential business journalists in
the country; the best business and financial beat reporters and the 30 most
promising business journalists under the age of 30. In addition, since its
founding in 1987, TJFR has paid tribute to business news luminaries whose
contributions to the profession for at least one decade have been significant.
Past recipients of TJFR's decade luminary awards include (titles are those
they held at the time they received their recognition): Louis Rukeyser, host,
Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser; James W. Michaels, editor, Forbes
magazine; Bernard A. Goldhirsh, chairman and founder, Inc. magazine; Linda
O'Bryon, executive editor and co-anchor, The Nightly Business Report; Marshall
Loeb, managing editor, Fortune; Larry Birger, Business/Monday editor, The
Miami Herald; Myron Kandel, financial editor, Cable News Network; and Leonard
Silk, columnist, The New York Times.
Although several major journalism awards specifically recognize business
news achievement in a single instance or series of stories, the Business News
Luminary Award is special in that it pays tribute to those whose impact on
the profession is enduring. The award is an outgrowth of the tremendous
public interest in business news in recent decades.
TJFR Group is the nation's leading source of information on business
journalists and news organizations. In addition to its twice-monthly
newsletter and quarterly magazines, TJFR conducts media relations workshops
and conferences. In association with PR Newswire, TJFR also offers on-demand
biographies of more than 4,000 influential editors and writers via their
FaxProfiles(TM) service, 888-329-7763.
More information about TJFR Group can be found on its World Wide Web site
at http://www.tjfr.com.
MasterCard International has the most comprehensive portfolio of payment
brands in the world. With 23,000 member financial institutions, serving
consumers in 220 countries and territories, MasterCard is the industry leader
in quality and innovation. Nearly 700 million Mastercard(R), Maestro(R),
Cirrus(R) and Mondex(TM) cards are in circulation today. With more than
16.2 million locations, no card is accepted in more places and by more
merchants than the MasterCard card. MasterCard can be reached through its
World Wide Web site at http://www.mastercard.com.
For more information on the TJFR Group/MasterCard International Business
News Luminaries of the Century Award, contact Dean Rotbart, TJFR Group's
chairman and executive editor, at 303-296-1200, ext. 101 or e-mail him at
rotbart@tjfr.com.
SOURCE TJFR Group
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Related links:
http://www.newsluminaries.com
CONTACT:
Dean Rotbart, chairman and executive editor
of TJFR Group, 303-296-1200, ext. 101 or rotbart@tjfr.com
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