NEW YORK, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Lou Dobbs, who helped set the standard
for business news on television, will serve as master of ceremonies for the
TJFR Group/ MasterCard International Business News Luminaries of the Century
Awards dinner.
The recognition dinner, to be held March 10, 2000 in the grand ballroom of
the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, will honor 100 of the most important and
influential business journalists and news executives of the century. The
black-tie event, hosted by PR Newswire, will bring together members of the
entire business journalism community, past and present.
Dobbs, currently chairman and CEO of space.com, holds the distinction of
being the only anchor on television who also was a corporate executive,
serving as executive vice president of CNN, president of CNNfn, and a member
of the network's executive committee. He founded CNNfn and CNNfn.com, the
first programming services to launch simultaneously on television and the
Internet. Dobbs anchored CNN's award-winning "Moneyline with Lou Dobbs."
Candidates for the awards were nominated between September 15 and October 31
by members of the news media as well as avid business news consumers. More
than 200 journalists were nominated, ranging from Ida Tarbell and Clarence
Barron in the early 1900s to today's cyber news entrepreneurs. The complete
list of nominees is accessible at http://www.newsluminaries.com.
A panel of 12 journalists, business executives, academicians and
historians will screen the nominations. The editorial staff of TJFR Group,
the nation's leading publisher of information on business journalists and news
organizations, will make final choices on the 100 individuals to be honored.
TJFR will announce the award recipients in a special December 1999 issue of
its quarterly business journalism trade magazine and will post the results on
the web site.
The slate of judges for the awards is:
-- Charley Blaine, editor of Family Money and president of the Society of
American Business Editors and Writers
-- Joseph N. Boyce, retired senior editor of The Wall Street Journal and
former deputy New York bureau chief for TIME Magazine
-- James Gentry, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and
Mass Communications at the University of Kansas
-- George Harmon, associate professor and chair, newspaper program,
Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism
-- John Herzog, founder of the Museum of American Financial History and
chairman of Herzog Heine Geduld
-- Marshall Loeb, columnist for CBS Marketwatch.com and former editor of
Fortune and Money
-- Myron Kandel, financial editor of CNN
-- Herb Kelleher, chairman, president and CEO of Southwest Airlines
-- Susan Lee, economist, author and National Public Radio commentator
-- Joseph Nocera, editor-at-large with Fortune and author of A Piece of
the Action: How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class
-- Franklin D. Raines, chairman and chief executive officer of Fannie Mae
-- Muriel Siebert, founder and CEO of Muriel Siebert & Co.
Reservations for dinner tables are now being accepted by contacting David
Finell, dinner coordinator, at 303-296-1200, x109. A portion of the proceeds
from the TJFR Group/MasterCard International Business Luminaries of the
Century Awards dinner will help endow the Society of American Business Editors
and Writers (SABEW) Chair in Business Journalism at the University of Missouri
in Columbia. The SABEW chair will train students in business journalism and
offer training programs for working reporters and editors.
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. TJFR publishes a
twice-monthly newsletter and a quarterly magazine, and conducts media
relations workshops and conferences. More information on TJFR and sponsorship
for the Business News Luminary event can be found on the Internet at
http://www.tjfr.com.
MasterCard International, lead sponsor for the Business News Luminaries of
the Century Awards, 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 million
locations, no card is accepted in more places and by more merchants than
MasterCard. MasterCard's web address is http://www.mastercard.com.
PR Newswire, host of the Business News Luminaries of the Century Awards
dinner, is the world leader in electronic delivery of information directly
from companies, institutions, and agencies through its cutting-edge wire, fax,
satellite, email, and Internet network. Forty-five years after founding the
industry, it has 35 bureaus worldwide, an exclusive partnership with Canada
NewsWire, and a vast international affiliate system. PR Newswire provides a
broad complement of services for public relations and investor relations
professionals to reach the media, financial community, and consumers.
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CONTACT:
Dean Rotbart of TJFR Group, 303-296-1200,
ext. 101, or rotbart@tjfr.com; or Renu K. Aldrich, Public
Relations Manager of PR Newswire, 212-282-1929, or pager,
800-503-2654, or Renu_Aldrich@prnewswire.com
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