A distinguished panel of business journalists selected a series of breaking news stories about the U.S. govern ment s lawsuits against Microsoft that were reported and written by James Grimaldi and appeared primarily on the front pages of The Seattle Times. In presenting the award, the Knight-Bagehot program s director, Terri Thompson, said, these stories in early May, provided more intimate, specific and detailed information about what would be included in the lawsuits than virtually any other news organization. They also set the context and history of the antitrust investigation and provided insight ab out one of the most significant antitrust cases in U.S. history. A mid-career study program, the Bagehot Fellowship was founded in 1975 by the Columbia Graduate School of Jo urnalism to address the problem of deficiencies in business news coverage. As many as ten professional journalists are selected each year to study for two semesters at Columbia s Schools of Business, Law, Int ernational Affairs and Journalism.
Fellows receive full tuition and a living-expenses stipend.
Previously she worked as Washington Cor respondent for Ottaway News Service and States News Service, as an intern at The Washington Post, as a business writer for The Contra Costa Times , and as a stringer for The New York Times . She graduated in 1992 with a B.A. in Mathema tics from the University of Chicago. Since 1994, under his leadership, the magazine has been honored by the American Business Press with ten Jesse H. Neal Awards for editorial achievement. After graduating from Columbia University with a B.A. in political science in 1985, he worked as a news clerk for the Associated Press, as a sports repor ter for The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, Calif., as senior editor for View Magazine, Sports Travel Magazine and Successful Meetings Magazine. He began his career in journalism in 1987 as a reporter covering Wall Street for The Bond Buyer and moved up to bureau chief and, eventually, to managing editor.