For Immediate Release
Contact: Jovan C. Richards, Media and Government Relations Manager
jrichards@nysscpa.org, 212.719.8392
The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants Announces the 2025 Excellence in Financial Journalism Award Winners
NEW YORK – (July 15, 2025) - For more than 40 years, the New York State Society of CPAs (NYCPA) has recognized the best business and financial reporting through its Excellence in Financial Journalism (EFJ) Awards.
Broadcast, print, radio/podcast and online news organizations and reporters were asked to submit financial news stories that were published, posted or aired between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2024. Business book authors and publishers also entered this international contest. Student journalists at colleges and universities entered our NextGen category.
Winners were selected by a panel of judges comprising NYCPA members and financial journalists, who ranked submissions based on accuracy, quality and thoroughness of research, as well as on an accurate and nonpartisan representation of the topic.
The winners of the 2025 EFJ Awards are as follows:
This year’s EFJ Awards judges were Ruth Singleton, Emily Frizzell, Orumé A. Hays, Lynne M. Fuentes, Phil London, Rumbi Bwerinofa-Petrozzello, Michael Durant, A’Isha Torrence, Mary Jo Brancatelli, and Elliot Hendler.
The presentation of the EFJ Awards will take place on August 1, 2025, at BUTTER in midtown Manhattan.
For all other information regarding the EFJ Awards or the 2025 winners, please contact NYCPA Government and Media Relations Associate Director Jovan C. Richards, at 212.719.8392, or email jrichards@nysscpa.org.
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