DirkJohanson Nominated for Prestigious Loeb Award

January 31, 2010

Three posts by DirkJohanson on The Balls Monologues have been nominated in the Online category for the prestigious Gerald Loeb Awards, presented by the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

The Loeb Awards were established in 1957 by the late Gerald Loeb to honor journalists who make significant contributions to the understanding of business, finance and the economy. He intended to encourage reporting on these subjects that would both inform and protect the private investor and the general public.

According to Anderson School’s website, “Distinguished journalists nationwide participate.” And now one journalist not so distinguished.

The nominated Monologues posts are

— EconGuyinism, which demonstrated that the world financial meltdown of 2008 had its root cause in debt-fueled spending by and on behalf of overly-empowered women,

— the Monologues’ maiden Benedict Arnold Kristof Watch, which debunked New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s theory that the absence of women in the upper-echelons of Wall Street caused the crisis, and

— Fuckanomics in the Spotlight,which initiated the idea on these pages that there is, in effect, already a global currency, and that the currency is sex.

Last year’s winners in the online category were:

“Keeping Up With The Wangs,” by Art Lenehan, Anh Ly and Suzanne McGee, of MSN Money

“South of the Equator: Ford and GM Prosper,” by Bryce Hoffman, John Greilick and Rob L’Heureux, of The Detroit News

“Globe 100,” by Bennie DiNardo, Tito Bottitta, Elisabeth Goodridge and Ronald Agrella, of Boston Globe/Boston.com

This year’s Final Judges are found here. The Preliminary Judges in the Online Category are:

CHRIS PALMERI
Los Angeles Senior Correspondent
BusinessWeek

BENNIE DINARDO
Deputy Business Editor
Boston Globe

VINDU GOEL
Deputy Technology Editor
New York Times

SUSAN WARFEL
Managing Editor
Investor’s Business Daily

MATT KRANTZ
Reporter
USA Today

In case you know of any of them, put in a good word for me, or pass a bribe if that’s what it takes.

The awards dinners is set for June 29, and I already have plans to be in L.A. that day. Unfortunately, for some odd reason, the L.A.-based school is holding the dinner in New York, so I’ll have to accept by video.

Not a problem – its safer that way. Less chance I’ll be assassinated.