Business journalism contest makes nationwide call for entries

The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants’ Excellence in Financial Journalism Awards is now accepting submissions for its 2014 contest.

The program honors professional and student journalists for distinguished reporting that cultivates, promotes and disseminates understanding of accounting, finance and business topics.

All original entries must have been published, broadcast or posted online by a U.S.-based news organization during the contest year of January 1 through December 31, 2013. Go to https://nysscpa.nonprofitcms.org/awards for more information about the contest and to enter. The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2014.

This is the 31st year the NYSSCPA – the nation’s first state society of trusted accounting professionals with more than 30,000 members – has held its contest.

For more information, contact Alonza Robertson at journoawards@nysscpa.org or call 212.719.8405.