August 28, 2025
The Bloomberg News finalists are:
Audio Category
Odd Lots’ Beak Capitalism – Bloomberg News
Tracy Alloway, Carmen Rodriguez, Joe Weisenthal, Blake Maples, Dashiell Bennett, Cale Brooks, Brendan Newnam
Breaking News Category
For coverage of The CEO Killing That Shocked the World – Bloomberg News
Myles Miller, John Tozzi, Antonia Mufarech, David Voreacos, Cynthia Koons, Robert Langreth, Matthew Boyle, Riley Griffin, Michelle Cortez, Shelly Banjo, Katia Porzecanski
Breaking News Category
For coverage of The CrowdStrike update that crashed computers — and businesses – around the world – Bloomberg News
Amy Thomson, Jordan Robertson, Ryan Gallagher, Shona Ghosh, Vlad Savov, Evan Gorelick, Ashleigh Furlong, Ike Swetlitz, Fiona Rutherford
Commentary Category
Buying Power – Bloomberg Businessweek
Amanda Mull
Feature Category
Unsafe Online – Bloomberg Businessweek
Olivia Carville, Cecilia D’Anastasio
Feature Category
The Egg – Bloomberg Businessweek
Natalie Obiko Pearson, Jessica Brice, Susan Berfield, Vernon Silver, Kanoko Matsuyama, Cindy Wang, Sinduja Rangarajan, Fani Nikiforaki
Local Category
How Uber and Lyft Used a Loophole to Deny NYC Drivers Millions in Pay – Bloomberg News
Natalie Lung, Leon Yin, Aaron Gordon, Denise Lu, Evan Gorelick
Visual Storytelling Category
AI Is Already Wreaking Havoc on Power Systems – Bloomberg News
Leonardo Nicoletti, Josh Saul, Naureen Malik, Andre Tartar, Saritha Rai, Dina Bass, Ian King, Jennifer Duggan, Seth Fiegerman, Chloe Whiteaker, Millie Munshi
Visual Storytelling Category
The Clandestine Oil Shipping Hub Funneling Iranian Crude to China – Bloomberg News
Serene Cheong, Clara Ferreira Marques, Weilun Soon, Krishna Karra, Yasufumi Saito, James Rattee, Tom Gibson, Emily Cadman, Jane Pong
See here for the full list of 2025 Gerald Loeb Award finalists.