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Business News Luminary Induction Reception
May 8, 2003
at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York
Five outstanding business journalists will receive the 2003 TJFR Group/MasterCard International Business News Luminaries Award. They are:
Active

Tom Herman, The Wall Street Journal
Rieva Lesonsky, Entrepreneur
Gretchen Morgenson, The New York Times
David Schlesinger, Reuters

Historic

Lawrence "Laury" Minard, Forbes
The annual recognition is one of the highest honors bestowed upon business and financial journalists, recognizing those individuals whose careers have had a long-term positive impact on the landscape of the profession.
In both 2002 and 2001, five journalists were honored, and in March 2000, TJFR Group and MasterCard International paid tribute to 100 Business News Luminaries of the 20th Century. That group spanned the 1900s from muckraker Ida Tarbell and Dow Jones & Company forefather Clarence W. Barron to CBS MarketWatch founder Larry Kramer and Bloomberg News' founding editor, Matthew Winkler. A complete list is available on our Honorees page.
This year's Business News Luminaries were selected from nominations by previous Business News Luminaries honorees as well as other leading business and financial journalists.
"The Business News Luminaries Awards are unique in that they pay tribute to those whose impact on the profession is enduring. Our chief criteria for inclusion is that any additions to this journalism 'hall of fame' be able to stand 'shoulder-to-shoulder' journalistically with those already inducted," explains Dean Rotbart, executive editor of NewsBios/ TJFR Group, which administers the awards. "These five new Luminaries clearly fit the bill."
In addition to recognizing the five new Luminaries, the reception will pay tribute to TJFR's 16th annual class of 30 outstanding business journalists under 30.
For more information about this year's reception, contact Olivia Mayer, editor and director of TJFR Group/MasterCard International Business News Luminaries at omayer@aol.com.
For more information on TJFR and Mastercard, click here.
For more information on the 2002 and 2001 inductees to Business Journalism's Hall of Fame, please visit our Honorees' section. It includes bios and photographs.
For more information on the inaugural gala dinner in 2000 honoring the 100 Business News Luminaries of the 20th Century, visit our Online Exhibits.

TJFR Chairman Dean Rotbart addresses the gala dinner crowd, with Business News Luminaries of the Century honorees
seated on stage.
Click here to view a video on Barney Kilgore, the Business News Luminary of the Century.

About Us

This site is designed to honor the trailblazers of business news journalism, those who have earned the Business News Luminary Award moniker. These honorees are people who have changed the landscape of business news for the better through their deeds and visionary thinking.

Although several major journalism awards specifically recognize business news achievement in a single instance or series of stories, the Business News Luminary Award pays tribute to those whose impact on the profession is enduring.

In this time of tremendous public interest in business news, the awards and this site are a fitting tribute to those dedicated to excellence in business journalism.

The Business News Luminary Awards are administered by TJFR Group, a major publisher of periodicals and databases about the business journalism profession. MasterCard International is the lead sponsor.