2016 Azbee Awards of Excellence
Category
Print > Feature Article - General Interest > More Than $3 Million Revenue > Northeast
Awarded to
Elizabeth MacBride, Contributing Editor; Robert Hordt, Deputy Editor; Liz Skinner, Reporter
Entry details
50 Shades of WHITE -- PRINT FEATURE
Issue date (if applicable): 12/14/2015
Publication name: InvestmentNews
Publishing company: Crain Communications Inc.
Website home page: www.investmentnews.com
Please describe the publication's mission and readership:
Through InvestmentNews.com and a weekly print edition, InvestmentNews provides news, insights and data to more than 182,000 investment advisers, brokers and planners at advisory, brokerage and financial planning firms across the nation. The publication covers developments essential to the business of providing financial advice to individuals, including news about the economy, markets and investment products. Among the topics we frequently write about: mutual funds; exchange-traded funds; insurance and retirement issues; education funding; philanthropy; taxes and estate planning; and technology.
InvestmentNews also provides service journalism designed to help practitioners succeed in the business of advice.
Please describe the enterprising work that went into this entry and its significance or impact on readers:
In "Fifty Shades of White," InvestmentNews not only reports on the lack of racial diversity in the financial advice industry, but uncovers why the industry is predominately white. Through InvestmentNews' exclusive research, we show that the vast majority of white advisers simply do not believe that lack of diversity is even a problem. As a result, few are willing to fix it. This richly reported story is loaded with detailed anecdotes from minority advisers who feel excluded from the profession. Beyond that, it looks at how the industry is ultimately hurting itself by failing to adequately address this problem. Judging by the reader response, InvestmentNews hit a nerve with this piece and, more importantly started a conversation that ultimately will lead to change.
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50 Shades of WHITE -- PRINT FEATURE
Category
Print > Feature Article - General Interest > More Than $3 Million Revenue > Northeast
Description
Publication name:
InvestmentNews
Company:
Crain Communications Inc.
Winner Status
- National Gold Award
- Regional Gold Award
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