The WERT Global Prize honors excellence in business journalism by a woman for work that fosters a greater understanding of global business and economics.
About
The WERT Global Prize was established in 2018 with funding by a bequest from The Women’s Economic Round Table and has received support from the Muriel F. Siebert Foundation and the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
The recipient of the prize receives $2,000 for work published in English by an established media organization on any platform – print, radio, broadcast or digital. Books, films and self-published works are not eligible.
The Women's Economic Round Table was founded in 1978 by Dr. Amelia Augustus and Maria Rolfe.
2022 WERT Prize Winner
Olivia Carville, an investigative reporter at Bloomberg, won the 2022 WERT Prize for “Airbnb’s Nightmare,” a Bloomberg Businessweek cover story and follow ups that revealed how Airbnb's elite trust-and-safety team works to keep crime and safety violations at Airbnb properties out of the news. The stories led to changes at Airbnb and at other travel sites and platforms.
How To Enter
Applications for the 2022 WERT Prize are closed. Submissions for the 2023 prize will open in the late spring.
Contact
Amy Singer
Deputy Director, Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism
[email protected]
212-853-1689