EdWeek Market Brief has been recognized as a finalist in several categories for a pair of prestigious business reporting competitions.

Five entries have been named as finalists for awards in the mid-Atlantic region through the American Society of Business Publication Editors, or ASBPEs. And two entries were chosen as finalists for national honors through the Neal Awards, run by the Software and Information Industry Association. National winners will be named in those competitions in April and May.

In the ASPBEs, the five finalists are:

• EdWeek Market Brief’s research-based reporting and analysis, in collaboration with the EdWeek Research Center, is a finalist in the All Content: Data Journalism category. Those named on the entry are Contributing Writer David Saleh Rauf; Staff Writer Michelle Caffrey; Staff Writer Emma Kate Fittes; Research Center Director Holly Kurtz; Assistant Research Director Sterling Lloyd; and Research Analyst Alex Harwin.
• Fittes’ story, “7 Ways Education Companies Fail to Do Their Homework on School Districts,” is a finalist for Best How-To story.
• Caffrey’s piece, “5 Ways the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Will Reshape the Ed-Tech Market,” is a finalist in the category of All Content: News Analysis.
• Staff Writer Alexandria Ng’s interview of a top regulator for the Federal Trade Commission about the agency’s expectations for ed-tech providers is a finalist for Best Q and A.
• EdWeek Market Brief’s extended series of stories, “Federal Stimulus Aid: Preparing for the End,” is in the running for Best Online Web Feature Series. Key contributors were Ng, Fittes, Kurtz, Lloyd, Harwin, and Designer Liz Yap.

For the Neal Awards, the two entries up for national recognition are:

• Our overall coverage of the tumult in the education market, and ongoing efforts in academic recovery and other areas, is a finalist for Best Industry Coverage. Rauf, Fittes, and Caffrey were key contributors.
• EdWeek Market Brief’s reporting, research, and analysis on the drying up of federal emergency aid is a finalist for Best Series. Staffers up for recognition are Fittes, Ng, Kurtz, Lloyd, Harwin, and Yap.

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