Investigative journalists in the United States can enter a competition.

The 2012 Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism are named for two-time Pulitzer Prize winning investigative business journalists Don Barlett and Jim Steele.

These awards, funded by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, celebrate the best in print and online investigative business journalism.

They feature a gold award of US$5,000 and a silver award of US$2,000 and a Bronze award of US$1,000 that was added in 2011.

Entries must have appeared in the year ending June 30, 2012. Each media outlet may submit no more than two entries.

Judges will be looking for investigative enterprise, strong business theme, elegant writing style, clarity and impact.

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