Congrats to 2008 Neal Award Finalists

The most prestigious award in B2B journalism…so why am I not up for one?! ::Wink wink::

Congratulations to those deserving few who are up for the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a trade journalist: the Jesse H. Neal Award. There will be a finalist breakdown in this week’s min’s b2b, but, for now, just two quick observations (that may or may not contradict each other):

- IDG always makes a great showing at the Neals. This year is no different as the tech publisher has 17 noms if we count correctly. There are other companies with lots of nominations, too, but, as far as we can tell, IDG is the only company guaranteed to land at least one Neal: The three finalists in the best staff-written editorials or opinion columns category are Computerworld, Computerworld, and PC World–all IDG pubs.

- Scratch what I just said: Crain, another name that we frequently see on the finalist list, is the only publishing house up for best single issue of a newspaper or tabloid.

Good luck to IDG, Crain, and all the rest of the finalists!

Click here for the minonline brief and complete list of noms.