Ranking of economic media and journalists 2008

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall receives the highest score in this year's ranking of business journalists. The survey is done for the twelfth year by H&H and Svensk Image.

Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall, Dagens Industri, is the business journalist which recieves the highest score. Her colleague Gunnar Örn is the runner up however with only have of the scoring.

Best journalist

1	Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall, Dagens Industri	194
2	Gunnar Örn, Dagens Industri	103
3	Per Lindvall, E24.se	71
4	Johan Schück, Dagens Nyheter	63
4	Björn Wilke, Dagens Industri	63

Among business dailies media Svenska Dagbladet Näringsliv wins ahead of Dagens Industri, for the second year.
Dagens Industri on the other hand wins Best Media All Categories with a narrow margin to the Financial Times. A-ekonomi och Ekonomiekot share the victory in the Radio & TV category.

Best media

Category	Winner	Share, %
Business Dailies	Svenska Dagbladet Näringsliv	48
Magazines	Affärsvärlden	76
News agencies	Nyhetsbyrån Direkt	50
Radio & television	A-ekonomi, Ekonomiekot	30
Internet	di.se	43
Foreign Media	Financial Times	77
Business Media - all categories	Dagens Industri	25

Sub-Prime is the Event of the year

The top news for the past twelve months is the Sub-Prime scandal, stealing the top ranking from last year's winner the Super boom. The falling dollar, rising oil price and raw material boom came second, and the domestic scandal at Carnegie receives a mere bronze.

	Event	Share, %
1	Sub-Prime with the fall of e g Northern Rock, Bear Stearns and German IKB	55
2	Slump for the dollar, oil price hike and boom for raw materials	36
3	Carnegie affair with a shakeout in the Board and Management	29

Anders Borg is the Man of the Year

Minister of Finance Anders Borg is voted Man of the Year in Economics this year too. He gets more than half of the votes from the electorate. Ericsson's CEO, Carl-Henric Svanberg, came second, possibly be due to the profit warning that never came last September. Mats Odell, the minster responsible for the sellout of Government-owned companies recieved the bronze.

	Person	Share, %
1	Anders Borg, Minister of Finance	53
2	Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO, Ericsson. The great Communicator that missed a profit warning	22
3	Mats Odell, Minister of Financial Markets	17

The ranking is based on 201 answers from a questionnaire given to financial analysts, CEOs, IR and information officers and investors, The survey is made for the twelfth year by H&H and Svensk Image. The Awards were presented at an event hosted by financialhearings.com at Operakällaren June 10th 2008.

For more information or to purchase the book go to www.financialhearings.com . Here you can also view a webcast of the prize ceremony.