Recent Awards

2018

Society of Professional Journalists Minnesota Page One Awards, Magazine

• First Place, Best Column

2017

Alliance of Area Business Publishers, Small Circ. Magazines 

• Gold, Investigative Journalism, The Great Migration

SPJ Page One Awards, Magazine

• Second Place, Best Column

Minnesota Magazine Publishers Association, Business Trade Over 30,000

• Gold, Editor’s Note, What Happened to Listening? 

2016

Folio: Eddie and Ozzie, B-to-B Regional 

• Winner, Single Article: The Great Wealth Migration
• Winner, Full Issue: September 2015 

Minnesota Magazine Publishers Association, Business Trade Over 30,000

• Gold, Overall Excellence
• Bronze, Feature Article, The Great Migration
• Bronze, Editor’s Note, The Migration of Minnesota’s Mojo

Alliance of Area Business Publishers, Small Circ. Magazines

• Silver, Best Editorial

2015

Society of Professional Journalists Minnesota Page One Awards, Magazine

• First Place, Best Issue 
• Third Place, Best Column
• Minnesota Magazine Publishers Association, Business Trade Over 30,000
• Gold, Feature Article, Double Exposure
• Gold, Editor’s Note, Dodging Taxes or Smart Business?
• Silver, Editor’s Note, Blind Intersection, Cross Traffic Ahead

2014

Society of Professional Journalists Minnesota Page One Awards, Magazine

• First Place, Best Issue
• Second Place, Best issue

Society of American Business Editors and Writers 

• Best in Business Magazine Commentary, What About the Partners?

Minnesota Magazine Publishers Association, Business Trade Over 30,000

• Silver, Best Website
• Silver, Overall Excellence
• Silver, Editor’s Note, Target’s Chairman is Out; What About the Board?

Alliance of Area Business Publishers, Small Circ. Magazines

• Bronze, Best Magazine
• Bronze, Overall Design

2013

Society of Professional Journalists Minnesota Page One Awards, Magazine

• First Place, Best Profile
• Third Place, Best Column

Alliance of Area Business Publishers, Small Circ. Magazines

• Silver, Best Feature Story
• Silver, Best Body of Work, Single Writer

 
(Kurschner's awards extend from here through the late 1980s, when he won  investigative journalism awards from Gannett and the Associated Press).