John Helyar

American journalist and author (born 1951)

John Helyar
Born	(1951-05-14) May 14, 1951 (age 72)
Occupation	Author reporter correspondent
Alma mater	Boston University
Notable works	Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball, Barbarians at the Gate
Spouse	Betsy Morris

John Helyar (born 1951^[1]) is an American journalist and author. He is a graduate of Boston University. He is married to The Wall Street Journal’s Betsy Morris. Helyar has worked for The Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine, ESPN.com, ESPN The Magazine and Bloomberg News.^[2] He is the author of the 1994 book, Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball.^[3]

His reporting with Bryan Burrough on RJR Nabisco earned them the 1989 Gerald Loeb Award for Deadline and/or Beat Writing.^[4] They turned their research into the book Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, which was made into an HBO Emmy award-winning a film of the same title.^[5]

References

^ LC Authority file
^ "Helyar leaving Bloomberg News". December 31, 2013.
^ Helyar, John (1994). Lords of the realm: the real history of baseball. New York: Villard Books. ISBN 978-0-679-41197-0. OCLC 29359030.
^ "Loeb Award winners 1958–1996". AHBJ. April 1, 2013. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
^ Scott, Tony (March 18, 1993). "Hbo Pictures Barbarians at the Gate". Variety. Retrieved September 14, 2020.

External links

Gerald Loeb Awards for Deadline and Beat Reporting

Gerald Loeb Award for Deadline and/or Beat Writing (1985–2000)
1985-1989	1985: Robert J. Cole 1986: Laura Landro 1987: Daniel Hertzberg, James B. Stewart 1988: Ralph Vartabedian 1989: John Helyar, Bryan Burrough 1989 (HM): Thomas Petzinger Jr., Paulette Thomas
1990-1999	1990: Kathryn Harris, Paul Richter 1991: Neil Barsky 1992: Alan Murray 1993: Joseph B. White, Paul Ingrassia 1994: Kathryn Harris 1995: Michael Siconolfi, Laura Jereski 1996: Geraldine Fabrikant 1997: Scott Thurm 1998: Alix M. Freedman, Suein L. Hwang 1999: Staff of The New York Times, (including Diana B. Henriques)
2000	2000: Ianthe Jeanne Dugan 2000 (HM): Lawrence Messina

Gerald Loeb Award for Deadline or Beat Writing (2002)
2002	Rebecca Smith, John Emshwiller

Gerald Loeb Award for Deadline Writing (2003–2007)
2003–2007	2003: Rebecca Blumenstein, Carrick Mollenkamp, Susan Pulliam, Jared Sandberg, Deborah Solomon, Shawn Young, Gregory Zuckerman 2004: Susanne Craig, Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, Theo Francis, Kate Kelly 2005: David Barboza, Steve Lohr, John Markoff, Gary Rivlin, Andrew Ross Sorkin 2006: Michele Besso, Peter Bothum, Robin Brown, Steven Church, Ted Griffith, Maureen Milford, Jeff Montgomery, Gary Soulsman, Luladey B. Tadesse, Christopher Yasiejko 2007: Ann Davis, Henny Sender, Gregory Zuckerman

Gerald Loeb Award for Deadline Writing (2003–2007)

2003–2007

2003: Rebecca Blumenstein, Carrick Mollenkamp, Susan Pulliam, Jared Sandberg, Deborah Solomon, Shawn Young, Gregory Zuckerman
2004: Susanne Craig, Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, Theo Francis, Kate Kelly
2005: David Barboza, Steve Lohr, John Markoff, Gary Rivlin, Andrew Ross Sorkin
2006: Michele Besso, Peter Bothum, Robin Brown, Steven Church, Ted Griffith, Maureen Milford, Jeff Montgomery, Gary Soulsman, Luladey B. Tadesse, Christopher Yasiejko
2007: Ann Davis, Henny Sender, Gregory Zuckerman

Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Writing (2001, 2003–2010)
2001; 2003–2009	2001: Rebecca Smith 2003: Stephen Labaton 2004: J. Lynn Lunsford, Andy Pasztor, Anne Marie Squeo 2005: Ellen E. Schultz, Theo Francis 2006: Geeta Anand 2007: Heather Landy 2008: Susanne Craig, Kate Kelly, Serena Ng, David Reilly 2008 (HM): Charles Duhigg 2009 (tie): Rick Rothacker 2009 (tie): Gretchen Morgenson
2010	2010: Ken Bensinger, Ralph Vartabedian

Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Reporting (2011–2023)
2011–2019	2011: Daniel Golden, John Hechinger, John Lauerman 2012: John Fauber 2013: Tom Bergin 2014: Ivan Penn 2015: Eric Lipton, Ben Protess, Nicholas Confessore, Brooke Williams 2016: John Carreyrou, Michael Siconolfi, Christopher Weaver 2017: Joe Fox, Len De Groot, Emily Alpert Reyes, David Zahniser 2018: Julia Angwin, Hannes Grassegger, Je Larson, Noam Scheiber, Ariana Tobin, Madeleine Varner 2019: Ranjani Chakraborty, Peter Gosselin, Ariana Tobin
2020–2023	2020 (tie): Dominic Gates, Mike Baker, Steve Miletich, Lewis Kamb 2020 (tie): Katherine Blunt, Dave Cole, Russell Gold, Renée Rigdon, Yaryna Serkez, Rebecca Smith 2021 (tie): Jenn Abelson, Abha Bhattarai, Nicole Dungca, Kimberly Kindy, Robert Klemko, Meryl Kornfield, Taylor Telford 2021 (tie): Patience Haggin, Cara Lombardo, Dana Mattioli, Shane Shifflett 2022: Emily Glazer, Keach Hagey, Jeff Horwitz, Newley Purnell, Justin Scheck, Deepa Seetharaman, Sam Schechner, Georgia Wells 2023: Ian Allison, Nick Baker, Nikhilesh De, Reiller Decker, Sam Kessler, Cheyene Ligon, Sam Reynolds, Tracy Wang

Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Reporting (2011–2023)

2011–2019

2011: Daniel Golden, John Hechinger, John Lauerman
2012: John Fauber
2013: Tom Bergin
2014: Ivan Penn
2015: Eric Lipton, Ben Protess, Nicholas Confessore, Brooke Williams
2016: John Carreyrou, Michael Siconolfi, Christopher Weaver
2017: Joe Fox, Len De Groot, Emily Alpert Reyes, David Zahniser
2018: Julia Angwin, Hannes Grassegger, Je Larson, Noam Scheiber, Ariana Tobin, Madeleine Varner
2019: Ranjani Chakraborty, Peter Gosselin, Ariana Tobin

2020–2023

2020 (tie): Dominic Gates, Mike Baker, Steve Miletich, Lewis Kamb
2020 (tie): Katherine Blunt, Dave Cole, Russell Gold, Renée Rigdon, Yaryna Serkez, Rebecca Smith
2021 (tie): Jenn Abelson, Abha Bhattarai, Nicole Dungca, Kimberly Kindy, Robert Klemko, Meryl Kornfield, Taylor Telford
2021 (tie): Patience Haggin, Cara Lombardo, Dana Mattioli, Shane Shifflett
2022: Emily Glazer, Keach Hagey, Jeff Horwitz, Newley Purnell, Justin Scheck, Deepa Seetharaman, Sam Schechner, Georgia Wells
2023: Ian Allison, Nick Baker, Nikhilesh De, Reiller Decker, Sam Kessler, Cheyene Ligon, Sam Reynolds, Tracy Wang