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Profile of Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure a finalist in newspaper competition

The Kansas City Star
As an exceptionally hands-on leader, Marcelo Claure works hard to engage and motivate his team. After a town hall meeting, Sprint performance coach Scott Robinson grabbed a selfie with the boss. The Star’s August 2015 profile on Claure was a finalist for the Best in Business feature awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
As an exceptionally hands-on leader, Marcelo Claure works hard to engage and motivate his team. After a town hall meeting, Sprint performance coach Scott Robinson grabbed a selfie with the boss. The Star’s August 2015 profile on Claure was a finalist for the Best in Business feature awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. File photo by Keith Myers kmyers@kcstar.com

The Kansas City Star’s profile of Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure, “Marcelo’s moment,” was a finalist in the 2015 Best in Business feature awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

Judges called the August 2015 article by Mark Davis a “superbly reported corporate profile that took Kansas City readers inside a company they probably knew little about — and a mercurial CEO they didn’t know at all.”

The profile was recognized as one of the top three features among medium-sized daily newspapers.

Davis and The Star’s Scott Canon previously earned a 2012 Best in Business Award in breaking news for their coverage of Tokyo-based SoftBank Corp.’s deal to buy Sprint.

This story was originally published March 17, 2016 at 3:45 PM with the headline "Profile of Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure a finalist in newspaper competition."

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