Ruth SimonRuth Simon is a New York-based reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where she covers small business and entrepreneurship. She has previously covered consumer lending, mortgages and housing, and reported for WSJ's Personal Journal and Money & Investing sections. Ms. Simon won a 2019 Best in Business Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for her coverage of the impact of the labor squeeze on small business. She was part of a WSJ team that received a 2021 New York Press Club award for spot news coverage of the Paycheck Protection Program rollout. In 1995, she won the Award for Excellence in Financial Writing from the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.

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Persons: Ruth Simon Ruth Simon, Simon, Gerald Loeb, Loeb, ” Organizations: Wall Street, Society of American Business, Writers, WSJ, New York Press, Money, Forbes Magazine, Distinguished Business, Financial, National Press Foundation, New York Newspaper Publishers Association, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, New York City, Society of Professional Journalists, Finance Locations: New York