FreightWaves takes silver in 2 categories in Azbee Awards

FreightWaves’ coverage of Yellow spanned numerous breaking news articles, as the end of one of the nation’s largest trucking companies rocked the industry. More than 30 articles have been published in real time on the bankruptcy and the fallout from it since last summer, and news continues to arise.

“I’m honored to be recognized for breaking news coverage,” said Maiden. “Thank you to our editorial team for the around-the-clock help.”

The ELD: Five Years Later series was sparked by continued polarizing debates over the technology and mandate. Articles looking back at the disruptions it may have caused and what the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration could do to improve that, as well as investigative looks into ELD fraud and how the mandate would work with autonomous trucks were published in succession last April.

Federal regulators began enforcing the mandate on April 1, 2018.

“When the FMCSA’s ELD mandate took effect in trucking companies that were using approved Automatic On-Board Recording Devices (AOBRDS), it was not welcomed by many truck drivers,” Hawes said. “Our team of journalists, who cover different areas of the trucking industry, took an in-depth look into how ELDs are impacting drivers, highway safety and how some ELD providers are skirting the hours-of-service regulations to drive more hours in a day.”

“I’m very thankful. It’s great to have our hard work recognized by business publishing editors,” added Gallagher.