Phillip Zweig's 1982 coverage of the Penn Square Bank failure received the George Polk, Gerald Loeb, John Hancock and Deadline Club awards in journalism.
Oklahoma Bankers Say They Saw Failure of Energy Lender Coming - July 8, 1982Mood is Sullen and Despairing - July 7, 1982Penn Square Failure Hits Big Banks Hard - July 7, 1982FDIC Said to Launch Review of Oklahoma's Penn Square Bank - July 2, 1982Okla. Bank Strips Oil/Gas Unit Head of Lending Power - July 1, 1982Oklahoma's Penn Square Bank, Maverick Oil Patch Lender - April 26, 1982