The International Women's Media Foundation awards are annual prizes for women journalists awarded by the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) since its foundation in 1990: the Courage in Journalism Award (awarded since 1990); the Lifetime Achievement Award (awarded from 1991 to 2018); the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award (awarded since 2015); the Gwen Ifill Award (awarded since 2017); and the Wallis Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award (awarded since 2021).
The 2014 award ceremonies were on October 22 in New York, and October 29 in Los Angeles. [1]
The Courage in Journalism Award, awarded annually since 1990, recognizes women who write from dangerous areas. [2] [3] Since 1990, more than 130 women from 54 countries have received the award.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded annually from 1991 to 2018.
The Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, awarded annually since 2015, is named after Anja Niedringhaus, the photojournalist killed in Afghanistan during the 2014 Afghan presidential election. [5]
The Gwen Ifill Award, awarded annually since 2017, is an award for U.S. women and non-binary journalists of color working in the news media. It is named in honor of the memory of PBS Newshour co-anchor Gwen Ifill. [15]
The Wallis Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award has been awarded annually since 2021. It "brings attention to women journalists who are detained, jailed or imprisoned". [23] It is named after the American philanthropist Wallis Annenberg.
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Gwendolyn L. Ifill was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author. In 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program with Washington Week in Review. She was the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and co-anchor and co-managing editor, with Judy Woodruff, of the PBS NewsHour, both of which air on PBS. Ifill was a political analyst and moderated the 2004 and 2008 vice-presidential debates. She authored the best-selling book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.
The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF), located in Washington, D.C., is an organization working internationally to elevate the status of women in the media. The IWMF has created programs to help women in the media develop practical solutions to the obstacles they face in their careers and lives. The IWMF's work includes a wide range of programs including international reporting fellowships in Africa and Latin America and providing grant opportunities for women journalists, research into the status of women in the media, and the Courage in Journalism, Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism, and Lifetime Achievement Awards. The IWMF advocates for press freedom internationally and often forms petitions asking international governments to release journalists in captivity and offer protection to journalists in danger.
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