The Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism is a journalism award named after Robert F. Kennedy and awarded by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. The annual awards are issued in several categories and were established in December 1968 by a group of reporters who covered Kennedy's campaigns. Winners are judged by more than 50 journalists each year, led by a committee of six independent journalists. The awards honor reporting "on issues that reflect Robert F. Kennedy's concerns, including human rights, social justice and the power of individual action in the United States and around the world. Entries include insights into the causes, conditions and remedies of injustice and critical analysis of relevant public policies, programs, attitudes and private endeavors." [1] The awards are known as the "poor people's Pulitzers" in media circles. [2]
Note: This list of winners is incomplete.
The first awards were presented by Kennedy's widow, Ethel Kennedy. [3] [4]
The second annual awards were presented at the Federal City Club in Washington, D.C., with multiple awardees in each category. [5]
The third annual awards were presented by Ethel Kennedy during a luncheon ceremony held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., which was still under construction. [15] [16] Entertainer Bill Cosby was the master of ceremonies, and Tim Wickers of The New York Times gave the keynote speech. [16] The winners were selected from over 275 entries. [17] No awards were given in the Radio and Magazines categories. [17]
The fourth annual awards were presented by Rose Kennedy during a luncheon ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. [21] [22] Ralph Nader gave the keynote speech. [23] Eligibility was expanded to include high school entries. [24]
The fifth annual awards were presented by Ethel Kennedy with the assistance of her brother-in-law, Senator Edward Kennedy. [32] [33] Harvard psychiatrist Robert Coles gave the keynote address. [34] The awardees were chosen from 418 entries, including 61 high school and 37 college entries. [35]
The sixth annual awards were presented by Ethel Kennedy. [43] Frances Farenthold gave the keynote speech. [44] The awardees were selected from 432 entries. [45]
The seventh annual awards were presented by Ethel Kennedy and Haynes Johnson. [50] Harry Golden gave the keynote address. [51] The awardees were selected from approximately 300 entries. [52]
The 32nd Annual Awards were awarded in 2000 for coverage in 1999. Award winners were: [69]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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Grand Prize and International Print: | Peter Finn | "Kosovo" | The Washington Post |
Domestic Print: | Todd Richissin | "Charlie Squad" | The Baltimore Sun |
Domestic Photojournalism: | Eugene Garcia | "In His Brothers Arms" | The Orange County Register |
International Photojournalism: | Essdras M. Suarez | "Osveli's Story" | Rocky Mountain News |
Domestic TV: | Geraldo Rivera, Susan Farkas | "Women in Prison: Nowhere to Hide" | NBC News |
International TV: | Diane Sawyer | "The Unwanted Children of Russia" | 20/20 (ABC News) |
International Radio: | Maria Emilia Martin | "The Betrayal of Sister Dianna Ortiz" | Latino USA (KUT-FM) |
Domestic Radio: | John Biewen | "The Forgotten 14 Million" | American RadioWorks |
Domestic cartoon: | Ted Rall | Universal Press Syndicate | |
Honorable Mention, Photojournalism: | Mona Reeder | "A People in Peril" | The Arizona Republic |
Lifetime Achievement: | Jack Nelson | The Los Angeles Times |
The 33rd Annual Awards were awarded in 2001 for coverage in 2000. Award winners were: [70]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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Grand prize and domestic TV: | Edward Pinder | "Master Teacher" | Nightline (ABC News) |
Domestic photojournalism: | Matt Rainey | "After The Fire" | The Star-Ledger |
International photojournalism: | Dudley Brooks | "Thou Shalt Not Kill" | The Washington Post |
International print: | Steve Coll | "Peace Without Justice" | The Washington Post |
Domestic print: | Rick Tulsky | "Uncertain Refuge" | San Jose Mercury News |
Honorable Mention, domestic print: | Staff | "Paper Shield" | York Daily Record |
Domestic TV: | Edward Pinder | "Master Teacher" | Nightline (ABC News) |
International TV: | "Srebrenica / A Cry from the Grave" | WNET (Thirteen) | |
Domestic radio: | Katie Davis | "Throw That Smoke" | This American Life (WBEZ) |
Domestic cartoon: | Matt Davies | The Journal News | |
International radio: | John Biewen, Deborah George | "Engineering Crops in a Needy World" | Minnesota Public Radio |
College: | Ivan O'Mahoney, Thomas Loudon, Constanza Santa Maria, | "Vieques, Time to Decide" | Columbia University |
Honorable Mention, college | Beth A. "Vivi" Abrams | "On Deadly Ground" | Northwestern University |
High School broadcast | Matt Johnson | "A Day in the Life of a Child with Downs Syndrome" | Centennial High School (Circle Pines, Minnesota) |
Honorable Mention, High school print | Ashley Barker | "People Taking Action Against Poverty" | Greenbrier West High School (Charmco, West Virginia) |
Lifetime achievement | Herb Block | The Washington Post |
The 34th Annual Awards were awarded in 2002 for coverage in 2001. Award winners were: [71]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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Grand Prize and Domestic Print | Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham, Sarah Cohen | "The District's Lost Children" | The Washington Post |
International Print Prize | David Finkel | "Invisible Journeys" | The Washington Post |
Domestic TV | Morley Safer, Catherine Olian | "Schools for the Homeless" | 60 Minutes (CBS News) |
Domestic TV | Christiane Amanpour, Andrew Tkach | "Sleeping Sickness" | 60 Minutes (CBS News) |
Domestic Photojournalism Prize | Sheila Springsteen | "Witness to His Mother's Murder" | Home News Tribune |
International Photojournalism Prize | Bill Greene | "The Lost Boys of Sudan" | The Boston Globe |
Domestic Radio Prize | (Radio Rookies) | WNYC | |
International Radio Prize | Sandy Tolan | "Roots of Resentment in the Arab World" | Homelands Productions |
Cartoon Prize | Signe Wilkinson | Philadelphia Daily News | |
College Prize | Scott Spilky | "The Clinic Crash" | The Daily Illini (University of Illinois) |
High School Print Prize | Bonnie Gallagher | "Student's Plight Causes Flight from Homeland" | Franklin Community High School (Franklin, Indiana) |
High School Broadcast Prize (in partnership with Channel One Network) | Kirk Hadden, Eric Hernando, Erin Neal, Rachel Osborn, and Ashley Reynolds | "Poverty in the Ozarks: Cycle of Despair" | Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri) |
International Photojournalism Honorable Mention | Hilda Perez, Mike Stocker, and A. Enrique Valentin | "Witness to an Epidemic" | South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
Domestic Print Honorable Mention | Ruth Teichroeb | "Decades of Abuse" | The Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
Domestic Radio Honorable Mention | Helen Borten | "The Prison Cure" | Public Radio International |
College Honorable Mention | Paul Smith | "Swept into Poverty" | University Daily Kansan (University of Kansas) |
High School Print Honorable Mention (in partnership with the National Scholastic Press Association) | Rami Daud | "Helping the Homeless" | Lakewood High School (Lakewood, Ohio) |
High School Broadcast Honorable Mention (in partnership with Channel One Network) | "Miracle on East 9th Street" | Columbia Central High School (Columbia, Tennessee) |
The 35th Annual Awards were awarded in 2003 for coverage in 2002. Award winners were: [72]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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Grand Prize and International Print and Photojournalism | Sonia Nazario, Don Bartletti | "A Boy Left Behind" | Los Angeles Times |
Domestic Print | Connie Schultz | "The Burden of Innocence" | The Plain Dealer |
Domestic Photojournalism | J. Albert Diaz | "When Minimum Wage Isn't Enough" | The Miami Herald |
International TV | Ted Koppel, Kim Jung-eun | "Hidden Lives" | Nightline (ABC News) |
Domestic TV | Ofra Bikel | "An Ordinary Crime" | PBS Frontline |
International Radio [73] | Kristin McHugh | "Kosovo's Pied Piper: The Liz Shropshire Story" [74] | Common Ground Radio |
Domestic Radio | Anthony Brooks | "Testing DNA and the Death Penalty: Inside Out" | WBUR-FM |
Cartoon | Dan Perkins ("Tom Tomorrow") | "This Modern World" | |
College | Adam Pracht | "Hiding in Plain Sight" | University Daily Kansan (University of Kansas) |
High School Print | Victoria D. Williams | "Overcoming Long Odds" | Panther Prints, Duncanville High School (Duncanville, Texas) |
High School Broadcast | "Opportunities" | Texas Senior High School (Texarkana, Texas) | |
Domestic TV Honorable Mention | Denise DiIanni | "Eye on Education: A Day in the Life" | WGBH-TV |
International Photojournalism Honorable Mention | John Kaplan | "Transcending Torture" | St. Petersburg Times |
Domestic Photojournalism Honorable Mention | Ted Jackson | "Leap Year" | The Times-Picayune |
Domestic Radio Honorable Mention | Stacy Abramson | "Youth Portraits" | Sound Portraits |
Lifetime Achievement | Daniel Schorr | National Public Radio |
The 36th Annual Awards were awarded in 2004 for coverage in 2003. Award winners were: [75]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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Grand Prize | Rachel Dretzin, Barak Goodman, Muriel Soenens | "Failure to Protect" | Frontline (WGBH-TV) |
International Print: | Joseph Kahn | "The World's Sweatshop" | The New York Times |
International Honorable Mention: | Anthony Shadid | "The Soul of Iraq" | The Washington Post |
Domestic Print: | Staff Writers | "Modern Day Slavery" | The Palm Beach Post |
Domestic Photojournalism: | Brant Ward | "Shame of the City" | San Francisco Chronicle |
International Photojournalism: | Bradley E. Clift | "The Sacrifice of Ganansol" | Hartford Courant |
Cartoon: | John Sherffius | ||
Domestic Radio: | Cameron Lawrence, John Gregory | "Sisters in Pain" | Kentucky Public Radio |
College Print: | Sarah Schaffer | "Outside the Fence" | Capital News Service (University of Maryland, College Park) |
High School Print: | Alicia Okland | "Megan's Story" | Century High School (Bismarck, North Dakota) |
High School Broadcast: | Joe Morgan | "What God Had Put on My Heart..." | Washington High School (Washington, Missouri) |
The 37th Annual Awards were awarded in 2005 for coverage in 2004. Award winners were: [76]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize: | Tracy Weber, Charles Ornstein, Mitchell Landsberg, Steve Hymon, Robert Gauthier | "The Troubles at King/Drew." | Los Angeles Times |
International Print: | Celia Williams Dugger | "Helping the Poor" | The New York Times |
Domestic TV: | Ofra Bikel | "The Plea" | Frontline (WGBH-TV) |
International TV: | Greg Barker | "Ghosts of Rwanda" | Frontline (WGBH-TV) |
International Photojournalism: | Manny Crisostomo | "The Leftover People" | The Sacramento Bee |
Domestic Radio: | Daniel Zwerdling | "Immigrant Detainees Allege Abuse" | National Public Radio |
International Radio: | Joe Richman, Sue Johnson | "Mandela: An Audio History" | National Public Radio |
Cartoon: | Mark Fiore | ||
College Print: | Journalism Students | "Sovereignty" | University of Montana |
High School Print: | Amanda Blakely | "Ms. Mary and the Big Blue House" | Crandall High School (Crandall, Texas) |
High School Broadcast: | Quinci Adams and Carrie Lutz | "A Safe Haven" | Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri) |
The 38th Annual Awards were awarded in 2006 for coverage in 2005. Award winners were: [77]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize | Karen O'Connor, Miri Navasky | "The New Asylums" | Frontline (WGBH-TV) |
Domestic Print: | Cam Simpson | "Pipeline of Peril" | Chicago Tribune |
International Print: | John Lantigua, Christine Evans, Christine Stapleton | "A Cloud over Florida: Hidden Pesticide Problems" | The Palm Beach Post |
Domestic Photojournalism: | Steve Liss | "No Place for Children: Voices from Juvenile Detention" | Time |
International Radio: | Steve Inskeep, Jim Wallace, Bruce Auster, Kimberly Jones | "The Price of African Oil" | National Public Radio |
Cartoon: | John Backderf | "The City" | |
College Print: | Kara Couch | "I don't want to be a guy" | Somerset Community College (Somerset, Kentucky) |
High School Print: | Samantha Offerdahl | "Super Senior" | Century High School (Bismarck, North Dakota) |
High School Broadcast: | Aliy Bossert, Kevin McMillan [78] | "Not Bad Kids" | Roane County High School (Spencer, West Virginia) |
The 39th Annual Awards were awarded in 2007 for coverage in 2006. Award winners were: [79]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize: | Donald Gerard McNeil, Jr., Celia W. Dugger | "Disease on the Brink" | The New York Times |
Domestic Print: | George Pawlaczyk, Beth Hundsdorfer | "Lethal Lapses" | Belleville News-Democrat |
Domestic Photography: | Matt Black | "From Dust to Dust" | The Los Angeles Times |
Domestic TV: | Diane Sawyer | "A Call to Action: Saving Our Children" | ABC News |
Domestic Radio: | Daniel Zwerdling | "Mental Anguish and the Military" | National Public Radio |
International Photography: | Mike Stocker, Joe Amon | "AIDS Orphans" | South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
International TV: | Renata Simone | "The Age of AIDS" | Frontline (WGBH-TV) |
Editorial Cartoon | Clay Bennett | Christian Science Monitor | |
College Print: | Ruth Bradley | "Lubbock in the Dark" | The Daily Toreador (Texas Tech University) |
College Radio: | Scott Detrow | "Treating the Rainbow Nation: AIDS in South Africa" | WFUV (Fordham University) |
High School Broadcast: | Lillian Olive, Rachel Miles | "Thread of Hope" | Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri) |
The 40th Annual Awards were awarded in 2008 for coverage in 2007. Award winners were: [80]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize: | Dana Priest and Anne Hull | "The Other Walter Reed" | The Washington Post |
International Print: | Robyn Dixon | "Zimbabwe's Pain" | The Los Angeles Times |
Domestic Photojournalism: | Mona Reeder | "The Bottom Line" | The Dallas Morning News |
International Photojournalism: | Mary F. Calvert | "Lost Daughters: Sex Selection in India" | The Washington Times |
Domestic Radio: | Alix Spiegel | "Stuck and Suicidal in a Post-Katrina Trailer Park" | National Public Radio |
Domestic TV: | Steve Kroft, Ira Rosen, John Solomon | "Evidence of Injustice" | The Washington Times and CBS News' 60 Minutes |
International TV: | Kira Kay, Jason Maloney | "Uganda's Silent War" | PBS NewsHour and HDNet World Report |
Cartoon: | Signe Wilkinson | Philadelphia Daily News | |
College Broadcast: | Rachel Anderson, Megan Carrick, Justin Peterson and Chris Welch | "Breaking Down Barriers" | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
High School Print: | D. J. Shewmaker | "Students Show Outstanding Ability" | Francis Howell North High School (Saint Charles, Missouri) |
High School Broadcast: | Brittany Gomes, Mhanivel Moresca, Samuel Balecha, and Laurissa Asuega | "Home is Where the Heart Is" | Waianae High School (Wai'anae, Hawai'i) |
The 41st Annual Awards were awarded in 2009 for coverage in 2008. Award winners were: [81]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize (International Photo): | Carol Guzy | "Birth and Death" | The Washington Post |
International Print | Clifford J. Levy | "Kremlin Rules" | The New York Times |
Domestic Print | Staff Reporters | "The Cruelest Cuts" | The Charlotte Observer |
Domestic Photo | Carlos Javier Ortiz | "Too Young to Die" | Freelance |
Domestic TV | Sherry Jones | "Torturing Democracy" | Washington Media Associates |
International TV | Marc Rosenwasser, Michael J. Kavanagh, Taylor Krauss and Lisa Biagiotti | "War in DR Congo" | Worldfocus |
Cartoon | Jack Ohman | The Oregonian | |
College Print | Cronkite Depth Reporting Class | "Divided Families" | Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University |
College Broadcast | Sue Kopen Katcef | "Out of the Shadows" | WMUC-FM (University of Maryland, College Park) |
High School Broadcast | Jacqui Powell and Laura Pait | "More Than Just Food" | Elizabethtown High School (Elizabethtown, Kentucky) |
High School Print | Ryan Firle | "Cancer Cannot Silence Dr. Bob's Courage" | Francis Howell North High School (Saint Charles, Missouri) |
The 42nd Annual Awards were awarded in 2010 for coverage in 2009. Award winners were: [82]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize (International TV) | Rebecca Cammisa | "Which Way Home" | Home Box Office: |
Domestic Print | Laura Bauer, Mike McGraw, and Mark Morris | "A New Slavery: Human Trafficking in America" | Kansas City Star: |
International Print | Farnaz Fassihi | "Hearts, Mind, and Blood: The Battle for Iran" | The Wall Street Journal |
Domestic Photography | Carol Guzy | "No Greater Love" | The Washington Post |
International Photography | Sarah Voisin | "In Mexico's war on drugs, battle lines are drawn in chalk" | The Washington Post: |
Domestic TV | Diane Sawyer | "A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains" | ABC News 20/20: |
International Radio | Rachel Krantz | "In the Kennel – Uncovering a Navy Unit's Culture of Abuse" | Youth Radio Staff, and NPR's All Things Considered Staff |
Domestic Radio | Miguelina Diaz, Keith Tingman, & Amon Frazier | "This is the South Bronx" | WNYC Radio Rookies: |
Cartoon | Bill Day Series of cartoons, | United Feature Syndicate | |
College Print | David Kempa | "Crossing Lines" | ASU News 21: |
High School Print | Isaac Stanley-Becker | "The Sad Story of How a Gay High School got Derailed" | U-High Midway |
The 43rd Annual Awards were awarded in 2011 for coverage in 2010. Award winners were: [83]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
International Print | Joe Mozingo, Scott Kraft, and Tracy Wilkinson | "Disaster in Haiti" | The Los Angeles Times |
Domestic Print | Carol Rosenberg | "Guantanamo Bay" | The Miami Herald |
Domestic Photo | Laura Antrim Caskey | "Dragline" | Freelance |
Domestic TV | James Gandolfini | "Wartorn" | HBO |
International TV | Dan Rather and Jenny Nordberg, Dan Rather Reports | "The Price of an Afghan Bride" | HDNet |
Cartoon | Gary Varvel | "The Path to Hope" | The Indianapolis Star |
College Print | Student Reporting Team of University of Mississippi | "The Roads of Broken Dreams: Can a New Delta Arise from the Rot of the Old South?" | Meek School of Journalism and New Media |
High School Print | Benjamin Breuner and Michael Weinstein | "Targeting Teens" | The Redwood Bark Redwood High School (Larkspur, California) |
High School Broadcast | Aaron Oshiro, Cody Kau, Michael Gooch, and Jenna Munoz | "Farming Knowledge" | Waianae High School (Wai'anae, Hawai'i) |
The 44th annual award winners: [84]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize and International TV | May Ying Welsh (Cinematographer, Writer, & director), Hassan Mahfood (Field Producer), and Jon Blair (Executive Producer) | "Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark" | Al Jazeera English |
Domestic TV | Yoav Potash | "Crime After Crime" | The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) |
Radio | Laura Sullivan and Amy Walters | "Native Foster Care Lost Children, Shattered Families" by | National Public Radio (NPR) |
International Photography | Michael Robinson Chavez | "Broken Promise: Gold Mining in Peru's High Andes" | The Los Angeles Times Magazine |
Domestic Photography | Katie Falkenberg | A Lasting Toll | The Los Angeles Times |
International Print | Tom Lasseter | "China: Living Under the Yoke" | McClatchy Newspapers |
Domestic Print | Meg Kissinger | "Imminent Danger" | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
Cartoon | Stephanie McMillan | "The Beginning of the American Fall and Code Green" | South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
College | "Stateless in the Dominican Republic" | Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication | |
High School Print | Anna Sturla and Daniel Tutt | "A Light on Latinos" | Davis Senior High School |
High School Broadcast | Jared Iler and Anna Reed | "The Power of One" | Cody High School |
The 45th annual award winners: [85]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize/Domestic Print | Ames Alexander, Karen Garloch, Joseph Neff, David Raynor, Jim Walser, and Steve Riley | "Prognosis: Profits" | The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer |
International TV | Catherine Olian and Natalie Morales | "Lobster Trap" | NBC News/ Rock Center with Brian Williams |
Domestic TV | Jezza Newman | "Poor Kids" | PBS/ Frontline |
New Media | Kenneth Weiss and Rick Loomis | "Beyond 7 Billion" | Los Angeles Times |
Radio | Bob Edwards | "An 'Occupational Hazard': Rape in the Military" | The Bob Edwards Show , SiriusXM |
Photography | Marc Asnin | "Embracing Uncle Charlie" | CNN Photos |
International Print | Charles Duhigg | "The iEconomy" | The New York Times |
Cartoon | Jen Sorensen | ||
College | Patricia Thompson | "M-Powered: University of Mississippi Students Learn through Service in Belize" | University of Mississippi |
High School Print | Alexis Christo | "Cheering Through It All" | North Star, Francis Howell North High School |
The 46th annual award winners: [84]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Domestic TV | Andrés Cediel, Lowell Bergman, Lauren Rosenfeld, Bernice Yeung, Susanne Reber, Grace Rubenstein, Stephanie Mechura, Raney Aronson, Juan Rendon, Isaac Lee | "Rape in the Fields/ Violación de un Sueño," | UC Berkeley IRP, CIR, FRONTLNE, and Univision |
International TV | Anjali Kamat, Laila Al-Arian, Mathieu Skene, Warwick Meade, Tim Grucza, Andy Bowley and Fault Lines Staff | "Made in Bangladesh," | Al Jazeera |
Domestic Print | Debbie Cenziper, Michael Sallah, and Steven Rich | "Homes for the Taking: Liens, Loss and Profiteers," | The Washington Post |
International Print | Michael Smith, Tim Culpan, Alex Webb, Anatoly Kurmanaev, Jonathan Neumann | "Tungsten's Tainted Trail, " | Bloomberg Markets |
Domestic Photography | Rick Loomis | "Private Wars," | Los Angeles Times |
International Photography | Robin Hammond | "CONDEMNED: Mental Health in African Countries in Crisis," | |
Radio | Quil Lawrence, Bruce Auster, and Marisa Peñaloza | "Life After War: Coverage of Veterans," | NPR News |
New Media | Thomas Mucha, Solana Pyne, David Case, Patrick Winn, and Jonah Kessel | "Myanmar Emerges", | Los Angeles Times |
Cartoon | David Horsey | "Portfolio by David Horsey," | Los Angeles Times |
College | Varsha Ramakrishnan | "A Broken Promise: Dowry Violence in India," | Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine |
High School Broadcast | Kaley Prier, Savanna Steffen, John Harmon, Kara Mullen, Kelsey Williams, Caleb Brown, Cody House, Ryan Lindsey, and Breanna Feemster | "Homeless in the Heartland," | Hillcrest High School, Springfield, MO |
High School Print | Linda Sankat and Autumn Spanne | "Stop-and-Frisk: Time for a Change," | Youth Communication, YCteen |
The 47th annual award winners: [84]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
High School Broadcast: | John Alpert and Team | "Our Cameras, Our Stories," | Downtown Community Television Center, New York |
High School Print: | Gwyneth Henke | "Eyes on Ferguson," | The Globe, Clayton High School, Clayton, MO |
College: | Alec Klein and Team | "Wrongful Convictions," | Medill Justice Project, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
Cartoon: | Darrin Bell | "Darrin Bell 2014 Editorial Cartoons," | The Washington Post Writers Group |
New Media: | T. Christian Miller and Jonathan Jones | "Firestone and the Warlord," | ProPublica and PBS Frontline |
Radio: | Carrie Johnson, Marisa Peñalosa, and Beth Donovan "Boxed In: When the Punishment No Longer Fits the Crime," | NPR News | |
Domestic Photography: | Michael Robinson Chavez | "California's Dust Bowl," | The Los Angeles Times |
International Photography: | Michel du Cille | "Ebola: A Desperate Struggle," | The Washington Post |
Domestic Print: | Julie K. Brown | "Cruel and Unusual," | Miami Herald |
International Print: | Richard Marosi and Don Bartletti | "Product of Mexico," | The Los Angeles Times |
Domestic TV: | Daniel Edge | "Solitary Nation," , | PBS Frontline and WGBH |
International TV: | Jeremy Schaap, Beein Gim, Andy Tennant, Michael Baltierra, and Tim Horgan | "Qatar's World Cup," | ESPN E:60 |
The 48th annual award winners: [84]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
High School Broadcast | Becca Kristofferson, Jacob Jaeger, Dylan Goodman, and Seamus Levin, | "The Jellybean Jar of Life: Nick's Story," | Mexico High School, Missouri |
High School Print | Anthony Kristensen | "What One Family Can Never Forget," | North Star, Francis Howell North High School, Missouri |
College Journalism | Depth Reporting Class | "Land of Broken Promises," | Meek School of Journalism and New Media, University of Mississippi |
Domestic Print | Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Michael Corkery, Robert Gebeloff, and Christine Kay | "Beware the Fine Print," | The New York Times |
International Print | Martha Mendoza, Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, and Esther Htusan | "Seafood from Slaves," | The Associated Press |
Domestic Photography | Matt Black | "The Geography of Poverty," | MSNBC |
International Photography | Carolyn Cole | "Europe's Migrant Crisis," | Los Angeles Times |
Radio | Daniel Zwerdling | "Injured Nurses," | NPR News |
New Media | Neela Banerjee, John Cushman, Jr., David Hasemyer, and Lisa Song | "Exxon: The Road Not Taken", | InsideClimate News |
Cartoon | Angelo Lopez | "Editorial Cartoons," | Philippines Today |
Domestic TV | Laura Poitras | "Citizenfour," | HBO |
International TV | Edward Watts, Raney Aronson, John Bredar, Andrew Metz, and Evan Williams | "Escaping Isis," | FRONTLINE/WGHB |
The 49th annual award winners: [86]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
High School Broadcast | Josh Horned, Chloe Durham and Rachel Pfeifer | "A Whole New World," | HTV Magazine, Hillcrest High School, Springfield, Missouri |
High School Print | Anthony Kristensen | "A Ball, A Team, A War and a Dream," | Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri |
College Journalism | Amber Baesler, Lauren Brown-Hulme, Jake Crandall, Vanessa Daves, Matt Hanson, Calla Kessler, Alyssa Mae, Marcella Mercer, Natasha Rausch, James Wooldridge | "Wounds of White Clay: Nebraska's Shameful Legacy," | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska |
Print - Domestic | Josh Salman, Emily le Coz and Elizabeth Johnson | "Bias on the Bench," | Sarasota Herald Tribune, Florida |
Print - International | Ben Taub | "The Assad Files," | The New Yorker |
Photography - Domestic | Laurie Skrivan | "Toxic Stress: A Cycle of Poverty and Gun Violence," | St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri |
Photography - International | Daniella Zalcman | "Signs of Your Identity," | Various Publications |
Radio | Fernanda Echávarri, Marlon Bishop and Maria Hinojosa | "The Strange Death of José de Jesús," | Latino USA |
New Media | Univision News Digital | "Vacation in No Man's Sea," | |
Cartoon | Mike Thompson | "The Flint Water Scandal," | Detroit Free Press |
TV - Domestic | Executive Producer Keith Summa; Senior Producer: Nina Alvarez; Producer: Alissa Figueroa; Associate Producer: Alcione Gonzales; Correspondent: Natasha Del Toro; Supervising Producer: Justine Gubar | "The Naked Truth: Rigged," | Fusion |
TV - International | produced and directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness," | HBO |
Media Advocacy Award | Bill Moyers Executive Editor—Bill Moyers. Executive Producer -- Judy Doctoroff O'Neill Producers—by Marc Levin, Mark Benjamin, and Rolake Bamgbose | "Rikers" | Schumann Media Center and Brick City TV in association with Public Square Media |
The 50th annual award winners: [87]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
High School Broadcast | Jessie Nguyen, Carlin Bills, and Surya Hendry | "I Wasn't Comfortable: Being a Student of Color in Garfield High's Advanced Classes" | KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio |
High School Print | Sarah Zimmerman | "One Incredible Goal" | Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri |
College Journalism | Mark Boyle, Quanny Carr, Michael Errigo, Abby Mergenmeier, Jenna Milliner-Waddell, John Powers, Talia Richman, Jacob Taylor, Naema Ahmed, Ana Hurler, Helen Lyons, and Daniel Trielli | "Home Sick" | Capital News Service and Baltimore Urban Affairs Reporting Class |
Print - Domestic | Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, Emily Steel, Michael S. Schmidt, Susan Chira, Catrin Einhorn, Katie Benner, Rachel Abrams, Ellen Gabler, Susan Dominus, Jim Rutenberg, Steve Eder, Melena Ryzik, and Cara Buckley | "Harassed" | The New York Times |
Print - International | Todd Pitman, Kristen Gelineau, Robin McDowell, Esther Htusan, Muneeza Naqvi, Maye-E Wong, Rishabh Raj Jain, Bernat Armangue, Gemunu Amarasinghe, and Dar Yasin | "Rohingya Exodus" | Associated Press (with support of The Pulitzer Center) |
Photography - Domestic | Matt Black | "Maria's Bodies" | New York Magazine |
Photography - International | Michael Robinson Chavez, Joshua Partlow, Nick Kirpatrick, and MaryAnne Golon | "Mexico's Misery" | The Washington Post |
Radio | Pat Duggins, Stan Ingold, and Alex AuBuchon | "Help Wanted: Alabama's Rural Health Care Crisis" | Alabama Public Radio |
New Media | Ty McCormick, Nichole Sobecki, Peter Tinti, Jill Filipovic, Cameron Abadi and staff | "Europe Slams its Gates" | Foreign Policy |
Cartoon | Ruben Bolling, Andrews McMeel Syndication, Boing Boing, Daily Kos, and GoComics | "Tom the Dancing Bug" | Syndicated by Andrews McMeel Syndication |
TV - Domestic | John Ridley, Jeanmarie Condon, Fatima Curry, Melia Patria, and Colin Rich | "Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992" | ABC News, Lincoln Square Productions |
TV - International | Ramita Navai, Paddy Wells, Raney Aronson, Dan Edge, Andrew Metz, Eamonn Matthews, Monica Garnsey, Mais Al-Bayaa, Natalie Triebwasser, John Moratiel, Ella Newton, and Steve Audette | "Iraq Uncovered" | FRONTLINE in association with Channel 4 |
The 51st annual award winners: [88]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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High School Broadcast | Emily Peebles, Ellen Fountain, Hayden Pyle, Kaylinn Clotfelter, and Sophia Vaughn | "A Bay 11 Podcast Special: Wildfire" | Bay 11 Podcast, Hillcrest High School, Springfield, Missouri |
High School Print | Jacob LaGesse, Michael Bernard, and Gracie Morris | "Trafficked" | The Globe, Clayton High School, Clayton, Missouri |
College Journalism | "Hate in America" | Carnegie-Knight News21, Arizona State University | |
Print - Domestic | "Torn Apart: Immigration in the Era of Trump" | Associated Press | |
Print - International | "Saudi Arabia's Tragic War in Yemen" | The New York Times | |
Photography - Domestic | Carolyn Van Houten | "The Road to Asylum: Inside the Migrant Caravans" | The Washington Post |
Photography - International | Marcus Yam and Alan Hagman | "The Great March of Return" | The Los Angeles Times |
Radio | Hank Klibanoff, Dave Barasoain and John Haas | "Buried Truths" | WABE (NPR member station) |
New Media | Hannah Dreier | "Trapped in Gangland" | ProPublica, in collaboration with New York magazine, Newsday, This American Life and The New York Times Magazine |
Cartoon | Mark Fiore | "Mark Fiore editorial cartoons" | KQED News and online news websites |
TV - Domestic | Rebecca Cammisa, James B. Freydberg, Larissa Bills, Unseen Hand, Bill Benenson, Laurie Benenson, Rose Villaseñor, Adilia Aguilar, Mary Recine, Olivia Negrón, Sheila Nevins, Sara Bernstein, Madeleine Gavin, Claudia Raschke, and Robert Miller | "Atomic Homefront" | HBO |
TV - International | Ramita Navai, Sam Collyns, Dan Edge, Andrew Metz, and Raney Aronson | "UN Sex Abuse Scandal" | FRONTLINE |
Photography - Special Recognition | John Moore | "Undocumented" | Getty Images |
The 52nd annual award winners: [89]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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High School Journalism | Nina Lavezzo-Stecopoulos | "Black Students Nearly Two Times as Likely to be Suspended as White Peers in the ICCSD" | The Little Hawk, Iowa City High School, Iowa City, Iowa |
College Journalism | Staff of News21 | "State of Emergency" | Carnegie-Knight News21, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication |
Domestic Print | Michael Keller, Gabriel J.X. Dance, Nellie Bowles and Kholood Eid | "Exploited" | The New York Times |
International Print | Craig Whitlock | "The Afghanistan Papers" | The Washington Post |
Domestic Photography | Ricky Carioti | "One More Year on the Farm: A Minnesota Farm Family Fights to Save Its Land" | The Washington Post |
International Photography | Rodrigo Abd | "Venezuela on the Edge" | Associated Press |
Radio | Staff of In the Dark | "In the Dark: The Path Home" | APM Reports (American Public Media investigative unit) |
New Media | A.C. Thompson, Ginger Thompson, Melissa del Bosque, Jeff Ernsthausen, Robert Moore, Susan Schmidt, Maryam Jameel, Lucas Waldron, Katie Campbell and Dara Lind | "Inside the Border Patrol" | ProPublica |
Cartoon | JD Crowe | "JD Crowe 2019 Work" | Alabama Media Group |
International Television and John Seigenthaler Courage in Journalism Award | Staffs of FRONTLINE, Channel 4 and ITN Productions | "For Sama" | FRONTLINE (PBS) and WGBH (NPR affiliate) |
Domestic Television and Grand Prize | "Broken Trust" staff, notably Maren Machles, Carrie Cochrane, Angela Hill, Suzette Brewer | "A Broken Trust" | Newsy |
The 53rd annual award winners: [90]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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High School Print and New Voices for Justice | Satchel Walton, Cooper Walton and Payton Carns | "Bigoted Badges: How Hate and Violence are Embedded in Kentucky Law Enforcement Training" | Manual RedEye, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky |
High School Broadcast | Grant Johnson, Kacey Boston, Cristina Folsom and Maggie Hale | "The Pandemic Program" | Eagle Nation News, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas |
College Journalism | Staff of News21 | Kids Imprisoned | Carnegie-Knight News21, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication |
Domestic Print and Grand Prize | Michael Anastasi and Mark Russell | "The Confederate Reckoning" | USA Today Network in the South |
International Print | Margie Mason and Robin McDowell | "Fruits of Labor" | Associated Press |
Domestic Photography | André Chung | "We Keep Us Safe" | VII Photo Agency |
Radio | Amy Brittain, Reena Flores and Bishop Sand | "Canary: The Washington Post Investigates" | The Washington Post |
New Media | Thomas Brennan, Kelly Kennedy and Ben Kalin | "Gag Order: How Marine Corps Culture Silenced a Victim of Sexual Assault" | The War Horse |
Cartoon | "In/Vulnerable: Inequity in the Time of Pandemic" | Reveal (Center for Investigative Reporting podcast) | |
Domestic Television | Staff of MTV News, notably Steve Liss, Ben Hurvitz and Lily Neumeyer | "16 and Recovering" | MTV News |
International Television and John Seigenthaler Courage in Journalism Award | David France | "Welcome to Chechnya" | HBO |
Criminal Justice Reform | Staff of Reuters, notably Peter Eisler, Jason Szep, Linda So, Grant Smith and Ned Parker | "Dying Inside" | Reuters |
The 54th annual award winners: [91]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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College Journalism | "Being Black In Lincoln" | University of Nebraska Lincoln College of Journalism | |
High School Print | Owen Auston-Babcock | "Unlivable Wages" | The Globe, Clayton High School |
High School Broadcast | Jaela Burris | "The Talk" | Bay 11 Podcast, Hillcrest High School |
Domestic Print and Grand Prize | Carol Marbin Miller, Daniel Chang and Emily Michot | "Birth and Betrayal" | The Miami Herald and ProPublica |
International Print | Raffi Khatchadourian | "Ghost Walls" | The New Yorker |
Domestic Photography | Joshua Lott | "Social Injustice" | The Washington Post |
International Photography | Marcus Yam | "The Fall of Afghanistan" | The Los Angeles Times |
New Media | Staff of The New York Times | "Airstrikes Gone Wrong" | The New York Times |
Cartoon | Clay Jones | "Clay Jones Cartoons" | Claytoonz.com and CNN Opinion Newsletter |
Domestic Television | Jennifer Gollan, Amina Waheed and Adrienne Haspel | "Unrelinquished: When Abusers Keep their Guns" | Al Jazeera English Fault Lines and Reveal (Center for Investigative Reporting podcast) |
International Television | Ramona Diaz | "A Thousand Cuts" | FRONTLINE (PBS) |
Criminal Justice Reform | Gina Barton, Daphne Duret, Brett Murphy and Jarrad Henderson | "Behind the Blue Wall" | USA Today |
John Seigenthaler Courage in Journalism Award | Staff of The New York Times | "Airstrikes Gone Wrong" | The New York Times |
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