Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting
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The Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting is the United States' top annual prize for journalism about education. It has been awarded each year since 1972 by the Education Writers Association, the national group for reporters and editors who cover education issues. The Hechinger Prize is awarded to the top work of journalism among the first-place winners in the association's annual National Awards for Education Reporting.
It is named for Fred M. Hechinger
, the longtime education editor of The New York Times
.
It is named for Fred M. Hechinger
Fred M. Hechinger
Fred M. Hechinger was an education editor at The New York Times from 1959 to 1990.He came to the U.S. in 1936. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School, in 1937....
, the longtime education editor of The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
.
List of winners
- 1972: John Matthews, The Washington Star
- 1973: William Grant, The Detroit Free Press
- 1974: James NolanJames NolanJames Nolan is an athletics coach who was an Irish international runner from 1996 until 2008. He was a two time Olympian who specialized in the 800 metres between 1996 and 2000 before changing to the 1500 metres later that year...
and Linda StahlLinda StahlLinda Stahl is a German javelin thrower.Her personal best throw is 66.81 metres, achieved on 29 July 2010 at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, where she won gold....
, The Louisville Courier-Journal - 1975: Jonathan Neumann, Daily Hampshire GazetteDaily Hampshire GazetteThe Daily Hampshire Gazette is a six-day morning daily newspaper based in Northampton, Massachusetts, and covering all of Hampshire County and southern towns of Franklin County, Massachusetts...
(Northampton, Mass.) - 1976: James Worsham and Marguerite Del Guidice, The Boston GlobeThe Boston GlobeThe Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
- 1977: Lou Antosh, The Philadelphia Bulletin
- 1978: Stanley Moulton and Laurel Sorenson, Daily Hampshire GazetteDaily Hampshire GazetteThe Daily Hampshire Gazette is a six-day morning daily newspaper based in Northampton, Massachusetts, and covering all of Hampshire County and southern towns of Franklin County, Massachusetts...
- 1979: Staff of 10 writers, The Charlotte ObserverThe Charlotte ObserverThe Charlotte Observer, serving Charlotte, North Carolina and its metro area, is the largest newspaper, in terms of circulation, in North Carolina and South Carolina...
- 1980: Rena W. Cohen, The Daily and Sunday Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
- 1981: Mary Bishop, Thomas Ferrick, Jr. and Donald Kimelman, The Philadelphia InquirerThe Philadelphia InquirerThe Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the...
- 1982: Fred Anklam and Nancy Weaver, The Clarion-LedgerThe Clarion-LedgerThe Clarion-Ledger is the Pulitzer Prize winning daily newspaper of Jackson, Mississippi. It is the second oldest company in the state of Mississippi and is one of only a few newspapers in the nation that continues to circulate statewide...
- 1983: Robert Frahm, The Journal Times (Racine, Wisc.)
- 1984: Cindy Goodaker, The Oakland PressThe Oakland PressThe Oakland Press is a daily newspaper published in Oakland County, Michigan. Owned by Journal Register Company, The Oakland Press was originally named The Pontiac Press until 1972.-External links:* *...
- 1985: Janet Groat, The Macon Telegraph & TribuneThe Telegraph (Macon)The Telegraph, frequently referred to as the Macon Telegraph, is a McClatchy newspaper in Macon, Georgia, United States, and is the primary print news organ in Middle Georgia...
- 1986: Ricardo Gandara, The Albuquerque Tribune
- 1987: Emily Sachar, New York Newsday
- 1988: Team of 14 reporters from The Chicago Tribune
- 1989: Emily Sachar, New York Newsday
- 1990: Ann Carnahan and Tony Pugh, The Rocky Mountain News
- 1991: Theresa Churchill, Ron IngramRon IngramRonald Walter Ingram was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 114 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks, and Detroit Red Wings. He was born in Toronto, Ontario....
and Carol Alexander, The Herald & Review (Decatur, Ill.) - 1992: Kimberly J. McLarin, The Philadelphia InquirerThe Philadelphia InquirerThe Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the...
- 1993: Stephen HendersonStephen HendersonStephen McKinley Henderson is an American actor.-Life and career:Henderson was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Ruby Naomi and Elihue Henderson. He was originally part of Group 1 of the Juilliard Drama School, later finishing his degree at the North Carolina School of the Arts...
, Lexington Herald-LeaderLexington Herald-LeaderThe Lexington Herald-Leader is a newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and based in the U.S. city of Lexington, Kentucky. According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the Herald-Leaders paid circulation is the second largest in the Commonwealth of Kentucky... - 1994: Neil A. Borowski, Laura Bruch, Thomas Ferrick, Craig McCoy, Dale Mezzacappa, John Woestenliek and Martha Woodall, The Philadelphia InquirerThe Philadelphia InquirerThe Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the...
- 1995: Dudley Althaus, The Houston Chronicle
- 1996: Robert Frahm and Rick GreenRick GreenRick Green is a Canadian comedian, satirist, and writer. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Waterloo. From 1975 until 1979, he worked as a presenter at the Ontario Science Centre. In 1979, he helped found the Toronto-based comedy troupe The Frantics...
, The Hartford CourantThe Hartford CourantThe Hartford Courant is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is a morning newspaper for most of the state north of New Haven and east of Waterbury... - 1997: Jacques SteinbergJacques SteinbergJacques P. Steinberg is an American journalist and author who covers the media, primarily television, for The New York Times cultural news desk....
, The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization... - 1998: Deb Kollars, The Sacramento BeeThe Sacramento BeeThe Sacramento Bee is a daily newspaper published in Sacramento, California, in the United States. Since its creation in 1857, the Bee has become Sacramento's largest newspaper, the fifth largest newspaper in California, and the 25th largest paper in the U.S...
- 1999: Tim Simmons, The News and Observer
- 2000: Kenneth WeissKenneth R. WeissKenneth R. Weiss is an investigative journalist for the Los Angeles Times.He graduated from University of California, Berkeley, where he was editor of the college newspaper, The Daily Californian.He spoke at University of California, Santa Barbara....
, The Los Angeles Times - 2001: Patrick Healy, The Boston GlobeThe Boston GlobeThe Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
- 2002: Eric Eyre and Scott Finn, The Charleston GazetteThe Charleston GazetteThe Charleston Gazette is a five-day morning newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia. It is published Monday through Friday mornings. On Saturday and Sunday mornings the combined Charleston Gazette-Mail is published, which is, more or less, similar to the Gazette.The Gazette was established in...
- 2003: Christine Willmsen and Maureen O'Hagan, The Seattle TimesThe Seattle TimesThe Seattle Times is a newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, US. It is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Washington. It has been, since the demise in 2009 of the printed version of the rival Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle's only major daily print newspaper.-History:The Seattle Times...
- 2004: Joshua BentonJoshua BentonJoshua Benton is an American journalist and writer. He is currently director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, which he founded in 2008....
, Holly Hacker and Herb Booth, The Dallas Morning NewsThe Dallas Morning NewsThe Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area, with a circulation of 264,459 subscribers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in September 2010... - 2005: Linda Lutton, Kati Phillips and Jonathan Lipman, The Daily Southtown
- 2006: Jean Rimbach and Kathleen Carroll, The Bergen Record
- 2007: Martha Irvine and Robert Tanner, Associated PressAssociated PressThe Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
- 2008: Blake MorrisonBlake MorrisonPhilip Blake Morrison is a British poet and author who has published in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. His greatest success came with the publication of his memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father? which won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. He has also written a...
and Brad Heath, USA TodayUSA TodayUSA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003... - 2009: Bob HohlerBob HohlerBob Hohler is an investigative reporter for the Boston Globe. He was the Red Sox beat writer for the Boston Globe during their 2004 run. He has since become an enterprise reporter for the Globe, but occasionally submits a story about sports.-Awards:...
, Boston Globe, “Failing Our Athletes: The Sad State of Sports in Boston Public Schools”