Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
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The Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism is journalism
s 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 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." The awards are known as the "poor people's Pulitzers
" in media circles.
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Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
s award named after Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy , also referred to by his initials RFK, was an American politician, a Democratic senator from New York, and a noted civil rights activist. An icon of modern American liberalism and member of the Kennedy family, he was a younger brother of President John F...
and awarded by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights is a human rights advocacy organization, a nonprofit charitable organization that works to realize Robert Kennedy's dream of a peaceful and just world by advancing 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 a committee of six independent journalists. The awards honor reporting "on issues that reflect Robert F. Kennedy's concerns, including human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
, social justice
Social justice
Social justice generally refers to the idea of creating a society or institution that is based on the principles of equality and solidarity, that understands and values human rights, and that recognizes the dignity of every human being. The term and modern concept of "social justice" was coined by...
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." The awards are known as the "poor people's Pulitzers
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
" in media circles.
2011
The 43rd Annual Awards were awarded in 2011 for coverage in 2010. Award winners were:| Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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| International Print | Joe Mozingo, Scott Kraft, and Tracy Wilkinson | "Disaster in Haiti" | The Los Angeles Times |
| Domestic Print | Carol Rosenberg Carol Rosenberg Carol Rosenberg is a senior journalist, currently with the McClatchy News Service.Rosenberg works at the Miami Herald, which has provided extensive coverage of the operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.-Biography:... |
"Guantanamo Bay" | The Miami Herald The Miami Herald The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered on Biscayne Bay in the Omni district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States... |
| Domestic Photo | Laura Antrim Caskey | "Dragline" | Freelance |
| Domestic Television | James Gandolfini James Gandolfini James J. Gandolfini, Jr. is an Italian American actor. He is best known for his role as Tony Soprano in the HBO TV series The Sopranos, about a troubled crime boss struggling to balance his family life and career in the Mafia... |
"Wartorn" | HBO |
| International Television | Dan Rather Dan Rather Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather, Jr. is an American journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. He is now managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine Dan Rather Reports on the cable channel HDNet. Rather was anchor of the CBS Evening News for 24 years, from March 9,... and Jenny Nordberg, Dan Rather Reports |
"The Price of an Afghan Bride" | HDNet HDNet HDNet is a men's interest television channel in the United States, broadcasting exclusively in high-definition format and available via cable and satellite television... |
| Cartoon | Gary Varvel Gary Varvel Gary Varvel is a political cartoonist for the Indianapolis Star. Gary Varvel has been the editorial cartoonist for The Star since 1994. Previously he was the chief artist for The Indianapolis News for 16 years. His works are syndicated with Gannett.... |
"The Path to Hope" | The Indianapolis Star The Indianapolis Star The Indianapolis Star is a morning daily newspaper that began publishing on June 6, 1903. It has won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting twice, in 1975 and 1991. It is currently owned by the Gannett Company.-History:... |
| 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) Redwood High School (Larkspur, California) Redwood High School is a public secondary school located in the city of Larkspur, Marin County, California, approximately 11 miles north of San Francisco. Redwood High is part of the Tamalpais Union High School District... |
| High School Broadcast | Aaron Oshiro, Cody Kau, Michael Gooch, and Jenna Munoz | "Farming Knowledge" | Waianae High School Waianae High School Waianae High School is a public, coeducational secondary school in the Waianae CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, on the leeward coast of the island of Oahu. The school about northwest of central Honolulu CDP. An average of 2,000 students are enrolled annually in grades 9-12... (Wai'anae, Hawai'i Wai'anae, Hawai'i Waianae is a census-designated place in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the CDP population was 10,506.-Geography:Waianae is located at .... ) |
2009
The 41st Annual Awards were awarded in 2009 for coverage in 2008. Award winners were:| Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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| Grand Prize (International Photo): | Carol Guzy Carol Guzy Carol Guzy is a four-time Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post photographer.-Life and career:Guzy grew up in a working-class family in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.... |
"Birth and Death" | The Washington Post The Washington Post The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation... |
| International Print | Clifford J. Levy Clifford J. Levy Clifford J. Levy is an investigative journalist for The New York Times.Levy is a graduate of New Rochelle High School and Princeton University in 1989.... |
"Kremlin Rules" | 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... |
| Domestic Print | Staff Reporters | "The Cruelest Cuts" | The Charlotte Observer The Charlotte Observer The Charlotte Observer, serving Charlotte, North Carolina and its metro area, is the largest newspaper, in terms of circulation, in North Carolina and South Carolina... |
| Domestic Photo | Carlos Javier Ortiz Carlos Javier Ortiz Carlos Javier Ortiz is an American photojournalist.He attended Columbia College where he studied photojournalism.His work has appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, Washington Post, Time Magazine, NPR, The Guardian, and Stern Magazine.He was a staff photographer for “Chicago In The Year 2000″,... |
"Too Young to Die" | Freelance |
| Domestic Television | Sherry Jones | "Torturing Democracy" | Washington Media Associates |
| International Television | Marc Rosenwasser, Michael J. Kavanagh, Taylor Krauss and Lisa Biagiotti | "War in DR Congo" | Worldfocus Worldfocus Worldfocus was an American newscast focused on international news and reporting. The newscast was originally anchored by Martin Savidge and is now hosted by Daljit Dhaliwal. It was produced by WNET New York and distributed to U.S. public television stations by American Public Television... |
| Cartoon | Jack Ohman Jack Ohman Jack Ohman is an American editorial cartoonist based in Portland, Oregon. He has been The Oregonian’s cartoonist since 1983 and his work is syndicated nationwide to over 300 newspapers by Tribune Media Services.-Biography:... |
The Oregonian The Oregonian The Oregonian is the major daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 1850... |
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| College Print | Cronkite Depth Reporting Class | "Divided Families" | Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication , is one of the 24 independent schools at Arizona State University and named in honor of veteran broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite... , Arizona State University Arizona State University Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona... |
| College Broadcast | Sue Kopen Katcef | "Out of the Shadows" | WMUC-FM WMUC-FM WMUC-FM is the student-run non-commercial radio station licensed to the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, broadcasting at 10 watts... (University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C... ) |
| High School Broadcast | Jacqui Powell and Laura Pait | "More Than Just Food" | Elizabethtown High School Elizabethtown High School Elizabethtown High School is located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. It is commonly referred to as E'Town High School or EHS.Elizabethtown High School ranked #7 in the State on the 2009 spring exam.The school has a population of 750 students.-Athletics:... (Elizabethtown, Kentucky Elizabethtown, Kentucky Elizabethtown is a city in and the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,531 at the 2010 census, making it the eleventh-largest city in the state... ) |
| High School Print | Ryan Firle | "Cancer Cannot Silence Dr. Bob's Courage" | Francis Howell North High School Francis Howell North High School Francis Howell North High School is a secondary school located in St. Peters, Missouri. The school's mascot is the knight.-Notable alumni:* Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox* Rob Wort-Washington Nationals-Athletics and activities:... (Saint Charles, Missouri Saint Charles, Missouri St. Charles is a city in, and the county seat of, St. Charles County, Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 65,794, making St. Charles the 2nd largest city in St. Charles County. It lies just to the northwest of St. Louis, Missouri on the Missouri River, and, for a time,... ) |
2008
The 40th Annual Awards were awarded in 2008 for coverage in 2007. Award winners were:| Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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| Grand Prize: | Dana Priest Dana Priest Dana Priest is an American author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. Priest has worked almost 20 years for The Washington Post. As one of the Post's specialists on National Security she has written many articles on the United States' "War on terror." In 2006 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Beat... and Anne Hull Anne Hull Anne Hull is an American journalist, on the national staff of the Washington Post.She won a 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.-Life:... |
"The Other Walter Reed" | The Washington Post The Washington Post The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation... |
| International Print Winner: | Robyn Dixon | "Zimbabw's Pain" | The Los Angeles Times |
| Domestic Photo Winner: | Mona Reeder | "The Bottom Line" | The Dallas Morning News The Dallas Morning News The 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... |
| International Photo Winner: | Mary F. Calvert | "Lost Daughters: Sex Selection in India" | The Washington Times The Washington Times The Washington Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It was founded in 1982 by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, and until 2010 was owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate associated with the... |
| Domestic Radio Winner : | Alix Spiegel | "Stuck and Suicidal in a Post-Katrina Trailer Park" | National Public Radio |
| Domestic Television: | Steve Kroft Steve Kroft Steve Kroft is an American journalist and a longtime correspondent for 60 Minutes. His investigative reporting has garnered him much acclaim, including three Peabody Awards and nine Emmy awards, one of which was an Emmy for Lifetime Achievement.-Early life:Born on August 22, 1945 in Kokomo,... , Ira Rosen, John Solomon |
"Evidence of Injustice" | The Washington Times The Washington Times The Washington Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It was founded in 1982 by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, and until 2010 was owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate associated with the... and CBS News CBS News CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main... ' 60 Minutes 60 Minutes 60 Minutes is an American television news magazine, which has run on CBS since 1968. The program was created by producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation.... |
| International Television: | Kira Kay, Jason Maloney | "Uganda's Silent War" | PBS NewsHour and HDNet HDNet HDNet is a men's interest television channel in the United States, broadcasting exclusively in high-definition format and available via cable and satellite television... World Report |
| Cartoon Winner: | Signe Wilkinson Signe Wilkinson Signe Wilkinson is an editorial cartoonist best known for her work at the Philadelphia Daily News. She is the first female cartoonist to win the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1992 and was once named "the Pennsylvania state vegetable substitute" by the former speaker of the... |
Philadelphia Daily News Philadelphia Daily News The Philadelphia Daily News is a tabloid newspaper that serves Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The newspaper is owned by Philadelphia Media Holdings which also owns Philadelphia's other major newspaper The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Daily News began publishing on March 31, 1925, under... |
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| College Broadcast Winner: | Rachel Anderson, Megan Carrick, Justin Peterson and Chris Welch | "Breaking Down Barriers" | University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska... |
| High School Print Winner: | D. J. Shewmaker | "Students Show Outstanding Ability" | Francis Howell North High School Francis Howell North High School Francis Howell North High School is a secondary school located in St. Peters, Missouri. The school's mascot is the knight.-Notable alumni:* Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox* Rob Wort-Washington Nationals-Athletics and activities:... (Saint Charles, Missouri Saint Charles, Missouri St. Charles is a city in, and the county seat of, St. Charles County, Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 65,794, making St. Charles the 2nd largest city in St. Charles County. It lies just to the northwest of St. Louis, Missouri on the Missouri River, and, for a time,... ) |
| High School Broadcast Winner: | Brittany Gomes, Mhanivel Moresca, Samuel Balecha, and Laurissa Asuega | "Home is Where the Heart Is" | Waianae High School Waianae High School Waianae High School is a public, coeducational secondary school in the Waianae CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, on the leeward coast of the island of Oahu. The school about northwest of central Honolulu CDP. An average of 2,000 students are enrolled annually in grades 9-12... (Wai'anae, Hawai'i Wai'anae, Hawai'i Waianae is a census-designated place in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the CDP population was 10,506.-Geography:Waianae is located at .... ) |
2007
The 39th Annual Awards were awarded in 2007 for coverage in 2006. Award winners were:| Award | Name | Title | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize Winner: | Donald Gerard McNeil, Jr., Celia W. Dugger Celia W. Dugger Celia Williams Dugger is an American journalist who works for The New York Times as a foreign correspondent in South Africa.... |
"Disease on the Brink" | 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... |
| Domestic Print: | George Pawlaczyk George Pawlaczyk George Pawlaczyk is an investigative journalist for the Belleville News-Democrat.In 1968, he was a reporter and photographer for the 1st Infantry Division newspaper.-Awards:* 2009 George Polk Award... , Beth Hundsdorfer |
"Lethal Lapses" | Belleville News-Democrat Belleville News-Democrat The Belleville News-Democrat is a daily newspaper in Belleville, Illinois. Focusing on news that is local to the area of southwestern Illinois, it has been published under various names for 150 years. As of 2009, it is published by The McClatchy Company, and is based in St. Clair County, Illinois... |
| Domestic Photography: | Matt Black Matt Black Matt Black is a British DJ and one half of music duo Coldcut .As a college student, he was a member of a band called The Jazz Insects, whose first single was played by John Peel in his radio show... |
"From Dust to Dust" | The Los Angeles Times |
| Domestic Television: | Diane Sawyer Diane Sawyer Lila Diane Sawyer is the current anchor of ABC News' flagship program, ABC World News. Previously, Sawyer had been co-anchor of ABC Newss morning news program, Good Morning America .... |
"A Call to Action: Saving Our Children" | ABC News ABC News ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company... |
| Domestic Radio: | Daniel Zwerdling Daniel Zwerdling Daniel Zwerdling is an American investigative journalist.In 2006 and 2007, he reported that officers at Fort Carson were punishing soldiers, returning from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan with post traumatic stress disorder and other serious mental health problems.-Life:From 2002 to 2004, he was... |
"Mental Anguish and the Military" | National Public Radio |
| International Photography: | Mike Stocker, Joe Amon | "AIDS Orphans" | South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
| International Television: | Renata Simone | "The Age of AIDS" | Frontline (WGBH-TV WGBH-TV WGBH-TV, channel 2, is a non-commercial educational public television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WGBH-TV is a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service , and produces more than two-thirds of PBS's national prime time television programming... ) |
| Editorial Cartoon | Clay Bennett Clay Bennett Clay Bennett is an American editorial cartoonist. Currently drawing for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Bennett is the winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.... |
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| College Print: | Ruth Bradley | "Lubbock in the Dark" | The Daily Toreador The Daily Toreador The Daily Toreador is the student newspaper of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The newspaper started in 1925 after the founding of Texas Technological College in 1923. It was originally called The Toreador to reflect the Spanish Renaissance architectural of the campus's buildings... (Texas Tech University Texas Tech University Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the... ) |
| College Radio: | Scott Detrow | "Treating the Rainbow Nation: AIDS in South Africa" | WFUV WFUV WFUV, 90.7 FM in New York City, is Fordham University's 50,000-watt, non-commercial radio station, with studios on campus and its antenna atop nearby Montefiore Medical Center. First broadcast in 1947, WFUV has an airstaff which includes such New York radio veterans as Pete Fornatale , Dennis... (Fordham University Fordham University Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St... ) |
| High School Broadcast: | Lillian Olive, Rachel Miles | "Thread of Hope" | Hillcrest High School Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri) Hillcrest High School is a high school located at 3319 N. Grant Avenue in Springfield, Missouri. Hillcrest High School is one of five public high schools in Springfield. It is located in the north part of Springfield. It was opened in 1958... (Springfield, Missouri Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. According to the 2010 census data, the population was 159,498, an increase of 5.2% since the 2000 census. The Springfield Metropolitan Area, population 436,712, includes the counties of... ) |
2006
The 38th Annual Awards were awarded in 2006 for coverage in 2005. Award winners were:| Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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| Grand Prize | Karen O'Connor, Miri Navasky | "The New Asylums" | Frontline (WGBH-TV WGBH-TV WGBH-TV, channel 2, is a non-commercial educational public television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WGBH-TV is a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service , and produces more than two-thirds of PBS's national prime time television programming... ) |
| Domestic Print Winner: | Cam Simpson Cam Simpson Cam Simpson is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal.He was a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.-Awards:*2003 George Polk Award, National Reporting*2005 George Polk Award, International Reporting *2010 Michael Kelly Award finalist... |
"Pipeline of Peril" | Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is... |
| International Print: | John Lantigua, Christine Evans Christine Evans Christine Evans, from Victoria, British Columbia is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born on May 25, 1990. Her debut single, "Take Me Home"/"Time for Me" was released in 2004 and her debut album, Take Me Home followed on January 25, 2005 by Warner Music Canada.The title track, Take Me Home... , Christine Stapleton |
"A Cloud over Florida: Hidden Pesticide Problems" | The Palm Beach Post The Palm Beach Post The Palm Beach Post is a major daily newspaper in Florida, serving Palm Beach County in South Florida, and the Treasure Coast area. It is the 72nd largest daily newspaper in the United States and the sixth largest in Florida.-History:... |
| Domestic Photo Winner: | Steve Liss | "No Place for Children: Voices from Juvenile Detention" | Time Time (magazine) Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong... |
| International Radio Winner: | Steve Inskeep Steve Inskeep Steve Inskeep born , is one of the current hosts of Morning Edition on National Public Radio. He, along with co-host Renée Montagne, were assigned as interim hosts to succeed Bob Edwards after NPR reassigned Edwards to Senior Correspondent after April 30, 2004. Inskeep and Montagne were... , Jim Wallace, Bruce Auster, Kimberly Jones |
"The Price of African Oil" | National Public Radio |
| Cartoon Winner: | John Backderf | "The City" | |
| College Print Winner: | Kara Couch | "I don't want to be a guy" | Somerset Community College Somerset Community College Somerset Community College , located in Somerset, Kentucky, is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System . The college offers academic, general education, and technical curricula leading to certificates, diplomas, and associate's degrees... (Somerset, Kentucky Somerset, Kentucky The major demographic differences between the city and the micropolitan area relate to income, housing composition and age. The micropolitan area, as compared to the incorporated city, is more suburban in flavor and has a significantly younger housing stock, a higher income, and contains most of... ) |
| High School Print Winner: | Samantha Offerdahl | "Super Senior" | Century High School Century High School (Bismarck, North Dakota) Century High School is a public high school located in Bismarck, North Dakota. It currently serves 1,103 students and is part of the Bismarck Public Schools system. The current principal is Steve Madler. The school colors are red, white, and blue... (Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the second most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo. The city's population was 61,272 at the 2010 census, while its metropolitan population was 108,779... ) |
| High School Broadcast Winner: | Aliy Bossert and Kevin McMillan | "Not Bad Kids" | Roane County High School Roane County High School Located in Kingston, Tennessee, Roane County High School is the largest of five schools in Roane County. The school mascot is the Yellow Jacket. The school colors include orange and blue. Member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Member of Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic... (Spencer, West Virginia Spencer, West Virginia Spencer is a city in Roane County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,352 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Roane County. Spencer is the home of the annual West Virginia Black Walnut Festival. Points of interest include Charles Fork Lake, Chrystal Water and Power... ) |
2005
The 37th Annual Awards were awarded in 2005 for coverage in 2004. Award winners were:| Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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| Grand Prize: | Tracy Weber Tracy Weber Tracy Weber is an American journalist, and reporter for ProPublica.She graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. and M.A... , Charles Ornstein Charles Ornstein Charles Ornstein is a reporter for ProPublica.Ornstein is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he was editor of the college newspaper, the Daily Pennsylvanian.In 1999-2000, he was a Media Fellow with the Henry J... , Mitchell Landsberg, Steve Hymon, Robert Gauthier |
"The Troubles at King/Drew." | Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country.... |
| International Print Winner: | Celia Williams Dugger | "Helping the Poor" | 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... |
| Domestic Television Winner: | Ofra Bikel Ofra Bikel Ofra Bikel is a documentary filmmaker, and television producer.She was graduated from the University of Paris and the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris.She was a researcher for Time, Newsweek, and ABC Television.... |
"The Plea" | Frontline (WGBH-TV WGBH-TV WGBH-TV, channel 2, is a non-commercial educational public television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WGBH-TV is a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service , and produces more than two-thirds of PBS's national prime time television programming... ) |
| International Television Winner: | Greg Barker Greg Barker Greg Barker is director and producer of the documentary feature Sergio, which was shortlisted for a 2010 Academy Award. LA Times critic Kenneth Turan described Sergio as “a documentary of exceptional power,” and Variety said “Barker turns his biopic into a thriller...and creates riveting cinema.”A... |
"Ghosts of Rwanda" | Frontline (WGBH-TV WGBH-TV WGBH-TV, channel 2, is a non-commercial educational public television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WGBH-TV is a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service , and produces more than two-thirds of PBS's national prime time television programming... ) |
| International Photo Winner: | Manny Crisostomo | "The Leftover People" | The Sacramento Bee The Sacramento Bee The 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... |
| Domestic Radio Winner: | Daniel Zwerdling Daniel Zwerdling Daniel Zwerdling is an American investigative journalist.In 2006 and 2007, he reported that officers at Fort Carson were punishing soldiers, returning from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan with post traumatic stress disorder and other serious mental health problems.-Life:From 2002 to 2004, he was... |
"Immigrant Detainees Allege Abuse" | National Public Radio |
| International Radio Winner: | Joe Richman, Sue Johnson | "Mandela: An Audio History" | National Public Radio |
| Cartoon Winner: | Mark Fiore Mark Fiore Mark Fiore is an American political cartoonist specializing in Flash-animated editorial cartoons, whom the Wall Street Journal recently called the undisputed guru of the form.... |
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| College Print Winner: | Journalism Students | "Sovereignty" | University of Montana |
| High School Print Winner: | Amanda Blakely | "Ms. Mary and the Big Blue House" | Crandall High School (Crandall, Texas Crandall, Texas Crandall is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,774 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Crandall is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.... ) |
| High School Broadcast Winner: | Quinci Adams and Carrie Lutz | "A Safe Haven" | Hillcrest High School Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri) Hillcrest High School is a high school located at 3319 N. Grant Avenue in Springfield, Missouri. Hillcrest High School is one of five public high schools in Springfield. It is located in the north part of Springfield. It was opened in 1958... (Springfield, Missouri Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. According to the 2010 census data, the population was 159,498, an increase of 5.2% since the 2000 census. The Springfield Metropolitan Area, population 436,712, includes the counties of... ) |
2004
The 36th Annual Awards were awarded in 2004 for coverage in 2003. Award winners were:| Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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| Grand Prize | Rachel Dretzin, Barak Goodman, Muriel Soenens | "Failure to Protect" | Frontline (WGBH-TV WGBH-TV WGBH-TV, channel 2, is a non-commercial educational public television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WGBH-TV is a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service , and produces more than two-thirds of PBS's national prime time television programming... ) |
| International Print Winner: | Joseph Kahn | "The World's Sweatshop" | 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... |
| International Honorable Mention: | Anthony Shadid Anthony Shadid Anthony Shadid is a foreign correspondent for The New York Times based in Baghdad and Beirut. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting twice, in 2004 and 2010.-Career:... |
"The Soul of Iraq" | The Washington Post The Washington Post The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation... |
| Domestic Print Winner: | Staff Writers | "Modern Day Slavery" | The Palm Beach Post The Palm Beach Post The Palm Beach Post is a major daily newspaper in Florida, serving Palm Beach County in South Florida, and the Treasure Coast area. It is the 72nd largest daily newspaper in the United States and the sixth largest in Florida.-History:... |
| Domestic Photo Winner: | Brant Ward | "Shame of the City" | San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,... |
| International Photo Winner: | Bradley E. Clift | "The Sacrifice of Ganansol" | Hartford Courant |
| Cartoon Winner: | John Sherffius John Sherffius John Sherffius is an editorial cartoonist, for the Boulder Daily Camera.He graduated from The University of California, Los Angeles.His cartoons have appeared in The Daily Bruin, the Ventura County Star, The St... |
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| Domestic Radio Winner: | Cameron Lawrence, John Gregory | "Sisters in Pain" | Kentucky Public Radio Kentucky Public Radio Kentucky Public Radio is a grassroots public radio network. While it maintains a statehouse bureau, the network has seen itself as providing support services. Instead of a focus on production, KPR promotes cooperation between partner-stations through a story exchange, a statehouse bureau, and... |
| College Print Winner: | Sarah Schaffer | "Outside the Fence" | Capital News Service (University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C... ) |
| High School Print Winner: | Alicia Okland | "Meganís Story" | Century High School Century High School (Bismarck, North Dakota) Century High School is a public high school located in Bismarck, North Dakota. It currently serves 1,103 students and is part of the Bismarck Public Schools system. The current principal is Steve Madler. The school colors are red, white, and blue... (Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the second most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo. The city's population was 61,272 at the 2010 census, while its metropolitan population was 108,779... ) |
| High School Broadcast Winner: | Joe Morgan | "What God Had Put on My Heart..." | Washington High School Washington High School (Missouri) Washington High School is the sole public high school in Washington, Missouri, U.S.A..... (Washington, Missouri Washington, Missouri Washington is a city on the Missouri River in Franklin County, Missouri, United States. The population was 13,243 at the 2000 census. It is the corn cob pipe capital of the world, with Missouri Meerschaum located in Washington.-Geography:... ) |
2003
The 35th Annual Awards were awarded in 2003 for coverage in 2002. Award winners were:| Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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| Grand Prize and International Print and Photojournalism Winners: | Sonia Nazario Sonia Nazario Sonia Nazario has written about social issues for more than two decades, most recently as a projects reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She holds the distinctions of winning the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing, and of being the youngest writer to be hired by the Wall Street Journal.She... , Don Bartletti |
"A Boy Left Behind" | Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country.... |
| Domestic Print: | Connie Schultz Connie Schultz Connie Schultz , of Avon, Ohio, has been a nationally syndicated columnist based at The Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper. She won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and had been finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing.... |
"The Burden of Innocence" | The Plain Dealer |
| Domestic Photojournalism: | J. Albert Diaz | "When Minimum Wage Isn't Enough" | The Miami Herald The Miami Herald The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered on Biscayne Bay in the Omni district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States... |
| International Television Broadcast: | Ted Koppel Ted Koppel Edward James "Ted" Koppel is an English-born American broadcast journalist, best known as the anchor for Nightline from the program's inception in 1980 until his retirement in late 2005. After leaving Nightline, Koppel worked as managing editor for the Discovery Channel before resigning in 2008... , Kim Jung-eun Kim Jung-eun Kim Jung-eun is a South Korean film and television actress most famous for her roles in Lovers in Paris and Marrying the Mafia... |
"Hidden Lives" | Nightline Nightline Nightline, or ABC News Nightline is a late-night news program broadcast by ABC in the United States, and has a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. It airs weeknights, usually for 31 minutes. Created by Roone Arledge, the program featured Ted Koppel as its main... (ABC News ABC News ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company... ) |
| Domestic Television Broadcast: | Denise DiIanni | "A Day in the Life" | WGBH-TV WGBH-TV WGBH-TV, channel 2, is a non-commercial educational public television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WGBH-TV is a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service , and produces more than two-thirds of PBS's national prime time television programming... |
| International Radio Broadcast: | Kristin McHugh | "Kosovo's Pied Piper: The Liz Shropshire Story" | Common Ground Radio |
| Domestic Radio Broadcast: | Anthony Brooks | "Testing DNA and the Death Penalty: Inside Out" | WBUR-FM |
| Cartoon: | Dan Perkins ("Tom Tomorrow Tom Tomorrow Tom Tomorrow is the pen name of editorial cartoonist Dan Perkins. His weekly comic strip This Modern World, which comments on current events, appears regularly in over 90 newspapers across the U.S. and Canada as of 2006, as well as on CREDO Action and Daily Kos, where he is its comics curator... ") |
"This Modern World This Modern World This Modern World is a weekly satirical comic strip by cartoonist and political commentator Tom Tomorrow that covers current events from a liberal point of view. Tomorrow also runs a weblog that informs readers about stories of interest, often presented as a follow up to his cartoons... " |
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| College: | Adam Pracht | "Hiding in Plain Sight" | University Daily Kansan University Daily Kansan The University Daily Kansan is an editorially and financially independent student newspaper serving the University of Kansas. It was founded in 1904.... (University of Kansas University of Kansas The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The... ) |
| High School Print: | Victoria D. Williams | "Overcoming Long Odds" | Panther Prints, Duncanville High School Duncanville High School Duncanville High School is a secondary school located in Duncanville, Texas, United States. The school is a part of the Duncanville Independent School District.... (Duncanville, Texas Duncanville, Texas Duncanville is a city in Dallas County, Texas . Duncanville's population was 36,081 at the 2000 census, and estimated at 42,500 in 2008. Duncanville is a suburb of Dallas and is part of the Best Southwest area, which includes Duncanville, Cedar Hill, DeSoto, and Lancaster.-Geography:Duncanville is... ) |
| High School Broadcast: | "Opportunities" | Texas Senior High School (Texarkana, Texas Texarkana, Texas Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States. It effectively functions as one half of a city which crosses a state line — the other half, the city of Texarkana, Arkansas, lies on the other side of State Line Avenue... ) |
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| Domestic Television Broadcast Honorable Mention: | Denise DiIanni | "A Day in the Life" | WGBH-TV WGBH-TV WGBH-TV, channel 2, is a non-commercial educational public television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WGBH-TV is a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service , and produces more than two-thirds of PBS's national prime time television programming... |
| International Photojournalism Honorable Mention: | John Kaplan John Kaplan John Kaplan is an American photographer who won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography "for his photographs depicting the diverse lifestyles of seven 21-year-olds across the United States".... |
"Transcending Torture" | St. Petersburg Times St. Petersburg Times The St. Petersburg Times is a United States newspaper. It is one of two major publications serving the Tampa Bay Area, the other being The Tampa Tribune, which the Times tops in both circulation and readership. Based in St... |
| Domestic Photojournalism Honorable Mention: | Ted Jackson Ted Jackson Ted M. Jackson is senior staff photographer for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, Louisiana. He contributes to the newspaper’s extensive gallery of photographs of events in the Greater New Orleans Area.... |
"Leap Year" | The Times-Picayune |
| Domestic Radio Broadcast Honorable Mention: | Stacy Abramson | "Youth Portraits" | Sound Portraits |
| Lifetime Achievement: | Daniel Schorr Daniel Schorr Daniel Louis Schorr was an American journalist who covered world news for more than 60 years. He was most recently a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio... |
National Public Radio |
2002
The 34th Annual Awards were awarded in 2002 for coverage in 2001. Award winners were:| Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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| Grand Prize and Domestic Print Winners: | Sari Horwitz Sari Horwitz Sari Horwitz is a Pulitzer-Prize winning member of The Washington Post's investigation unit. A reporter for The Washington Post since 1984, she has covered crime, homeland security, federal law enforcement, education, and social services.-Career:... , Scott Higham Scott Higham Scott Higham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning member of The Washington Post's investigations unit. He has conducted numerous investigations for the news organization, including an examination of abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison, and waste and fraud in Homeland Security contracting... , Sarah Cohen Sarah Cohen (journalist) Sarah Cohen is an American journalist, and Knight Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy, at Duke University.She won the 2009 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, and 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.-Life:... |
"The District's Lost Children" | The Washington Post The Washington Post The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation... |
| International Print Prize: | David Finkel David Finkel David Louis Finkel is an American journalist. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 as a staff writer at the Washington Post. He is currently assigned to the national staff as an enterprise reporter. He has also worked for the Post's foreign staff division... |
"Invisible Journeys" | The Washington Post The Washington Post The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation... |
| Domestic Television Prize: | Morley Safer Morley Safer Morley Safer is a Canadian reporter and correspondent for CBS News. He is best known for his long tenure on the newsmagazine 60 Minutes, which began in December 1970.-Life and career:... , Catherine Olian |
"Schools for the Homeless" | 60 Minutes 60 Minutes 60 Minutes is an American television news magazine, which has run on CBS since 1968. The program was created by producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation.... (CBS News CBS News CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main... ) |
| Domestic Television Prize: | Christiane Amanpour Christiane Amanpour Christiane Amanpour, CBE is anchor of ABC News's This Week and formerly chief international correspondent at CNN, where she worked for 27 years. She is a Board Member at the IWMF .-Early years:... , Andrew Tkach |
"Sleeping Sickness" | 60 Minutes 60 Minutes 60 Minutes is an American television news magazine, which has run on CBS since 1968. The program was created by producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation.... (CBS News CBS News CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main... ) |
| Domestic Photojournalism Prize: | Sheila Springsteen | "Witness to His Mother's Murder" | Home News Tribune Home News Tribune Home News Tribune is a newspaper of New Jersey, serving the Middlesex County area of Central Jersey. The paper has an average daily weekday circulation of about 49,000. The newspaper is the result of a mid 1990s combination of The Home News of East Brunswick and The News Tribune of Woodbridge... |
| International Photojournalism Prize: | Bill Greene | "The Lost Boys of Sudan" | The Boston Globe The Boston Globe The 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... |
| Domestic Radio Prize: | (Radio Rookies) | WNYC WNYC WNYC is a set of call letters shared by a pair of co-owned, non-profit, public radio stations located in New York City.WNYC broadcasts on the AM band at 820 kHz, and WNYC-FM is at 93.9 MHz. Both stations are members of National Public Radio and carry distinct, but similar news/talk programs... |
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| International Radio Prize: | Sandy Tolan | "Roots of Resentment in the Arab World" | Homelands Productions |
| Cartoon Prize: | Signe Wilkinson Signe Wilkinson Signe Wilkinson is an editorial cartoonist best known for her work at the Philadelphia Daily News. She is the first female cartoonist to win the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1992 and was once named "the Pennsylvania state vegetable substitute" by the former speaker of the... |
Philadelphia Daily News Philadelphia Daily News The Philadelphia Daily News is a tabloid newspaper that serves Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The newspaper is owned by Philadelphia Media Holdings which also owns Philadelphia's other major newspaper The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Daily News began publishing on March 31, 1925, under... |
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| 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 Franklin, Indiana As of the census of 2000, there were 19,463 people, 6,824 households, and 4,872 families residing in the city. The population increased by more than 50% during the 1990s , with new residents attracted by jobs in the community, as well as some people commuting to Indianapolis for work. The... ) |
| High School Broadcast Prize (in partnership with Channel One Network]]) |
"Poverty in the Ozarks: Cycle of Despair" | Hillcrest High School Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri) Hillcrest High School is a high school located at 3319 N. Grant Avenue in Springfield, Missouri. Hillcrest High School is one of five public high schools in Springfield. It is located in the north part of Springfield. It was opened in 1958... (Springfield, Missouri Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. According to the 2010 census data, the population was 159,498, an increase of 5.2% since the 2000 census. The Springfield Metropolitan Area, population 436,712, includes the counties of... ) |
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| 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 Public Radio International Public Radio International is a Minneapolis-based American public radio organization, with locations in Boston, New York, London and Beijing. PRI's tagline is "Hear a different voice." PRI is a major public media content creator and also distributes programs from many sources... |
| College Honorable Mention: | Paul Smith | "Swept into Poverty" | University Daily Kansan University Daily Kansan The University Daily Kansan is an editorially and financially independent student newspaper serving the University of Kansas. It was founded in 1904.... (University of Kansas University of Kansas The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The... ) |
| High School Print Honorable Mention (in partnership with the National Scholastic Press Association National Scholastic Press Association The National Scholastic Press Association is a nonprofit organization founded in 1921 for high school and secondary school publications in the United States. The association is membership-based and annually hosts high school journalism conventions across the country... ) |
Rami Daud | "Helping the Homeless" | Lakewood High School Lakewood High School Lakewood High School may refer to:*Lakewood High School — Lakewood, California*Lakewood High School — Lakewood, Colorado*Lakewood High School — St... (Lakewood, Ohio Lakewood, Ohio Lakewood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area, and borders the city of Cleveland. The population was 52,131 at the 2010 making it the third largest city in Cuyahoga County, behind Cleveland and Parma .Lakewood, one of Cleveland's... ) |
| High School Broadcast Honorable Mention (in partnership with Channel One Network): |
"Miracle on East 9th Street" | Columbia Central High School Columbia Central High School (Columbia, Tennessee) Columbia Central High School is a high school in Columbia, Tennessee, United States. The principal is Vince Springer. The school is operated by Maury County Board of Education. The school's marching band has won numerous awards locally, as well as state-wide, whilst traveling to different high... (Columbia, Tennessee Columbia, Tennessee Columbia is a city in Maury County, Tennessee, United States. The 2008 population was 34,402 according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. It is the county seat of Maury County.... ) |
2001
The 33rd Annual Awards were awarded in 2001 for coverage in 2000. Award winners were:| Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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| Grand Prize and First Prize, Domestic Television: | Edward Pinder | "Master Teacher" | Nightline Nightline Nightline, or ABC News Nightline is a late-night news program broadcast by ABC in the United States, and has a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. It airs weeknights, usually for 31 minutes. Created by Roone Arledge, the program featured Ted Koppel as its main... (ABC News ABC News ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company... ) |
| First Prize, Domestic Photojournalism: | Matt Rainey | "After The Fire" | The Star-Ledger The Star-Ledger The Star-Ledger is the largest circulated newspaper in the U.S. state of New Jersey and is based in Newark. It is a sister paper to The Jersey Journal of Jersey City, The Times of Trenton and the Staten Island Advance, all of which are owned by Advance Publications.The Newark Star-Ledgers daily... |
| First Prize, International Photojournalism: | Dudley Brooks | "Thou Shalt Not Kill" | The Washington Post The Washington Post The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation... |
| First Prize, International Print: | Steve Coll Steve Coll Steve Coll is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and writer. Coll is currently president and CEO of the New America Foundation. Prior to assuming that post on September 17, 2007, Coll was a staff writer for The New Yorker, and served as managing editor of The Washington Post from 1998 to... |
"Peace Without Justice" | The Washington Post The Washington Post The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation... |
| First Prize, Domestic Print: | Rick Tulsky | "Uncertain Refuge" | San Jose Mercury News San Jose Mercury News The San Jose Mercury News is a daily newspaper in San Jose, California. On its web site, however, it calls itself Silicon Valley Mercury News. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group... |
| Honorable Mention, Domestic Print: | Staff | "Paper Shield" | York Daily Record York Daily Record The York Daily Record/York Sunday News is a morning newspaper that serves York, Pennsylvania.The paper, printed in a broadsheet format, is published seven days a week... |
| First Prize, Domestic Television: | Edward Pinder | "Master Teacher" | Nightline Nightline Nightline, or ABC News Nightline is a late-night news program broadcast by ABC in the United States, and has a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. It airs weeknights, usually for 31 minutes. Created by Roone Arledge, the program featured Ted Koppel as its main... (ABC News ABC News ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company... ) |
| First Prize, International Television: | "Srebrenica" | WNET WNET WNET, channel 13 is a non-commercial educational public television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey. With its signal covering the New York metropolitan area, WNET is a primary station of the Public Broadcasting Service and a primary provider of PBS programming... (Thirteen) |
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| First Prize, Domestic Radio: | Katie Davis | "Throw That Smoke" | This American Life This American Life This American Life is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by WBEZ and hosted by Ira Glass. It is distributed by Public Radio International on PRI affiliate stations and is also available as a free weekly podcast. Primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, it has also featured essays,... (WBEZ) |
| First Prize, Domestic Editorial Cartoon: | Matt Davies Matt Davies (cartoonist) -Early life and career:Davies was born in London, England in 1966 and lived there before relocating with his family to the United States in 1983.He graduated from Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut in 1985, and subsequently studied at The Savannah College of Art & Design in Savannah, GA,... |
The Journal News The Journal News The Journal News is a newspaper in New York serving the suburban New York City counties of Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam, a region known as the Lower Hudson Valley. It is owned by the Gannett Company, Inc. The Journal News was created through a merger of several daily community newspapers... |
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| First Prize, International Radio: | John Biewen, Deborah George | "Engineering Crops in a Needy World" | Minnesota Public Radio Minnesota Public Radio Minnesota Public Radio , is the flagship National Public Radio member network for the state of Minnesota. With its three services, News & Information, Classical Music and The Current, MPR operates a 42-station regional radio network in the upper Midwest serving over 8 million people... |
| First Prize, College: | Ivan O'Mahoney, Thomas Loudon, Constanza Santa Maria, | "Vieques, Time to Decide" | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of Columbia's graduate and professional schools. It offers three degree programs: Master of Science in journalism , Master of Arts in journalism and a Ph.D. in communications... |
| Honorable Mention, College | Beth A. "Vivi" Abrams | "On Deadly Ground" | Northwestern University Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees.... |
| First Prize, High School Broadcast | Matt Johnson | "A Day in the Life of a Child with Downs Syndrome" | Centennial High School (Circle Pines, Minnesota Circle Pines, Minnesota Circle Pines is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,918 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water. Lake Drive / County 23 serves as a main route in the... ) |
| Honorable Mention, High School Print | Ashley Barker | "People Taking Action Against Poverty" | Greenbrier West High School Greenbrier West High School Greenbrier West High School is a public high school located in Charmco, West Virginia, United States. It serves 440 students in grades 9-12.-Athletics:... (Charmco, West Virginia Charmco, West Virginia Charmco is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Charmco is located at the junction of U.S. Route 60 and West Virginia Route 20 northeast of Rainelle. Charmco has a post office with ZIP code 25958. The community was named for an acronym of the Charleston... ) |
| Lifetime Achievement | Herb Block | The Washington Post The Washington Post The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation... |
2000
The 32nd Annual Awards were awarded in 2000 for coverage in 1999. Award winners were:| Award | Name | Title | Organization |
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| Grand Prize Winner and International Print Winner: | Peter Finn | "Kosovo" | The Washington Post The Washington Post The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation... |
| First Prize Domestic Print: | Todd Richissin | "Charlie Squad" | The Baltimore Sun The Baltimore Sun The Baltimore Sun is the U.S. state of Maryland’s largest general circulation daily newspaper and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries.... |
| First Prize, Domestic Photojournalism: | Eugene Garcia | "In His Brothers Arms" | The Orange County Register The Orange County Register The Orange County Register is a daily newspaper published in Santa Ana, California. The Register is the flagship publication of Freedom Communications, Inc., which publishes 28 daily newspapers, 23 weekly newspapers, Coast magazine, and several related Internet sites.The Register is notable for its... |
| First Prize, International Photojournalism: | Essdras M. Suarez | "Osveli's Story" | Rocky Mountain News Rocky Mountain News The Rocky Mountain News was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, United States from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. It was owned by the E. W. Scripps Company from 1926 until its closing. As of March 2006, the Monday-Friday circulation was 255,427... |
| First Prize, Domestic Television Broadcast: | Geraldo Rivera Geraldo Rivera Geraldo Rivera is an American attorney, journalist, author, reporter, and former talk show host... , Susan Farkas |
"Women in Prison: Nowhere to Hide" | NBC News NBC News NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is... |
| First Prize, International Television Broadcast: | Diane Sawyer Diane Sawyer Lila Diane Sawyer is the current anchor of ABC News' flagship program, ABC World News. Previously, Sawyer had been co-anchor of ABC Newss morning news program, Good Morning America .... |
"The Unwanted Children of Russia" | 20/20 (ABC News ABC News ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company... ) |
| First Prize, International Radio Broadcast: | Maria Emilia Martin | "The Betrayal of Sister Dianna Ortiz" | Latino USA Latino USA Latino USA is a nationally syndicated public radio program produced by KUT-FM radio in Austin, Texas and distributed nation-wide by National Public Radio . As a radio magazine, the weekly, half-hour radio program focuses on issues of concern to the Latino community while maintaining the technical... (KUT-FM Kut Al-Kūt is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about 160 kilometres south east of Baghdad. the estimated population is about 374,000 people... ) |
| First Prize, Domestic Radio Broadcast: | John Biewen | "The Forgotten 14 Million" | American RadioWorks |
| First Prize, Domestic Editorial Cartoon: | Ted Rall Ted Rall Ted Rall is an American columnist, syndicated editorial cartoonist, and author. His political cartoons often appear in a multi-panel comic-strip format and frequently blend comic-strip and editorial-cartoon conventions. The cartoons appear in approximately 100 newspapers around the United States... |
Universal Press Syndicate Universal Press Syndicate Universal Press Syndicate, a subsidiary of Andrews McMeel Universal, is the world's largest independent press syndicate. It distributes lifestyle and opinion columns, comic strips and other content. Popular columns include Dear Abby, Ann Coulter, Roger Ebert and News of the Weird... |
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| Honorable Mention, Photojournalism: | Mona Reeder | "A People in Peril" | The Arizona Republic The Arizona Republic The Arizona Republic is a daily newspaper published in Phoenix. Circulated throughout Arizona, it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the Gannett newspaper chain. It was ranked tenth in US daily newspapers by circulation in 2007.-Early years:The newspaper was founded... |
| Lifetime Achievement: | Jack Nelson Jack Nelson (journalist) John Howard "Jack" Nelson was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist praised for his coverage of the Watergate scandal and described by New York Times Managing Editor Gene Roberts as "one of the most effective reporters in the civil rights era."-Youth:Born in Talladega, Alabama, Nelson's... |
The Los Angeles Times |
Previous awards
1999- Domestic Radio Broadcast, "Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project", National Public Radio
1998
- Dan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow)
1995
- Ted RallTed RallTed Rall is an American columnist, syndicated editorial cartoonist, and author. His political cartoons often appear in a multi-panel comic-strip format and frequently blend comic-strip and editorial-cartoon conventions. The cartoons appear in approximately 100 newspapers around the United States...
of Chronicle Features
1988
- Lynn NearyLynn NearyLynn Neary is an American radio journalist. She is a correspondent on National Public Radio and on National Desk's Arts and Information Unit, covering books and publishing.-Early years and education:...
and Dan Norris of National Public Radio
1971
- Rubén SalazarRuben SalazarRubén Salazar was a Mexican-American journalist killed by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War on August 29, 1970 in East Los Angeles, California. During the 1970s, his killing was often cited as a symbol of unjust treatment of...
of The Los Angeles Times
1970
- Dallas KinneyDallas KinneyDallas Kinney, born in 1937 in Buckeye, Iowa is a world renowned photo journalist who won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in photography for his photographs of Florida migrant workers...
of The Palm Beach PostThe Palm Beach PostThe Palm Beach Post is a major daily newspaper in Florida, serving Palm Beach County in South Florida, and the Treasure Coast area. It is the 72nd largest daily newspaper in the United States and the sixth largest in Florida.-History:...