Appendix A: Journalism Awards and Prizes - Specialized Journalism Awards

Benjamin Bradlee Editor of the Year Award

The National Press Foundation established this award in 1984 (and named it after the former Washington Post editor some two decades later) to recognize significant achievements that enhance the quality of journalism in the United States. The award, open to an editor at any level, is made in recognition of imagination, professional skill, ethics, and an ability to motivate staff—qualities that produce excellence in media. This is one award that one does not apply for.

Past winners: http://www.nationalpress.org/info-url3520/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=118426

Everett McKinley Dirksen Awards for Distinguished Reporting of Congress

Created in 1980 in honor of the Republican Senator from Illinois (served 1951–69), the award is intended to recognize individuals whose work shows thoughtful appraisal and insight into the workings of the U.S. Congress. Two awards are given annually by the National Press Foundation to print and broadcast journalists.

Past winners: http://www.nationalpress.org/info-url3520/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=118438

Excellence in Online Journalism Award

In 2000 the Board of the National Press Foundation authorized this award to recognize achievement in the rapidly changing field of Internet journalism, and encourage others through the winner's example. The award can be made to a site, or an individual, or a specific project.

Past winners: http://www.nationalpress.org/info-url3520/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=263665

Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Given by the Shorenstein Center of the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University, the Goldsmith awards have been given since 1993. They honor journalists whose investigative reporting in a story or series of related stories best promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government, the making of public policy, or the practice of politics. The award is named for Berda Marks Goldsmith (1892–1989), a Philadelphia-based follower of both news and politics.

Past winners: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/prizes_lectures/goldsmith_awards/investigative_reporting.html

Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards

Presented by the Investigative Reporters and Editors organization, these awards are given in multiple categories, each focusing on the quality of investigative reporting.

Newspapers

Television

Other Media

Special Categories

Past winners: http://www.ire.org/resourcecenter/contest

Maria Moors cabot Prize

These are the oldest international awards in journalism and recognize distinguished journalistic contributions to inter-American understanding. The endowment was founded in 1938 by Godfrey Lowell Cabot of Boston as a memorial to his wife. They have been awarded annually since 1939 by the Trustees of Columbia University on recommendation of the dean of their Graduate School of Journalism and the Cabot Prize Board, composed of journalists and educators concerned with hemisphere affairs. Three to four medalists from the United States, Canada, and Latin American nations are selected each year.

Past winners: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Moors_Cabot_prize

Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism

Named for the war correspondent and novelist (1908–98), the award was established in 1999 by the Martha Gellhorn Trust. It rewards “the kind of reporting that distinguished Martha: in her own words ‘the view from the ground.’” This is defined as “essentially a human story that penetrates the established version of events and illuminates an urgent issue buried by prevailing fashions of what makes news.” It has been awarded annually to journalists in the United States or abroad, writing in English, whose work has appeared in print or a reputable web publication.

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