Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
The Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism is journalisms 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]
Recipients
2013
The 45th annual award winners:[3]
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 |
2011
The 43rd Annual Awards were awarded in 2011 for coverage in 2010. Award winners were:[4]
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 Television | James Gandolfini | "Wartorn" | HBO |
International Television | 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) |
2009
The 41st Annual Awards were awarded in 2009 for coverage in 2008. Award winners were:[5]
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 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 |
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) |
2008
The 40th Annual Awards were awarded in 2008 for coverage in 2007. Award winners were:[6]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize: | Dana Priest and Anne Hull | "The Other Walter Reed" | The Washington Post |
International Print Winner: | Robyn Dixon | "Zimbabw's Pain" | The Los Angeles Times |
Domestic Photo Winner: | Mona Reeder | "The Bottom Line" | The Dallas Morning News |
International Photo Winner: | Mary F. Calvert | "Lost Daughters: Sex Selection in India" | The Washington Times |
Domestic Radio Winner : | Alix Spiegel | "Stuck and Suicidal in a Post-Katrina Trailer Park" | National Public Radio |
Domestic Television: | Steve Kroft, Ira Rosen, John Solomon | "Evidence of Injustice" | The Washington Times and CBS News' 60 Minutes |
International Television: | Kira Kay, Jason Maloney | "Uganda's Silent War" | PBS NewsHour and HDNet World Report |
Cartoon Winner: | Signe Wilkinson | Philadelphia Daily News | |
College Broadcast Winner: | Rachel Anderson, Megan Carrick, Justin Peterson and Chris Welch | "Breaking Down Barriers" | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
High School Print Winner: | D. J. Shewmaker | "Students Show Outstanding Ability" | Francis Howell North High School (Saint Charles, Missouri) |
High School Broadcast Winner: | Brittany Gomes, Mhanivel Moresca, Samuel Balecha, and Laurissa Asuega | "Home is Where the Heart Is" | Waianae High School (Wai'anae, Hawai'i) |
2007
The 39th Annual Awards were awarded in 2007 for coverage in 2006. Award winners were:[7]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize Winner: | 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 Television: | 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 Television: | 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) |
2006
The 38th Annual Awards were awarded in 2006 for coverage in 2005. Award winners were:[8]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize | Karen O'Connor, Miri Navasky | "The New Asylums" | Frontline (WGBH-TV) |
Domestic Print Winner: | 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 Photo Winner: | Steve Liss | "No Place for Children: Voices from Juvenile Detention" | Time |
International Radio Winner: | Steve Inskeep, 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, Kentucky) |
High School Print Winner: | Samantha Offerdahl | "Super Senior" | Century High School (Bismarck, North Dakota) |
High School Broadcast Winner: | Aliy Bossert and Kevin McMillan | "Not Bad Kids" | Roane County High School (Spencer, West Virginia) |
2005
The 37th Annual Awards were awarded in 2005 for coverage in 2004. Award winners were:[9]
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 Winner: | Celia Williams Dugger | "Helping the Poor" | The New York Times |
Domestic Television Winner: | Ofra Bikel | "The Plea" | Frontline (WGBH-TV) |
International Television Winner: | Greg Barker | "Ghosts of Rwanda" | Frontline (WGBH-TV) |
International Photo Winner: | Manny Crisostomo | "The Leftover People" | The Sacramento Bee |
Domestic Radio Winner: | Daniel Zwerdling | "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 | ||
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) |
High School Broadcast Winner: | Quinci Adams and Carrie Lutz | "A Safe Haven" | Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri) |
2004
The 36th Annual Awards were awarded in 2004 for coverage in 2003. Award winners were:[10]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize | Rachel Dretzin, Barak Goodman, Muriel Soenens | "Failure to Protect" | Frontline (WGBH-TV) |
International Print Winner: | Joseph Kahn | "The World's Sweatshop" | The New York Times |
International Honorable Mention: | Anthony Shadid | "The Soul of Iraq" | The Washington Post |
Domestic Print Winner: | Staff Writers | "Modern Day Slavery" | The Palm Beach Post |
Domestic Photo Winner: | Brant Ward | "Shame of the City" | San Francisco Chronicle |
International Photo Winner: | Bradley E. Clift | "The Sacrifice of Ganansol" | Hartford Courant |
Cartoon Winner: | John Sherffius | ||
Domestic Radio Winner: | Cameron Lawrence, John Gregory | "Sisters in Pain" | Kentucky Public Radio |
College Print Winner: | Sarah Schaffer | "Outside the Fence" | Capital News Service (University of Maryland, College Park) |
High School Print Winner: | Alicia Okland | "Meganís Story" | Century High School (Bismarck, North Dakota) |
High School Broadcast Winner: | Joe Morgan | "What God Had Put on My Heart..." | Washington High School (Washington, Missouri) |
2003
The 35th Annual Awards were awarded in 2003 for coverage in 2002. Award winners were:[11]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize and International Print and Photojournalism Winners: | 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 Television Broadcast: | Ted Koppel, Kim Jung-eun | "Hidden Lives" | Nightline (ABC News) |
Domestic Television Broadcast: | Denise DiIanni | "A Day in the Life" | WGBH-TV |
International Radio Broadcast:[12] | Kristin McHugh | "Kosovo's Pied Piper: The Liz Shropshire Story"[13] | Common Ground Radio |
Domestic Radio Broadcast: | 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 Television Broadcast Honorable Mention: | Denise DiIanni | "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 Broadcast Honorable Mention: | Stacy Abramson | "Youth Portraits" | Sound Portraits |
Lifetime Achievement: | Daniel Schorr | National Public Radio |
2002
The 34th Annual Awards were awarded in 2002 for coverage in 2001. Award winners were:[14]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize and Domestic Print Winners: | 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 Television Prize: | Morley Safer, Catherine Olian | "Schools for the Homeless" | 60 Minutes (CBS News) |
Domestic Television Prize: | 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) |
2001
The 33rd Annual Awards were awarded in 2001 for coverage in 2000. Award winners were:[15]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize and First Prize, Domestic Television: | Edward Pinder | "Master Teacher" | Nightline (ABC News) |
First Prize, Domestic Photojournalism: | Matt Rainey | "After The Fire" | The Star-Ledger |
First Prize, International Photojournalism: | Dudley Brooks | "Thou Shalt Not Kill" | The Washington Post |
First Prize, International Print: | Steve Coll | "Peace Without Justice" | The Washington Post |
First Prize, Domestic Print: | Rick Tulsky | "Uncertain Refuge" | San Jose Mercury News |
Honorable Mention, Domestic Print: | Staff | "Paper Shield" | York Daily Record |
First Prize, Domestic Television: | Edward Pinder | "Master Teacher" | Nightline (ABC News) |
First Prize, International Television: | "Srebrenica" | WNET (Thirteen) | |
First Prize, Domestic Radio: | Katie Davis | "Throw That Smoke" | This American Life (WBEZ) |
First Prize, Domestic Editorial Cartoon: | Matt Davies | The Journal News | |
First Prize, International Radio: | John Biewen, Deborah George | "Engineering Crops in a Needy World" | Minnesota Public Radio |
First Prize, College: | Ivan O'Mahoney, Thomas Loudon, Constanza Santa Maria, | "Vieques, Time to Decide" | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism |
Honorable Mention, College | Beth A. "Vivi" Abrams | "On Deadly Ground" | Northwestern University |
First Prize, 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 |
2000
The 32nd Annual Awards were awarded in 2000 for coverage in 1999. Award winners were:[16]
Award | Name | Title | Organization |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Prize Winner and International Print Winner: | Peter Finn | "Kosovo" | The Washington Post |
First Prize Domestic Print: | Todd Richissin | "Charlie Squad" | The Baltimore Sun |
First Prize, Domestic Photojournalism: | Eugene Garcia | "In His Brothers Arms" | The Orange County Register |
First Prize, International Photojournalism: | Essdras M. Suarez | "Osveli's Story" | Rocky Mountain News |
First Prize, Domestic Television Broadcast: | Geraldo Rivera, Susan Farkas | "Women in Prison: Nowhere to Hide" | NBC News |
First Prize, International Television Broadcast: | Diane Sawyer | "The Unwanted Children of Russia" | 20/20 (ABC News) |
First Prize, International Radio Broadcast: | Maria Emilia Martin | "The Betrayal of Sister Dianna Ortiz" | Latino USA (KUT-FM) |
First Prize, Domestic Radio Broadcast: | John Biewen | "The Forgotten 14 Million" | American RadioWorks |
First Prize, Domestic Editorial 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 |
Previous awards
- 1999
- Domestic Radio Broadcast, "Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project", National Public Radio [17]
- 1998
- Daniel A. Anderson, First Prize, Domestic Photojournalism (Motel Children)
- Dan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow)
- 1995
- Ted Rall of Chronicle Features
- 1989
- Bill Dedman of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, grand prize and print prize
- 1988
- Lynn Neary and Dan Morris of National Public Radio
- 1987
- Donna Ferrato, First Prize, for her story "Domestic Violence" in the Philadelphia Inquirer[18]
- 1971
- 1970
Notes
- ↑ "Journalism Awards," Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
- ↑ "Our Work," Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
- ↑ http://rfkcenter.org/qprognosis-profitsq-by-ames-alexander-karen-garloch-joseph-neff-david-raynor-jim-walser-and-steve-riley-the-charlotte-observer-and-the-news-a-observer-5
- ↑ "43rd Annual Awards: 2011 (for 2010 coverage)," Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
- ↑ "41st Annual Awards: 2009 (for 2008 coverage)," Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
- ↑ "40th Annual Awards: 2008 (for 2007 coverage)," Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
- ↑ "39th Annual Awards: 2007 (for 2006 coverage)," Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
- ↑ "38th Annual Awards: 2006 (for 2005 coverage)," Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
- ↑ "37th Annual Awards: 2005 (for 2004 coverage)," Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
- ↑ "36th Annual Awards: 2004 (for 2003 coverage)," Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
- ↑ "35th Annual Awards: 2003 (for 2002 coverage)," Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
- ↑ "Kristin McHugh". The Stanley Foundation. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "Kosovo's Pied Piper: The Liz Shropshire Story". Common Ground Radio. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "34th Annual Awards: 2002 (for 2001 coverage)," Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
- ↑ "33rd Annual Awards: 2001 (for 2000 coverage)," Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
- ↑ "32nd Annual Awards: 2000 (for 1999 coverage)," Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
- ↑ http://www.npr.org/about/press/990408.rfk.html
- ↑ http://www.donnaferrato.com
- ↑ Notable Latino Americans: a biographical dictionary by Matt S. Meier, Conchita Franco Serri, Richard A. Garcia. Greenwood Press, 1997 ISBN 0-313-29105-5