John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism is an annual award of $25,000 selected by a panel of journalists, for courageous and sustained reporting.
Established in 1995, the award was formerly administered by the
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...
, and is administered by the
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
Graduate School of Journalism.
Ira Lipman provided a gift to Columbia University to support the award.
He became a lifelong friend of
John Chancellor
John William Chancellor (July 14, 1927 – July 12, 1996) was an American journalist who spent most of his career with NBC News. He is considered a pioneer in TV news. He served as anchor of the ''NBC Nightly News'' from 1970 to 1982 and continu ...
after they met in
Little Rock, Arkansas
( The "Little Rock")
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in 1957.
Winners
References
American journalism awards
Awards established in 1995
Awards and prizes of Columbia University
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
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