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The Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism is a journalism award named after
Robert F. Kennedy Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK and by the nickname Bobby, was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, ...
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 Social justice is justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, Equal opportunity, opportunities, and Social privilege, privileges within a society. In Western Civilization, Western and Culture of Asia, Asian cultures, the concept of social ...
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.


Recipients

Note: This list of winners is incomplete.


1969–1979

;1969 The first awards were presented by Kennedy's widow,
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. * Network TV: ''
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'' for "Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed", written by Perry Wolf and narrated by
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. * Magazine: David Nevin, '' Life magazine'' for "These Murdered Old Old Mountains." * Newspaper: Nick Kotz of '' The Des Moines Register and Tribune'' for coverage of rural poverty and hunger. ;1970 The second annual awards were presented at the Federal City Club in Washington, D.C., with multiple awardees in each category. * National TV: ** ''
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'' for "Black Fiddler: Prejudice and the Negro," produced by Stephen Fleischman. ** ''
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'' for "Between Two Rivers," narrated by Tom Pettit, from the ''First Tuesday'' series. ** Honorable Mention: Group W for "The shame of Welfare," produced by Dick Hubert. * Local TV: ** ''
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'' for "Perspective: New Set of Eyes," produced by Bill Leonard. ** '' KNXT-TV'' for "The Siesta is Over (Revisited)," produced by Ken Rosen. ** Honorable Mention: '' WCKT-TV'' for "Migrant Workers," news director Gene Strul. * Radio: ** '' WJR'' for "I Am Not Alone," reported by Phil Jones. ** Honorable Mention: '' WAKY'' for "Soul Searching," produced by Bob Watson. * Newspaper: ** Linda Rockey for a series on the problems of hunger in the ''
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''. ** Dallas Kinney and Kent Pollock of the '' Palm Beach Post-Times'' for "Migration to Misery," an eight-part series on the life and dreams of migrant farm workers. ::Articles in Series: ::
"They Live Unwanted, in the Shadows of Society"
October 5, 1969 ::
"A Perpetual Cycle Traps the Migrant"
October 6, 1969 ::
"Squeezing Out a Living"
October 7, 1969 ::
"For $50 a Month: A One-Room Shed, No Toilets"
October 8, 1969 ::
"Migrant Gets What's Left"
October 9, 1969 ::
"An Elderly Migrant Who Waits to Die"
October 10, 1969 ::
"Bubba Boone: A Migrant Out of the Stream"
October 11, 1969 ::
"The County's Effort Expansive But Not Enough"
October 12, 1969 * Magazines: ** Fred C. Shapiro for "The Whitmore Confessions" in ''
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''. ** Honorable Mention: Dr. Robert Coles and Harry Huge for a series of reports in ''
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'' on the problems of the disadvantaged. ;1971 The third annual awards were presented by Ethel Kennedy during a luncheon ceremony held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in
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, which was still under construction. Entertainer
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was the master of ceremonies, and Tim Wickers of ''The New York Times'' gave the keynote speech. The winners were selected from over 275 entries. No awards were given in the Radio and Magazines categories. * TV: ** ''
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'' for "Migrant: An NBC White Paper" with correspondent
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, produced by Martin Carr. ** Richard Hubert, Paul Galan, Rod MacLeish, '' Westinghouse Broadcasting Company'' for "When You Reach December." * Newspapers: ** Ralph Looney of the ''
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'' for the nine-part series "The Plight of the Navajo." ** Sam Washington and
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of the
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for a series on schools for the intellectually disabled. * Special awards: **
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'' for a collection of 17 columns that "communicated effectively and compassionately the culture and alienation of Chicanos." The award was accepted by Salazar's widow, Sally. ** ''The New Thing'', an arts and architecture workshop in Washington, D.C., for the film "This Is the Home of Mrs. Levant Graham, the New Thing." ;1972 The fourth annual awards were presented by
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during a luncheon ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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gave the keynote speech. Eligibility was expanded to include
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entries. * TV: ** Paul Altmeyer and the Urban America Unit of Group W for "The Suburban Wall," a documentary on discrimination in suburban housing narrated by Rod MacLeish. * Radio: ** Doug Fox of KTOK for "The Business of Being Black," a five-part series on the economic problems of African Americans in
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. * Newspapers: ** Patrick Zier and Joanna Wragg of ''
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'' for the four-part series "Crisis in Public Housing" about public housing issues in
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. ** John Nordenheimer of ''
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'' for a story about an African American
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recipient who was killed during a holdup at a grocery store in
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. :: Article: ::
"From Dakto to Detroit: Death of a Troubled Hero"
May 26, 1971 * Magazines: ** Edward Kosner, Peter Goldman, and
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'' for "Justice on Trial," a series on the criminal justice system. **
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for a story on intestinal parasites in children that was published in ''
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''. * Honorable mention print: ** Robert Raisch and Neil Scott of ''United World Press Cooperative'' for the entire October 21, 1971, issue of ''Rama Pipien: A People's Media, Ingest Digest''. * Honorable mention college: **
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of '' The Spectrum'' (
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) for "Health Care Crisis". ;1973 The fifth annual awards were presented by Ethel Kennedy with the assistance of her brother-in-law, Senator
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. Harvard psychiatrist Robert Coles gave the keynote address. The awardees were chosen from 418 entries, including 61 high school and 37 college entries. * Newspapers: ** Jean Heller of the
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for a series entitled "The Tuskegee Syphilis Study" exposing a federal experiment that left a number of infected African American men untreated. ** Citation: Agustin Gurza, editor of ''LaVoz del Pueblo'' in Hayward, California. ** Citation: Mike Masterson, editor of the ''Newport Daily Independent'' in Newport, Arkansas. ** Citation: Jack Brimeyer, Max Winter, Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, "The Rosebud Reservation". * Radio: ** Citation: Producer Mucio Carlon and the University of Arizona's public radio station KUAT for "What it's Like," a weekly program for ethnic minorities. * TV: ** Geraldo Rivera of
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for "Willowbrook: The Last Disgrace," a documentary about the effects of budget cuts on
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for intellectually disabled children in
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. The documentary led Governor Nelson Rockefeller to restore funding to the school. ** Citation:
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for "Migrants of Central Illinois," an episode of the ''CIA Reports'' documentary series produced by
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. The documentary focuses on migrant workers in the
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, area. ;1974 The sixth annual awards were presented by Ethel Kennedy. Frances Farenthold gave the keynote speech. The awardees were selected from 432 entries. * Citation – High School: ** Tarl Oliason, co-editor of ''The Chieftain'', the newspaper of Pocatello High School in Pocatello, Idaho, for stories on racial equality and confrontation between black and white students at the school. ** Joseph Hearst III, co-editor of ''The Chieftain'', for stories and editorials on a conflict between
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's Native American Student Association and Pocatello High School over a Native American symbol at the high school. * Magazine: ** John Guinther of ''
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'' for "The Only Good Indian." * Newspaper: ** Dolores Katz and Jo Thomas of the ''
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'' for an 18-part series, "Psychosurgery on Trial". ** Citation: Gloria Delgado of the '' Express and News'' for coverage of the Liza Guerra kidnapping. ** Honorable mention: Mike Royko, Chicago Daily News, "Faceless Veteran". ** Honorable mention: Hope Spencer, Newsday, "The Victims". * Radio: ** Honorable Mention: '' WCAU Radio'' for "Abortion: An Investigative Report." ** Honorable Mention: '' WJR'' for "Manhunt Scars Community." ** Citation: Rudolph Brewington of ''
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'' for "Diagnosis: Desperate - A report on Health Care for Minority Americans" ** Citation: William Diehl of '' ABC Radio'' for "Why Did Patti Have To Die?" * Citation, print: ** Jane Daugherty of the '' St. Petersburg Times'' for a 15-part series on
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, nursing homes. * TV: ** Robert C. Dotson of '' WKY-TV'' for "Through the Looking Glass Darkly," a documentary about the history of African-American civil rights in Oklahoma from before statehood to 1973. ** Honorable Mention: '' McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company'' and '' KGTV-10'' for "La Raza – The People." ** Citation:
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of ''
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'' for "Fiesta Patrias". ;1975 The seventh annual awards were presented by Ethel Kennedy and Haynes Johnson. Harry Golden gave the keynote address. The awardees were selected from approximately 300 entries. * Magazine: ** Loretta Schwartz of ''
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'' for "Nothing to Eat". * Newspaper: ** Executive editor Mike Masterson of the '' Hot Springs Sentinel-Record'' for continuing coverage of the problems of the disadvantaged. * Print – Honorable Mention: ** Francie Barnard of the ''
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'' for "Congressional Discrimination," a series exposing discrimination in congressional hiring. ::Articles in Series: ::
"Discrimination Found In Congressional Jobs Orders"
August 18, 1974 ::
"Justice Department Will Not Investigate Hiring"
August 19, 1974 ::
"Job-Order Forms Termed Authentic"
August 20, 1974 * Print – Citation: ** Nancy Greenberg of the '' Philadelphia Evening and Sunday Bulletin'' for "The Indomitable Sondra Diamond." :* Melinda Foote of ''
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'' for "The Bittersweet Harvest," a series about the problems of
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in the
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. ::Articles in Series: ::
"The Bittersweet Harvest"
November 24, 1974 ::
"Selecting the Cane Cutters"
November 25, 1974 ::
"It's Filthy, Back-Breaking Work"
November 26, 1974 ::
"Time Off"
November 27, 1974 ::
"The Economics of a Bittersweet Harvest"
November 28, 1974 * Radio: ** Terence Gurley of '' WWVA Radio'' in
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, for "Back to Bloody Harlan." * Television: ** Martin Berman, Peter Lance, and Geraldo Rivera of
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for “The Willowbrook Case: The People vs. The State of New York." * Television – Citation: ** Hill Mermont of WGTV in
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, for "The Bikinians." ** Luis R. Cano, Philip Cano, Roberto Gutierez, and Willie Navarro of the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans and
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for “The Aztecas and Their Medicine: A Chicano Legacy." ;1976 * Radio: Bob Cain, Cathleen Gurley, WWVA Radio, Wheeling, West Virginia, "Care and Feeding of America". * TV: Tom Pettit, NBC News, "Feeding the Poor". * TV honorable mention: Dan Rather, John Sharnik, Peter Poor, CBS News, "CBS Reports: The I.Q. Myth". * Print honorable mention: William Heffernan, Stewart Ain, New York Daily News, series on child care. ;1977 * Grand prize and print: Acel Moore and Wendell Rawls, Jr., Grand Prize, for their coverage of the Fairview (PA) Hospital for the Criminally Insane in ''
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'' * TV citation: Thom Dickerson, Lee Meredith, KTRK, Houston, Texas, "Requiem for a Dying Neighborhood", a documentary which described the decay in an area located in downtown Houston. * TV citation: Ed Fillmer, KYTV, Springfield, Missouri, "The Retirement Trap". * Print citation: Editorial staff, The Lake Placid News, New York, "Rebirth of Mohawk Nation or Illegal Land Grab". * Honorable mention, college student: Christopher DeSalvo, Southern Illinois University, series on Laotian refugees. * Honorable mention, college student: Bob Minnocci, West Virginia University, series on mental health. * Honorable mention, print: Loretta Schwartz, Boston Magazine, Chicago Magazine, Philadelphia Magazine, various articles. * Honorable mention, print: Edward T. Pound, Pam Zekman, Chicago Sun-Times, "Chicago's Money Merchants". * Honorable mention, TV: William H. Willson, KCET, Los Angeles, "Handle with Care and Dignity". * Honorable mention, TV: Bob Dotson, WKYC-TV, Cleveland, "The Urban Reservation". * Honorable mention, TV: Sy Perlman, NBC, "Weekend" series on Sawyer Brothers. ;1978 * Grand prize and TV: Bill Moyers, Tom Spain, Howard Stringer, Dan Lerner, CBS, "CBS Reports: The Fire Next Door". * Print: Jonathan Neumann, William K. Marimow, The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Police Violence". * TV citation: Jack Hill, KAIT-TV, Jonesboro, Arkansas, "Is There Any Hope for Hope Street". * Print citation: Staff, Shreveport Journal, "Piney Woods Poverty". * College student citation: New Expression newspaper, Youth Communication, Chicago. * Honorable mention, print: Louie Gonzalez, Oakland Tribune, "I Was an Illegal". * Honorable mention, print: Huge Aynesworth, John Bloom, Robert Montemayor, Howard Swindle, Paul West, Bryan Woolley, Dallas Times Herald, series on Castroville. * Honorable mention, high school student: Jane Lincoln, Urban Journalism Workshop, 1310 Magazine, "A Walk Through Mt. Pleasant". * Honorable mention, TV: Nancy Thurber, Robert Thurber, WPBT-TV, Miami, "God Gives You Years". ;1979 * Grand prize and print prize: Fredric N. Tulsky, Nancy Weaver, Don Hoffman, The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, "North Mississippi Justice". * Radio: Steven L. McVicker, Jeanne Jones Riedmueller, KPFT, Houston, "The Question of Accountability: A Look at the Houston Police Department". * Honorable mention, TV: Brian Ross, Janet Pearce, Joseph Angotti, NBC Nightly News, segment on migrant farm workers.


1980–1989

;1980 * Grand prize and print: Chester Goolrick, Paul Lieberman, Lee May, Charlene P. Smith-Williams, Steve Johnson, The Atlanta Constitution, "The Underpaid and the Underprotected". * Radio: Greg Barron, David Carlton Felland, KSJN, Minnesota Public Radio, "The Way to 8-A". * TV: Howard Husock, Robert Ferrante, WGBH, "Community Disorder: Racial Violence in Boston". * Citation, college student: Ron Hall, Pepperdine University, "A World of His Own". * Citation, college student: Annals Kraft, Northern Virginia Community College, "Granny Hickory Stick". * Honorable mention, photojournalism: Andrea Brunais, The Tampa Times, Florida, "Racism in Hillsborough County Schools". * Honorable mention, photojournalism: David Olinger, Concord Monitor, New Hampshire, "Adrift". * Honorable mention, print: Polly Ross Hughes, "D" magazine, Dallas, Texas, "Poor Man's Justice". * Honorable mention, radio: Mark Poindexter, KCUR-FM, Kansas City, Missouri, "Missouri's Migrants". * Honorable mention, TV: Dan Rather, Leslie Edwards, Don Hewitt, CBS News "60 Minutes", "Equal Justice". * Honorable mention, TV: Philip Scheffler, CBS News "60 Minutes", "In the Mainstream". * Honorable mention, TV: Stephen Fleischman, Richard Richter, Pamela Hill, ABC News "Close Up", "Nobody's Children". ;1981 * Radio: Martin Teichner, Peter Wells, Clarence Fanto, CBS Radio Network (Newsmark), "Exodus: The Freedom Flotilla". * TV: Joe Bergantino, Clarence Jones, Melissa Malkovitch, Lance Heflin, WPLG-TV, Miami, "The Billion Dollar Ghetto". * Photojournalism: Len Lahman, Sharon Myers, Times-Advocate, Escondido, California, "Faces Beyond the Fence". * Honorable mention, radio: John Merrow, Barbara Reinhardt, National Public Radio (Options in Education), "Race Against Time: School Desegregation". * Honorable mention, TV: Susan Kinney, Bill Ruth, KRMA-TV, Denver, "Haunted House". * Honorable mention, TV: Ken Swartz, WHAS-TV, Louisville, Kentucky, "When Can We Come Home". * Citation, radio: Al Allen, WJLB-FM, Detroit, "Crime by Color: Black on Black". * Citation, TVAlvin H. Perlmutter, Imre Horvath, Marc Brugnoni, Patrick Fahey, Martin Smith, Kalima Soham, WQED, Pittsburgh PBS, "Adoption in America". ;1982 * Photojournalism: Jerry Lower, Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, "A Touch of Nature". * Photojournalism: Jay B. Mather, Louisville Courier-Journal, "She Ain't Stopping Now". * College student: Jill Schoenstein, The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania, "A Rough Education". * Radio: Bill Buzenberg, National Public Radio, "All Things Considered", "Immigration and Refugees". * TV: Mark Potter, Lance Heflin, WPLG-TV, Miami, "Human Cargo". * Honorable mention, high school student: Leah Bryant, Sally Harris, West High School, Bakersfield, California, "Do You Know Where Your Grandparents Are?" * Honorable mention, TV: Gil Noble, Susan Robeson, Doug Har, WABC-TV, New York, "Essay on Drugs". * Honorable mention, photojournalism: Patt Blue, Life magazine, "Multiple Sclerosis: A Lingering Nightmare". ;1983 * Radio: Bill Leslie, Mike Edwards, Donna Jones, Pamela Hart, Nancy Lyons, Steve Shumake, WRAL, Raleigh, North Carolina, "Five Faces of Poverty". * TV: Jonathon Dann, Greg Lyon, Ken Swartz, KRON-TV, San Francisco, "The War Within". * Cartoons: Don Wright, Miami News. * College student: Renee Jacobs, Pennsylvania State University, "Cynthia's Case". * Citation, cartoon: Sam C. Rawls, The Atlanta Constitution * Citation, TV: Susan Lavery, Bill Lord, KTUV, Salt Lake City, Utah, "Criminal Illness". * Citation, photojournalism: Karen Kasmauski, Virginian-Pilot/Ledger-Star, Virginia, "Lanette: A World of Her Own". * Citation, photojournalism: Patt Blue, Life magazine, "Getting off Welfare." * Honorable mention, print: John Hanchette, Carlton Sherwood, Brian Gallagher, Gannett News Service, "Oklahoma Shame". * Honorable mention, TV: Martin Freeth, Dick Boydell, Sheila Hayman, WGBH, Boston, "Finding a Voice". * Honorable mention, TV: Diane Baker, Rick Ridgeway, Home Box Office, "To Climb a Mountain". ;1984 * Grand prize and TV: Peter Karl, Doug Longhini, Joe Paszcky, Bonnie van Gilder, WMAQ, Chicago, "Beating Justice: A Special Report". * Photojournalism: April Saul, The Philadelphia Inquirer, "The Gift of Family". * Print: George Getschow, The Wall Street Journal, "Dirty Work". * Radio: Patrick Cassidy, WMAQ Radio, Chicago, "School Says You're Retarded". * Citation, print: Rob Wilkins, Sandusky Register, Ohio, "Hunger and Hope". * Citation, print: Steve Konicki, Luisa Yanez, The Miami News, "The Cuban Quintas". * Citation, photojournalism: Bruce Chambers, Glenn S. Capers, Mari Shaefer, P.K. Weis, Tucson Citizen, "Land in Torment". * Citation, photojournalism: Carol Guzy, The Miami Herald, "Little Haiti". * Citation, TV: Carol M. Rosenbaum, Virgilio Argimedes, Miriam Thomas, WTVD-TV, Durham, North Carolina, "Poverty Has a Woman's Face". * Citation, TV: Lee Luse, KCTA-TV, St. Paul, Minnesota, "The Legacy of Baby Doe". * Honorable mention, cartoon: Bill Day, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, "Government Assistance". * Honorable mention, radio: Art Silverman, Verta Mae Grosvernor, National Public Radio, "Daufuskie". * Honorable mention, TV: Don Hewitt, Suzanne St. Pierre, Morley Safer, CBS News "60 Minutes", "Lenell Geter's In Jail". * Honorable mention, photojournalism: Carol Guzy, Miami Herald, "Wishbook". * Honorable mention, photojournalism: Mary Ellen Mark, Life magazine, "Streets of the Lost: Runaway Kids". * Honorable mention, print: Neil Henry, The Washington Post, "The Black Dispatch." * Honorable mention, college student: Hal Wells, Columbia Missourian, University of Missouri, "Leading an Active LIFE". * Honorable mention, college student: Phil Kuntzy, University of Florida, "The Discriminating Paddle". * Honorable mention, high school student: Monique Craig, Interhigh Connection, Washington, D.C., "Washington's Hungry: A Capital Disgrace". ;1985 * Grand prize and TV: David Fanning, Mark Obenhaus, PBS "Frontline", "Living Below the Line". * Print: Staff of The Charlotte Observer, series on North Carolina's mental health system. * College student: Kevin Davis, The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, "Prison Aftermath". * Photojournalism: Cheryl McCall, Mary Ellen Mark, Life magazine, "Camp Good Times". * Photojournalism: Lynn Johnson, Life magazine, "Kenny's World". * TV: Christopher Jeans, David Fanning, Charlie Cobb, PBS "Frontline", "Bread, Butter and Politics". * Citation, print: Jim Auchmutey, Mike Christiensen, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Poverty 1984". * Citation, print: Melvin Claxton, The Virgin Islands Daily News, "Public Housing / Public Shame". * Citation, college student: Georgea Kovanis, University of Michigan, "Overcoming Barriers at the U". * Citation, high school student: Alexei A. Waters, Leavenworth Senior High School, "Tony Roe Overcomes Blindness". * Citation, high school student: A. Claire Palvagasi, Lakewood High School, "Trying to Share America's Wealth". * Citation, radio: Diana Quinn, David Rush, Velma Cato, NBC Radio Network "The Source", Home Sweet Homeless / The Invisible People". * Honorable mention, print: Marc Kaufman, The Philadelphia Inquirer, "The Hmong: At the Mercy of America". * Honorable mention, college student: Janet Rae, Michigan Daily Weekend, University of Michigan, "Vagrants or Victims". * Honorable mention, photojournalism: Mary Ellen Mark, Life magazine, "The Cruelest Crime". * Honorable mention, radio: Anne Marshall, Mike Edgerly, WHAS Radio, Louisville, Kentucky, "Go Tell Sargent Shriver: The Life and Death of the War on Poverty in Eastern Kentucky". * Honorable mention, TV: Malcolm Clarke, Japhet Asher, HBO, "Soldiers in Hiding". ;1986 * Grand prize and print: Staff of The Chicago Tribune, "The American Millstone". * Photojournalism: Tom Gralish, The Philadelphia Inquirer, "How They Survive". * Radio: Scott Simon, Neva Grant, Ina Jaffe, National Public Radio, "A State of Emergency". * TV: Special projects staff, WSMV-TV, Nashville, "Reflections in Black and White". * Citation, cartoon: Mike Peters, Dayton Daily News * Citation, print: Douglas Pardue, Roanoke Times and World News, "Forgotten Houses, Forgotten People". * Citation, TV: Dan Medina, KHJ-TV, Los Angeles, "Our Children: The Next Generation". * Citation, photojournalism: John Keating, Dallas Times Herald, "Thalidomide Victim". * Honorable mention, cartoon: H. Clay Bennett, St. Petersburg Times. * Honorable mention, photojournalism: Stephen Shames, APF Reporter / The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Child Poverty in America". * Honorable mention, photojournalism: Sarah Leen, The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Losing Max: Living With Alzheimer's". * Honorable mention, radio: Frank Raphael, Peter Laufer, Lynn Peterson, Rusty Lutz, NBC Radio Network, "A Loss for Words". * Honorable mention, TV: Jeanne Bowers, Bruce Johnson, Sandra Butler, Tim DeLuca, LaGeris Bell, Mike Trammell, WDVM-TV, Washington, "Out of Sight, Out of Mind". * Honorable mention, print: Nina Bernstein, The Milwaukee Journal, "Justice Denied". ;1987 * Grand prize and print: Steve McGonigle, Ed Timms, The Dallas Morning News, "Discrimination in Juries". * Photojournalism: David Leeson, Dallas Morning News, "Hungry and Homeless". * College student: Joyce Mendel, University of New Mexico, "The Land Is So Sacred to Us". * High school student: Salome Junco, Seward Park High School, New York, "Illegal Aliens: I Am Very Frightened Every Day". * Radio: Craig Cheathem, WLAP-AM, Lexington, Kentucky, "Passing on the Secret of Sexual Abuse". * TV: David Fanning, Mark Obenhaus, Edward Gray, WGBH-TV, Boston, "Growing Up Poor". * Citation, photojournalism, April Saul, The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Survived by a Daughter". * Citation, TV: Marilyn Deutsch, Gary Schiedel, KOAP-TV, Portland, Oregon, "The Tiniest Junkies". * Honorable mention, college, Rick Wartzman, Northwestern University / The Boston Globe, "When Mentally Ill Become Violent, Few Have Easy Solutions". * Honorable mention, high school, Nellie Park, Truman High School, Independence, Missouri, "Drumm Farm Gives a Second Chance". * Honorable mention, print: Jenni Bergal, Kiki Bochi, Fred Schulte, News/Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, "Suffer the Children". * Honorable mention, cartoon: Bill Day, Detroit Free Press, "The Color Black 'n' Blue". * Honorable mention, radio: Steve Shomaker, KMOX Radio, St. Louis, Missouri, "A Bankrupt Heritage". * Honorable mention, TV: Lori VanKirk, Brenda Buratti, Boyd Levet, KGW-TV, Portland, Oregon, "In Search of Home". ;1988 * Grand prize and print: Alex Kotlowitz, The Wall Street Journal, "Urban Trauma". * Photojournalism: Donna Ferrato, Dick Polman,
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, "Domestic Violence Part I". * College student: Larry Lee, Columbia Missourian, University of Missouri, "Rich Land, Poor People". * Citation, TV: Barry Ahrendt, Jeanne Blake, Jimmy Frances, WBZ-TV, Boston, "AIDS: The Paul Cronan Story". * Citation, print: Staff writer, The Sacramento Bee, "Hunger in California". * Honorable mention, print: Tracy Thompson, Larry Copeland, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Rural Justice". ;1989 * Grand prize and print:
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,
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, "The Color of Money". * International: Colin Campbell, Deborah Scroggins,
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, "The Weapon of Famine". * College student: Staff, Golden Gater, San Francisco State University, "Helpers in the War on AIDS". * Radio: Dan Morris, Lynn Neary,
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, "625 K Street". * TV: Bill Moyers, Elena Mannes, Public Affairs Television, "Promises! Promises!". * Citation, photojournalism: Jon Kral, The Miami Herald, "Gangs". * Citation, TV: Molly Bedell, Bill Kurtis, WBBM, Chicago, "Getting Out, Staying Out". * Citation, print: Susan Faludi, The San Jose Mercury News, "The Preemie at 6." * Honorable mention, photojournalism: Eugene Richards, Life magazine, "Crack: The Downfall of a Neighborhood". * Honorable mention, print: Staff, The Chicago Tribune, "Chicago Schools: Worst in America". * Honorable mention, radio: Tatiana Schreiber, Calley Crosley, Eileen Bolinsky, "Places Like This: Women In Prison". * Honorable mention, TV: David Davis, Christine LaBeau, KCTS, Seattle, "Skid Road".


1990–1999

;1990 * Grand Prize: The
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for "Far From the Dream" * Print Prize: Charles Flowers and Pete Gallagher, The Seminole Tribune for coverage of the wrongful conviction of James Joseph Richardson * Citation, TV: Al Briganti, Andrew Heyward, staff, CBS "48 Hours", "No Place Like Home". * Honorable mention, cartoon: Mike Peters, The Dayton Daily News. ;1991 * Grand prize and print: Jane Daugherty, Jeanne May, Bernie Shellum, The Detroit Free Press, "Workers and Risk". * International: Peter Jennings, Leslie Cockburn, ABC News, "Peter Jennings Reports from the Killing Fields". * Citation, international: Janice Tomlin, Tom Jarriel, Victor Neufeld, ABC News "20/20", "Nobody's Children: The Shame of a Nation". * Citation, print: Lori Hall, Diane Conners, Bill Echlin, Anne Gertiser Stanton, Tom Care, Will Scott, Michelle Worobec, The Traverse City Record-Eagle, Michigan, "Faces of Poverty". * Honorable mention, print: Eileen McNamara, Dolores King, Michale McDonald, The Boston Globe, "Birth in the Death Zones". * TV Journalism:
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, “Children of the Homeless,” 1991-04-30, SCCtv,
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;1992 ;1993 * Grand prize and print: Paul McEnroe, Allen Short, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Licensed to Abuse". * International photojournalism: Howard Castleberry, Houston Chronicle, "Somalia: A Nation at the Abyss". * International print: Dudley Althaus, Houston Chronicle, "The New Awakening". * TV: David Fanning, June Cross, WBGH "Frontline", Boston, "A Kid Kills". * First Prize International Radio:
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& Allan Nairn, "Massacre: The Story of East Timor" * Honorable mention, print: Edward Pratt, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, "Can We Save Our Black Children". * Honorable mention, photojournalism: Jon Marc Taylor, The Prison Mirror, "Pell Grants for Prisoners". * Honorable mention, photojournalism: Al Diaz and Carl Juste, The Miami Herald for "Wish Book", * Honorable mention, cartoon: Don Wright, The Palm Beach Post, "Perot for President". * Honorable mention, college student: Laura Paynter, Rome News-Tribune, Georgia, "Welfare Is My Mama". ;1994 * Grand prize and print: Staff, The Chicago Tribune, "Killing Our Children". * TV: Alan Raymond, Susan Raymond, Home Box Office, "I Am a Promise". * International print: Molly Moore, John Anderson, Julia Preston, Lena Sun, Caryle Murphy, The Washington Post, "Third World, Second Class". * International radio: Michael Skoler, National Public Radio, "A Prayer for Burundi". * International TV: Ron Allen, Diego Grinaldi, Jane Hartney, Steve Schnee, ABC News, "World News Tonight: Sudan Famine". * Radio: Alyne Ellis, Donna Limerick, Johanna Cooper, National Public Radio "Horizons", "Taking Care of Undocumented Kids". * International photojournalism: Honorable Mention, The Miami Herald for "Immigration Hope and Despair" * Student: Nils Rosdahl, Christine Labang, Kathy Hostetter, Lori Vivian, Justin Smith, Ryan Bronson, Patricia Snyder, The Sentinel, North Idaho College, "Learning Challenges". * Honorable mention, international print: M.C. Burns, Herald-Journal, Syracuse, New York, "Somalia's Sorrow". * Honorable mention, international radio: Daniel Zwerdling, National Public Radio, "AIDS in Zambia". * Honorable mention, photojournalism: Robin Donina, St. Petersburg Times, "Portraits of a Plague". ;1995 * Print: Leon Dash, The Washington Post, "Rosa Lee's Story". * Photography: Brian Peterson, Star Tribune, "Testing the Human Spirit". * International print: Barbara Demick, The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Logavina Street". * International radio: Tom Gjelten, Michael Sullivan, National Public Radio, "Sarajevo: Another Winter of War". * International TV: Jim Wooten, ABC News, "Jim Wooten Report from Rwanda". * International: David Leeson, The Dallas Morning News, "Angola". * Radio: Maria Hinojosa, National Public Radio, "Jail Seen as a Rite of Passage". * Student: Kevin Shockley, Kenneth Eich, KBIA-FM, University of Missouri-Columbia, "Helping Hands". * TV: Meredith Viera, Michele Riorden-Read, ABC News "Turning Point", "Sean's Story: A Lesson in Life". * Special recognition, TV: "Hoop Dreams: The Documentary". * Honorable mention, cartoon: Mike Luckovich, The Atlanta Constitution. * Honorable mention, international radio, Betty Rogers, Alyne Ellis, Donna Limerick, National Public Radio, "Horizons: Behind the Smile, Child Prostitution in Thailand". * Honorable mention, international television: Demetria Kalodimos, Pat Slattery, WSMV-TV, Nashville, "Hope for 100,000". * Honorable mention, photography: Carol Guzy, The Washington Post, "Haiti: Out of the Darkness, a Whisper of Hope". * Honorable mention, print: Deborah Yetter, Courier Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, "Juvenile Treatment Centers". * Honorable mention, international print: David Lamb, Bob Drogin, John Balzar, John-Thor Dahlburg, The Los Angeles Times, "Genocide and Horror in Rwanda". * Honorable mention, radio: Mary Jeffries, WHAS, Louisville, Kentucky, "Her Brother's Keeper: A Portrait of Sister Kathleen". * Honorable mention, TV: DeWitt Sage, David Fanning, WGBH "Frontline", Boston, 'A Place for Madness". *
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'' ;1996 * Photography: Steve Jessmore, The Saginaw News, "Blind Faith"April 18, 199
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;1997 * International TV: Stone Phillips, Grace Kahng, Neal Shapiro, NBC "Dateline", "Toy Story". * Cartoon: Doug Marlette, Newsday. ;1998 * Lifetime achievement: Gene Roberts. * Grand prize and domestic print: Mario Rossilli, Josh Zimmer, The Clarion Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, "AIDS Hope: Mississippi's Despair". * Grand prize runner-up, international TV: Mandy Jacobson, Cinemax, "Calling the Ghosts". * Domestic photojournalism: Clarence Williams, Los Angeles Times, "Orphans of Addiction". * Domestic photojournalism: Daniel A. Anderson, Motel Children * Dan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow) * Domestic print: Sonny Kleinfeld, The New York Times, "A Room of His Own". * Domestic radio: Shirley Jahad, Shomari Kress, Cecilia Vaisman, Gary Covino, Mary Gaffney, Johanna Zorn, WBEZ-FM, Chicago, "Picture Me Rolling". * Domestic TV: John Baynard, Tom Ryder, Denny Houghton, Judith Stoia, Clint Bramesco, WGBH, Boston, "Holding On: A Love Story from the Streets". * International print: Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, "Everyday Killers". * International radio: Jennifer Ludden, Loren Jenkins, Michael Sullivan, Paul Glickman, National Public Radio, "Coverage of Rwanda and Zaire / Congo". * International photojournalism: Joe Stefanchik, The Dallas Morning News, "A Hidden Danger". * College student: Melody Martz, The Sentinel, North Idaho College, "The Coeur d'Alene Tribe Comes Home". * High school student: Andrea Prisby, Elise Erickson, The Vantage Point, Hudsonville High School, Michigan, "Picking Apples and Learning English". * Runner-up, TV, CBS "60 Minutes", "Strive". * Honorable mention, domestic radio: Joe Richman, National Public Radio, "Teenage Diaries". * Honorable mention, international print: Robin Wright, The Los Angeles Times, "The Global Disadvantaged". ;1999 * Grand prize: Mary Hargrove, Linda Satter, Patrick Henry, The Arkansas Democrat Gazette, "Juvenile Justice: The War Within". * Domestic radio: Laurie Block, Jay Allison, National Public Radio, "Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project". * Domestic cartoon: Joel Pett, The Lexington Herald Leader. * Domestic TV: Tom Bettag, John Baynard, ABC News "Nightline", "Street Doctors". * International print: Bay Fang, ''U.S. News & World Report'', "China's Stolen Wives". * International TV: Sheila Nevins, Kate Blewett, Brian Woods, HBO, "Innocents Lost". * International photojournalism: Ben Van Hook, Life magazine, "Roberto / When I Learned to Dance". * Honorable mention, domestic TV: Bill Whitaker, Robert Hollander, CBS News "Sunday Morning", "Something in the Air".


2000–2009

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2010–2020

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2021-2022

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