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The Taishoff Family Foundation sponsored this dinner program. Reyna Abigale Levine designed this dinner program. 2
Thank you for joining us tonight as we toast the National Press Foundation’s next 40 years and celebrate the best in journalism. 2016 marks NPF’s 40th year of training and educating journalists. From the hot-type era of news to today’s digital wizardry, one thing has remained constant: Our dedication to core journalism values.
We trained hundreds of journalists in person in 2015, and thousands more through our digital curriculum. NPF training programs took place overseas in Abu Dhabi and Cape Town; domestically in St. Louis and Rochester, Minn.; and many at our home base in Washington. We are grateful for your generous support of NPF training. Tonight, bask in the glow of our distinguished NPF journalism award winners and celebrate our mission of “Making Good Journalists Better.”
NPF’s mission of educating journalists on the complex issues of the day is now complemented with toolbox training to keep them abreast of the latest technology. Our mostpopular training module illustrates our trajectory: NPF’s most-viewed video is a tutorial on how to use the data visualization tool Tableau. We produce webinars and video in our state-of-the-art studio, all to augment our mission of educating journalists on critical issues, from personalized medicine to monetary policy.
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National Anthem Sara Sheffield, U.S. Marine Corps
AWARDS Innovation in Journalism Award Tampa Bay Times Best Use of Technology in Journalism Award The Des Moines Register and Gannett Product W.M. Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism Award Diane Rehm, The Diane Rehm Show, NPR Benjamin C. Bradlee Editor of the Year Award John Harris and Jim VandeHei, POLITICO Remarks on the Future of Journalism Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress Matt Fuller, Huffington Post Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism Charlie Rose, CBS This Morning and Charlie Rose “Feddie” Award for Reporting on Federal Rules and Local Impact Curtis Tate, McClatchy Newspapers Chairman’s Citation Nigel Jaquiss, Willamette Week Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 4
BENJAMIN C. BRADLEE EDITOR OF THE YEAR
George E. Condon National Journal
Susan Page USA Today
Michael Riley Chronicles of Higher Education / Philanthropy
Jonathan Wolman Detroit News
EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED REPORTING OF CONGRESS
Cissy Baker Former Washington Bureau Chief, Tribune Co.
Donna Cassata Associated Press
Melinda Henneberger Roll Call
Doyle McManus Los Angeles Times
“FEDDIE” AWARD FOR REPORTING ON FEDERAL RULES AND LOCAL IMPACT
Jeffrey Birnbaum BGR Public Relations
Kathryn Gest Public Affairs Consultant
Steve Komarow CQ Roll Call
Kathy Kiely Independent
W.M. KIPLINGER DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS TO JOURNALISM AWARD
Peter Copeland Media Consultant
Knight Kiplinger The Kiplinger Letter
Susan Swain C-SPAN
John Walcott Georgetown University 5
BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN JOURNALISM AWARD
Jim Brady Spirited Media
Adam Sharp Twitter
Tom Rosenstiel American Press institute
Julie Triolo Yahoo
INNOVATION IN JOURNALISM AWARD
Len Apcar Louisiana State University
Heather Dahl The Cynja
Thomas G. Davidson UNCTV
David Helmreich IJ.com
Jon Sawyer Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
SOL TAISHOFF AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN BROADCAST JOURNALISM
Barbara Cochran University of Missouri
Robin Sproul ABC News
Gordon Peterson Retired WJLA Anchor
Rob Taishoff Attorney and Philanthropist
CLIFFORD K. & JAMES T. BERRYMAN AWARD FOR EDITORIAL CARTOONING
Kevin M. Goldberg Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth
Jacqueline Thomas Independent Consultant
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Adam Zyglis Buffalo News
CO-CHAIRS
Amos Snead Bryant Row
Jeffrey Birnbaum BGR Public Relations
Kevin M. Goldberg Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth
Julie Triolo Yahoo
Peter Cherukuri POLITICO
Imani Greene GreeneGroup
Heather Dahl The Cynja
Matt Haller International Franchise Association
Robert DeFillippo Zito Group
Scot Hoffman Prudential Financial
Thomas G. Davidson UNCTV
Raymond F. Kerins Jr. Bayer Corporation
Kathryn Gest Public Affairs Consultant
NPF thanks the dinner committee for all of its hard work this year. The money raised tonight will help train the next generation of great journalists.
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DINNER COMMITTEE Andrew Kirk Global Poverty Project
Jeffrey Smith Honda North America
Rod Kuckro E&E Publishing
Greg Staley U.S. Travel Association
Sean McBride DSM Strategic Communications
Rob Stoddard National Cable & Telecommunications Association
Meghan McCarthy Morning Consult
Sally Squires Powell Tate
Tamara Mlynarczyk Mazda North America
Susan Swain C-SPAN
Johanna Schneider Independent Consultant
Chris Thorne 3 Advertising
H. Andrew Schwartz Center for Strategic and International Studies
John Walcott Georgetown University
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chair Heather Dahl The Cynja
Vice Chair Kevin M. Goldberg Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth
Secretary Kathryn Gest Public Affairs Consultant Tom Rosenstiel American Press Institute Amos Snead Bryant Row
Immediate Past Chair John Walcott Georgetown University
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NPF BOARD Jeffrey Birnbaum BGR Public Relations
Mark Pilipczuk MAP Consulting
James M. Brady Spirited Media
Jon Sawyer Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Peter Cherukuri POLITICO
H. Andrew Schwartz Center for Strategic and International Studies
George E. Condon National Journal
Charles Self 227 International
Thomas G. Davidson UNCTV
Adam Sharp Twitter
Robert DeFillippo Zito Group
Susan Swain C-SPAN
Imani Greene GreeneGroup
Robyn Tomlin The Dallas Morning News
Melinda Henneberger Roll Call
Julie Triolo Yahoo 10
BENEFACTORS
Lawrence B. Taishoff
David Swit
Evelyn Y. Davis
Paul Miller
Lawrence B. Taishoff was the visionary publisher of Broadcasting & Cable magazine and a long-time member of the NPF board. His generosity enables us to reach hundreds of digital and broadcast journalists annually.
David Swit was a highly regarded and innovative publisher of newsletters for businesses and corporations. His legacy enables us to sponsor briefings on business and financial issues in Washington, D.C.
Evelyn Y. Davis is a financial investor and shareholder advocate who supports NPF’s style of fact-based teaching and evidence-based reporting. In 2014, Mrs. Davis provided NPF with a generous grant to establish a state-of-the-art studio, which has been named in her honor.
Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowships were originated by the Freedom Forum in 1986 to honor the former chairman of Gannett Co. The Mazda Foundation supports this year’s Paul Miller fellows.
The National Press Foundation has benefited over the years from the generosity of donors who wanted to support in perpetuity our educational activities. We are proud to honor them here. 11
Innovation in Journalism Award sponsor
General Reception sponsor
Head Table Reception sponsor
NPF Training Fund Contributor
Dinner Program sponsor
After-party music sponsor
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Newsboy Cocktail sponsor
Dinner Menu sponsor
American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
AdvaMed American Beverage Association American Electric Power American Institute of CPAs American Petroleum Institute American Press Institute APCO Associated Press AT&T, Inc. Beer Institute BGR Public Relations Bryant Row Business Roundtable CQ Roll Call DSM Strategic Communications and Consulting Edelman Edison Electric Institute Exelon Corporation Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth Gannett Company General Motors GMMB GreeneGroup
Hamilton Place Strategies Hill + Knowlton Huawei The Huffington Post International Franchise Association JPMorgan Chase & Co. Marshfield Associates Morning Consult National Association of Broadcasters National Beer Wholesalers Association National Confectioners Association National Retail Federation NextEra Energy Nissan North America Porter Novelli Potomac Communications Group RBC Wealth Management S-3 Group SKDKnickerbocker T-Mobile USA U.S. Telecom Association Volkswagen of America, Inc. Vox Media The Wall Street Journal
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The Innovation in Journalism Award was awarded to the Tampa Bay Times for its investigation of county schools, “Failure Factories.” The NPF judges said: “The Tampa Bay Times investigation surfaced the disastrous impact of re-segregation of its local schools. Its innovative use of data visualizations encouraged the reader to see the impact and interact with the data. The journalists fleshed out the data with real voices: teachers, parents and students. The project was fantastic journalism backed up heavily with data. It has focused the attention of state and federal authorities on disturbing Pinellas County school problems.”
turning five average elementary schools in our county’s black neighborhoods into violent places where only one in 20 children can both read and write at grade level. It was a complicated topic, rooted in school demographics and standardized test scores. Our digital presentation broke through that complexity, marrying data visualizations with strong writing to cut through those stereotypes. We also built an interactive narrative, showing what these schools are like from the perspective of some of the children who attend them, in a way that was only possible through an immersive digital experience. We built extra technology to make sure our stories loaded quickly on phones — a critical feature in the impoverished neighborhoods we were writing about, where cell service is notoriously spotty.
The project exposed the devastating effects of the Pinellas County School Board’s decision to resegregate its schools —
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The Innovation in Journalism Award celebrates news organizations that are transforming journalism while maintaining the integrity and standards that make journalism an essential part of a free society. The winner will be selected by a special committee of NPF judges to recognize organizations or individuals who are pioneering new ways of storytelling. Recent examples include NYT’s multimedia chronicle of the Tunnel Creek avalanche, “Snowfall,” and NPR’s true-crime podcast “Serial.”
HONORABLE MENTION: Vox Media, “Do No Harm” Bloomberg Business, for inventive use of interactives
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The Best Use of Technology in Journalism Award was awarded to the Des Moines Register and Gannett Product for two projects: “Iowa State Fair Soapbox” and “Harvest of Change.”
Product division partnered to pioneer two digital news breakthroughs within a single year. “Harvest of Change” used virtual reality technology to bring people to a six-generation family farm in Iowa, and coverage of the “Iowa State Fair Presidential Soapbox” live-streamed presidential speeches in spherical 360-degree video. The Des Moines Register’s news gathering team was led by Amalie Nash, the Register’s executive editor and vice president for news and engagement and a former assistant managing editor at the Detroit Free Press. The Gannett Product group’s engineers and designers — guided by Mitch Gelman, Gannett’s vice president of digital product whose work as journalist at CNN and New York Newsday includes a Pulitzer Prize for reporting — created the immersive environment in which the experiential storytelling was brought to life.
The NPF judges said: “These two projects reflect the Des Moines Register’s persistent pursuit of innovation and new ways of storytelling with their partners at Gannett Product. The use of new tools like virtual reality and 360 video reflects a culture of experimentation in a newsroom that should be recognized and rewarded. Their utilization of technology created game-changing consumer experiences. The judges were impressed the Register produced two technologically ambitious projects in one year.” Starting in the summer of 2014, the staffs of The Des Moines Register and the Gannett
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The Best Use of Technology In Journalism Award recognizes individuals or organizations that use groundbreaking tools and technology to change the news media landscape as we know it. The competition is open to anyone at a news organization, including reporters, editors, frontand back-end developers, social media producers, data scientists, reporters, editors or others involved in producing cutting-edge digital journalism. Judges will take into consideration both the quality of the journalistic work and the innovative use of technology.
HONORABLE MENTION: Wall Street Journal, for building tools to let consumers browse data
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Diane Rehm The NPF judges said of her work: “Diane Rehm represents civility and civil discourse and fairness – it’s a hallmark of her show.” Diane Rehm is a native Washingtonian who began her radio career in 1973 as a volunteer for WAMU 88.5, the NPR member station in Washington, D.C. In 1979, she began hosting WAMU’s local morning talk show, Kaleidoscope, which was renamed The Diane Rehm Show in 1984. The show reaches a weekly on-air audience of more than 2.4 million. Rehm’s innate curiosity is reflected in the topics her program covers, which range from Iraq and the U.S. economy to the art of landscape design and James Joyce’s Ulysses. In 2014, President Barack Obama presented Rehm with the National Humanities Medal. “In probing interviews with everyone from pundits to poets to Presidents, Ms. Rehm’s keen insights and boundless curiosity have deepened our understanding of our culture and ourselves,” the White House said. Rehm’s fourth book, “On My Own,” was just published. In September 2014, Rehm celebrated 35 years as host of The Diane Rehm Show.
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The National Press Foundation created the W.M. Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism Award to honor persons who have, through their vision and leadership, strengthened American journalism and furthered the efforts to establish quality in American journalism. During more than 50 years of reporting writing, editing and
publishing, Willard M. Kiplinger maintained the highest standards of journalistic integrity, performance and dedication to his profession. While never taking his eyes off the importance of service to readers, he staunchly supported the right of reporters to exercise their independent judgment on political and economic affairs. That ethical approach was met with commercial success: Starting with the Kiplinger
Letter in 1923, Kiplinger Washington Editors now publishes five newsletters, Kiplinger Magazine, books on economics and an online news delivery service. In 2002 the Distinguished Contributions to Journalism Award was named in honor of his professional integrity and professional accomplishments.
PAST WINNERS 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Alberto IbargĂźen, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation 1992 David Broder, The Washington Post Robert Siegel, NPR 1991 Richard M. Schmidt, Jr., Esq., Cohn & Marks Frank Deford, NPR, HBO, Sports Illustrated 1990 John Siegenthaler, Nashville Tennessean Lucy A. Dalglish, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press 1989 Robert and Nancy Maynard, Oakland Tribune Gilbert M. Grosvenor, National Geographic Society 1988 Eugene L. Roberts, Philadelphia Inquirer Bill Kovach, Committee of Concerned Journalists 1987 A.M. Rosenthal, The New York Times Linda Johnson Rice, Johnson Publishing Company 1986 John H. Johnson, Johnson Publishing Company Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times 1985 Donald Larrabee, Griffin-Larrabee News Bureau Art Buchwald, New York Herald Tribune 1984 Theodore A. Burtis, Sun Company Jack Germond, Baltimore Sun 1983 Leo Bernstein, financier Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker Benjamin C. Bradlee, The Washington Post Eugene Patterson, St. Petersburg Times Katharine Graham, The Washington Post Helen Thomas, Hearst Newspapers Allen H. Neuharth, The Freedom Forum Herb Block, The Washington Post Carl Rowan, Chicago Sun-Times and King Features Ann Landers, Chicago Tribune/ Creators Syndicate; Abigail Van Buren, Universal Press Syndicate William Safire, The New York Times Nat Hentoff, Village Voice Elliot Jaspin, Cox Newspapers; Philip Meyer, University of North Carolina 19
NPF judges said: “John and Jim saw an opening before others did, then charged through it despite the risks and naysayers. They have adapted traditional political reporting for the digital age. Now they are pursuing the same brand of original reporting in politics and government at the state level, expanding coverage in state capitols at a time regional papers are curtailing it. They have brought energy, imagination and an entrepreneurial spirit to reshaping journalism as it must be practiced in the future.”
succession of beats that began in Virginia politics. He covered the term of Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder, the nation’s first elected black governor and six years, starting in 1995, covering the White House during Bill Clinton’s presidency. Harris’ last position at the Post was national politics editor. He is the author in 2005 of “The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House,” a history of the 42nd president which was a New York Times bestseller and a Times
John F. Harris is the editor in chief and a co-founder of POLITICO, a publication specializing in national politics and the workings of the federal government. Harris, a native of Rochester, N.Y., began his newspaper career in 1985 as a summer intern at the Washington Post. He spent the next 21 years at the paper in a 20
notable book of the year. He is also co-author of a book on modern politics, “The Way to Win,” which he wrote with Mark Halperin. In late 2006, Harris joined with colleague Jim VandeHei to launch POLITICO, in collaboration with publisher Robert Allbritton. Harris was also recently listed in the Telegraph’s list of most influential Washington journalists and GQ’s list of the most influential people in Washington. He is a frequent guest on such shows as PBS’s
“Washington Week” and “Charlie Rose Show,” and MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Jim VandeHei is the cofounder and CEO of POLITICO, the digital media company that upended and forever changed political and policy journalism in Washington, New York, Europe – and soon beyond. VandeHei – a congressional and White House reporter for The Washington Post and Wall
Street Journal before becoming an entrepreneur – is a leading strategic mind behind POLITICO and its high-growth, high-impact and highly scalable business and journalistic model. Vanity Fair named him one of the 100 leading information age thinkers in America for his early work helping create POLITICO.
VandeHei is a chief architect of both the editorial and business models for the 9-year-old publication. In 2013, he took what he called a sabbatical from writing and content-shaping to serve as president and CEO to guide a rapid national and international expansion. Under his leadership, POLITICO has
expanded into Europe, New York and announced plans to ultimately plant reporters and the company flag in capitals of consequence here and abroad. VandeHei is a regular guest on “Morning Joe” and frequent commentator or public speaker on politics, the media and business culture.
For more than 30 years, the oldest and most prestigious award for U.S. newspaper editors has been NPF’s Editor of the Year Award. Established in 1984, it has been a reliable predictor of other national recognition, including the Pulitzer Prize. 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 lead to great newspapers and exciting stories. In 2005, it was named in honor of Ben Bradlee, who served as executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991. In 2014 Mr. Bradlee was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama for shining “a light on stories no one else was telling.”
PAST WINNERS 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
Gilbert Bailon, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Robert Moore, El Paso Times Gregory L. Moore, The Denver Post
David Newhouse, The Patriot-News Mark Silverman, The Tennessean Paul Anger, The Detroit Free Press
Leonard Downie, Jr., The Washington Post Jeff Cohen, Houston Chronicle David Remnick, The New Yorker Ron Royhab, The Blade (Toledo) Martin Baron, The Boston Globe Sandra Mims Rowe, The Oregonian Howell Raines, The New York Times Paul E. Steiger, The Wall Street Journal Howard A. Tyner, Chicago Tribune James P. Willse, The Star-Ledger
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John Carroll, The Baltimore Sun Mike Jacobs, Grand Forks Herald Jim Amoss, New Orleans Times-Picayune Ed Kelley, The Daily Oklahoman Shelby Coffey Ill, Los Angeles Times Geneva Overholser, The Des Moines Register Tina Brown, The New Yorker Burl Osborne, The Dallas Morning News Janet Chusmir, The Miami Herald Norman Pearlstine, The Wall Street Journal N. Christian Anderson, The Orange Country Register Richard A. Oppel, Charlotte Observer Mike Pride, Concord Monitor John C. Quinn, USA Today Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times 21
The NPF judges said: “Fuller’s reporting on the Freedom Caucus was prescient. With shoe-leather reporting and by door-stopping Tortilla Coast, he was able to capture the power of this group that took down a Speaker of the House. Through his reporting, he built the first authoritative list of Freedom Caucus members. It was stellar work.” Matt reported the winning entry when he was at CQ Roll Call; he is now at Huffington Post. Matt Fuller is a congressional reporter at Huffington Post. He previously served as a House leadership reporter at Roll Call, and a legislative action reporter at Congressional Quarterly. He came to CQ Roll Call in the summer of 2010, after graduating from Saint Anselm College.
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Allison Sherry, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress was created in 1980 in honor of the late Republican Senator from Illinois. The award is intended to recognize individuals whose work shows thoughtful appraisal and insight into the workings of the U.S. Congress. More information about Senator Dirksen can be found at dirksencenter.org.
PAST WINNERS 2014 Drew Griffin, CNN Gregory D. Johnsen, John Stanton, Kate Nocera, BuzzFeed News
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Brody Mullins, The Wall Street Journal; Steve Henn and William Kistner, American Public Media
2013 David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post; Michael Kranish, Christopher Rowland, Matt Viser, Noah Bierman, Tracy Jan, Bryan Bender, the Boston Globe’s Washington Bureau
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2012 Dierdre K. Walsh and Dana Bash, CNN 2011
Charles R. Babcock, Kristin Jensen, Jonathan D. Salant, John Crewdson, Alison Fitzgerald, Bloomberg News; David Welna, NPR
2010 Brody Mullins, The Wall Street Journal, Tim Farnam, Washington Post; Dana Bash, CNN 2009 Brianna Keilar, CNN; Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Associated Press 2008 Jonathan Allen, Congressional Quarterly; David Heath and Hal Bernton; Seattle Times 2007 John Wilke, The Wall Street Journal; Drew Griffin, CNN
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Ed Henry, CNN; Susan Milligan, The Boston Globe
George Hager, Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report; Kwame Holman and James Trengrove, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
1995
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Julie Rovner, NPR; Paul Kane, Roll Call
Michael Weisskopf and David Maraniss, The Washington Post
1994
Elaine Povich, Chicago Tribune
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Candy Crowley, CNN; John Cochran, Congressional Quarterly
1993
Adam Clymer, The New York Times
1992
Janet Hook, Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report
2002
Dana Bash, CNN; Alan Fram, The Associated Press
1991
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Jill Zuckman, Chicago Tribune; Jonathan Karl, CNN
Joan Biskupic, Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report
1990
Richard E. Cohen, National Journal
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David Espo, The Associated Press; Sue Kirchoff, Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report
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Dan Morgan, The Washington Post
1988
Sara Fritz, Los Angeles Times
1987
John Dancy, ABC News
1986
Cokie Roberts, NPR
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Steven V. Roberts, The New York Times
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Helen Dewar, The Washington Post
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Alan Ehrenhalt, Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report
1982
Martin Tolchin, The New York Times
1999
Alison Mitchell, The New York Times; Linda Douglass, ABC News
1998
Bill Adair, St. Petersburg Times; Candy Crowley, CNN
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NPF judges said: “Charlie Rose has done amazing interviews, especially with world leaders. He does a terrific job on the CBS Morning Show and on 60 Minutes, and he has his respected interview show as well.”
Television in the U.S. and around the world. Since 1991, Charlie Rose has aired countless hours with Nobel Laureates, and extraordinary men and women of science, politics, art, business, sports, technology, literature and entertainment.
Charlie Rose won an Emmy Award and Peabody Prize Charlie Rose is anchor and executive editor of CHARLIE for his 2013 interview with Syria’s President Bashar alROSE, the nightly oneAssad and was named among hour program that engages the 100 most influential in one-on-one, in-depth people in the world by TIME conversations and roundmagazine. In 2015, he was table discussions, and the named the recipient of the newly launched CHARLIE Walter Cronkite Excellence in ROSE: THE WEEK. He Journalism Award. also co-anchors CBS THIS MORNING and is a contributing correspondent to 60 MINUTES. CHARLIE ROSE appears nightly on PBS and in primetime on Bloomberg
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In 1983 the National Press Foundation received a generous bequest from the late Sol Taishoff, founder and editor of Broadcasting magazine, a veteran of electronic journalism and a longtime member of the NPF Board of Directors. Mr. Taishoff was especially concerned about free speech issues for broadcasters. The Taishoff Foundation, in turn, created this prestigious lifetime achievement award for distinguished service to broadcast journalism.
PAST WINNERS 2014 George Stephanopoulos, ABC News
1998 Nina Totenberg, NPR
2013 Wolf Blitzer, CNN
1997 Sam Donaldson, ABC News
2012 Jorge Ramos, Univision
1996 Dan Rather, CBS News
2011 Chris Wallace, Fox News
1995 Jane Pauley, Dateline NBC
2010 Andrea Mitchell, NBC News & MSNBC 1994 Bernard Shaw, CNN 2009 60 MINUTES
1993 Barbara Walters, ABC News
2008 Charles Gibson, ABC News
1992 Ed Bradley, CBS News
2007 Gordon Peterson, ABC7 / WJLA-TV
1991 Ken Burns, Florentine Films
2006 Gwen Ifill, PBS
1990 Roone Arledge, ABC News
2005 Charles Osgood,CBS News
1989 David Brinkley, ABC News
2004 Tim Russert, NBC News
1988 Brian Lamb, C-SPAN
2003 Brit Hume, Fox News
1987 Ted Turner, CNN
2002 Cokie Roberts, ABC News
1986 Don Hewitt, CBS News
2001 Bob Schieffer, CBS News
1985 Robert MacNeil & Jim Lehrer, PBS
2000 Peter Jennings, ABC News
1984 John Chancellor, NBC Nightly News
1999 Judy Woodruff, CNN
1983 Ted Koppel, ABC News, Nightline
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The NPF judges said: “The McClatchy project drew attention to the very active issue of crude oil transport by trains. The userfriendly, data-driven interactive dramatically illustrates the counties that these trains rumble through each day, occasionally with devastating impact. This work fulfills that highest of journalistic callings: to comfort the afflicted, in this case the public and the workers at risk.� Curtis Tate is a national correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers, based in its Washington Bureau. He covers transportation and transportation safety, and his signature reporting efforts have focused on crude by rail and the federal highway trust fund. Before joining McClatchy in 2008, Curtis worked at the Wall Street Journal as a copy and news editor. Curtis was based in South Brunswick, N.J., but the paper rarely kept him there, sending him to work in New York, Washington, Brussels and Hong Kong. Curtis began his newspaper career in 2003 as a Dow Jones News Fund copy editing intern at the Indianapolis Star. He graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2002 with a degree in journalism and wrote for its school paper, the Kentucky Kernel.
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In 2010, the National Press Foundation established this award to recognize the federal government’s effect on business and economic life in America. It is open to any journalist at a U.S.-based news organization. The award is nicknamed “the Feddie”.
PAST WINNERS 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Thomas Frank, USA Today Maureen Groppe, Gannett Washington Bureau; Mark Drajem and Jack Kaskey, Bloomberg News William Selway, Esmé E. Deprez and Alison Vekshin, Bloomberg News John Emshwiller and Gary Fields, The Wall Street Journal Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post
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Nigel Jaquiss The Chairman said: “Nigel Jaquiss has demonstrated that in this digital world, we must still return to the craft of journalism to hold our institutions, our politicians, and our society accountable. Jaquiss and his editors are an inspiration to all of us because they show us that it is not the medium in which we publish, the cool digital tools we wield, the social media following we develop, the personal brand we market, or the click bait headlines we craft that brings injustice and corruption to light; it’s the facts—the facts uncovered by reporting and reporting and reporting some more until the truth sees daylight.”
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Nigel Jaquiss, 53, has been a reporter at Willamette Week in Portland, Ore. since 1998. He has won local and national reporting honors, including the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting and three first place awards from Investigative Reporters and Editors, including the 2014 IRE medal for stories that led to the resignation of Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber. Prior to joining Willamette Week, Jaquiss traded oil for 11 years in New York and Singapore. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
NPF board chair Heather C. Dahl is the co-founder and CEO of The Cynja LLC, a multi-platform media company focused on introducing children to the world of technology. In addition, she co-authored The Cynja Volume 1, Field Instruction Manual and her third book in the series will be released this spring.
Senior Producer at Fox News Channel and has experience covering news for Public Radio International, KUOW Seattle, PBS NewsHour, National Public Radio, C-SPAN and Reuters TV. She also served on the staff of U.S. Senator Gordon H. Smith from her home state of Oregon.
She is the former Director of Global Analyst Relations at Neustar, a technology and information services company serving the telecommunications, Internet, marketing and media industries. Heather is frequently cited as a thought leader on industry best practices. She continues to consult tech firms about their industry analyst relations programs. Before joining Neustar, Heather was a
In 2006, Heather was elected by her peers in broadcast journalism as Chairman of the Congressional Radio & TV Correspondents’ Association and also served on their Executive Committee for five years. Heather earned a B.A. from Willamette University, a Masters in Journalism from Columbia University and holds an MBA from The Johns Hopkins University.
PAST WINNERS 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Brian Krebs, krebsonsecurity Anthony Shadid, The New York Times Albert Hunt, Bloomberg News Colbert I. King, The Washington Post Austin H. Kiplinger, The Kiplinger Letter Peter S. Pritchard, The Newseum Mike Weisskopf, Time Magazine The Journalists of the Gulf Coast Albert E. Fitzpatrick, Akron Beacon Journal
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
Anthony Marro, Newsday Robert G. McGruder, Detroit Free Press The New Tork Times Otis Chandler, Los Angeles Times Walker Lundy, St. Paul Pioneer Press Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg Joe L. Allbritton, The Washington Star
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Rob Rogers The NPF judges said: “Rogers has a vivid visual style that invites you in. He tackles really heavy issues with a lighthanded visual touch. He leaves no confusion about his pointof-view; he knows what he wants to say.” Rob Rogers is the awardwinning editorial cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. His cartoons have been vexing and entertaining readers in Pittsburgh since 1984. Syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, Rogers’ work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today and Newsweek, among many others. Rogers has also been the curator of three national cartoon exhibitions, Too Hot to Handle: Creating Controversy through Political Cartoons (2003) and Drawn To The Summit: A G-20 Exhibition Of Political Cartoons (2009), both at The Andy Warhol Museum, and Bush Leaguers: Cartoonists Take on the White House (2007) at the American University Museum. In 2015, 30
Rogers curated Slinging Satire: Editorial Cartooning and the First Amendment at the ToonSeum. Rogers is an active member (and past president) of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. His work received the 2000 and 2013 Thomas Nast Award from the Overseas Press Club, the 1995 National Headliner Award, and numerous Golden Quills. In 2015 Rogers was awarded the Berryman Award from the National Press Foundation. In 1999 he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. In 2009, Rogers celebrated 25 years as a Pittsburgh editorial cartoonist with the release of his book, No Cartoon Left Behind: The Best of Rob Rogers, published by Carnegie Mellon University Press. In 2015, he released a local cartoon collection called, Mayoral Ink: Cartooning Pittsburgh’s Mayors.
In 1989 Florence Berryman, former art critic of The Washington Star, endowed an annual award in memory of her late father and brother, both Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists. The Berryman Award is open to editorial cartoonists in the U.S. for work that exhibits power to influence public opinion, plus good drawing and striking effect.
PAST WINNERS 2014
Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press
2013
Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News
2012
Robert Ariail, Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal
2011
Nick Anderson, The Houston Chronicle
2010
Matt Wuerker, POLITICO
2009
Mike Keefe, The Denver Post
2008
Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner
2007
Stephen P. Breen, The San Diego Union-Tribune
2006
Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star Tribune
2005
Jimmy Margulies, The Record
2004
John Sherffius, www.sherffius.com
2003
Ann Telnaes, Women’s eNews
2002
Kevin Kallaugher, the Baltimore Sun
2001
Rex Babin, Sacramento Bee
2000
Chan Lowe, Sun-Sentinel
1999
Mike Thompson, Detroit Free Press
1998
David Horsey, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
1997
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Sandy K. Johnson joined the National Press Foundation in October 2014 as its president and COO. Johnson has held senior management positions at several national news organizations, including The Associated Press, AARP Bulletin, the Center for Public Integrity, Stateline and Face The Facts USA. For most of her career, she managed news coverage for The Associated Press in Washington, the wire service’s largest bureau. She was Washington Bureau Chief for 10 years, overseeing coverage of the federal government, elections and politics and working with AP journalists in all 50 states as well as across the globe. She directed AP’s political coverage for 22 years, including 14 years of exit poll expertise and calling races. Under her direction, AP refused to call the 2000 presidential race for George W. Bush despite enormous pressure after the television networks made the erroneous projection. She was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her decision, and subsequently was awarded the Presidential Award by the Associated Press Managing Editors. Johnson served on NPF’s Board of Directors from 2001-2014 and was Chairman of the Board from 2007-2008. She is a member of the National Press Club and the Gridiron Club. Her husband, Chuck Raasch, is a national reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Both are distinguished alumni of South Dakota State University.
Chris Adams joined the National Press Foundation in 2015 after more than 25 years as an investigative, political and business reporter and editor. He worked for the McClatchy and Knight-Ridder Washington bureaus; The Wall Street Journal’s Pittsburgh and Washington bureaus; and The Times-Picayune in New Orleans. He covered everything from the steel industry, to Wall Street insider trading cases, to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, to chimpanzee research, to widespread Medicaid fraud, to a small-town sheriff. Adams was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize three times (2010, 1999 and 1996), and in 2000 was part of a six-person Journal team that won the Pulitzer for coverage of military spending issues. He has won several other honors, including those from the National Press Club (three times), the Gerald Loeb Award for outstanding business reporting (twice), the National Headliner Award, the George Polk Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, the Worth Bingham Prize, the Clark Mollenhoff Award, an Investigative Reporters & Editors Award, the Livingston Award, the Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award for best Washington reporting, and the Society of Professional Journalists Award for best Washington reporting. Adams teaches journalism at American University in Washington and also has taught at Northwestern University’s D.C. program.
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Reyna Abigale Levine joined NPF in June 2013. As digital media director, she produces all digital materials for the foundation; she manages nationalpress.org, directs live webinars, shoots and edits all photos and video, and creates design materials. Prior to joining NPF, Levine was a photographer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and a project assistant to Michal Heiman, artist and curator in Tel Aviv, Israel. She has a MA in New Media from the Corcoran College of Art + Design and a BA from Smith College. Although Reyna’s skill set is vast, her greatest expertise is in the world of photography / videography and interactive design.
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