WASHINGTON, June 28,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- National Press Club
President Emily Wilkins today
announced the winners of the prestigious National Press Club
Journalism Awards. Outlets across the country ranging from
small-town newsrooms to major international outlets were honored
for work that took us deep inside some of the most tragic events of
the year, provided introspection or comedic relief, and showed how
investigative journalism continues to drive change.
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Staff from The New York Times
won four awards, including the Joan M. Friedenberg Online
Journalism Award for its harrowing, detailed take "Inside the
Deadly Maui Inferno, Hour by Hour." New York
Times photographer Samar Abu Elouf was awarded the club's
photography award for her sensitive images of the war in
Gaza, particularly its impact on
children. Ms. Elouf captured this history while enduring personal
loss, including the destruction of her home, illness, and the death
of multiple family members. Times' reporter Nicholas Fandos won the Sandy Hume Award for Excellence in Political
Journalism for his consistent revelatory takes on national
political stories including the fall of New York lawmakers George Santos and Robert
Menendez. Emily Steele,
Sydney Ember and Mike Baker won the
Michael A. Dornheim Award for their
insider look at issues facing air traffic controllers in their
investigative piece, "Flight Risks."
A team of reporters at National Public Radio won the club's
breaking news award for their nuanced reporting of the first days
of the Israel-Hamas war, and NPR's Chiara
Weisner won the Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award for
print and online reporting for her investigation into how fishermen
hired by biomedical labs were excessively bleeding Horseshoe Crabs
to harvest the blood for testing, which drove legislative change
and the creation of a synthetic alternative.
The Berkshire Eagle's Seth
Brown won the club's Angele Gingras Humor Award for a
selection of columns that had the judges laughing out loud on his
take on everyday topics, such as his March Madness bracket for
life's annoyances, pitting TikTok videos vs. misaligned can openers
vs. "People Who Come in Five Minutes Before Closing."
The awards dinner will be held at the National Press Club on
Wednesday, August 28. The event will
start at 6 p.m. with a reception in
the Holeman Lounge followed at 7 p.m.
with dinner and program in the ballroom.
The event will also honor Alsu Kurmasheva with the 2024
President's Award which is given at the discretion of the President
of the National Press Club.
Tickets to the awards dinner are $75 for the general public, $65 for members of the National Press Club
and can be purchased online.
WINNERS
Angele Gingras Humor Award
Seth Brown, The Berkshire Eagle for "The Pun
Also Rises."
Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award
(Print)
Chiara Eisner,
National Public Radio for "Coastal biomedical labs are
bleeding more horseshoe crabs with little
accountability."
Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award
(Broadcast)
Maya
Trabulsi, KPBS for "Animal rescue groups expose
backyard doodle breeder."
Arthur E. Rowse Award for
Examining the News Media (Print/Online)
Liam Scott and the team at Voice of America
for "Last of the Watchdogs."
Arthur E. Rowse Award for
Examining the News Media (Broadcast)
Kaleidoscope for the
podcast "Silenced: The Radio Murders."
Breaking News Award (Print/Online)
The Wall Street
Journal for "The New Banking Crisis."
Breaking News Award (Broadcast)
National Public Radio
for "The First Days of the Israel-Hamas War."
Consumer Journalism Award (Print/Online)
Bloomberg
News for "Bad Medicine."
Consumer Journalism Award (Broadcast)
KXAN
for "TxTag Troubles: A Viewer-Driven Investigation"
Edwin M. Hood
Award
The Wall Street Journal for
"Evan Gershkovich and the
Global Surge in Hostage Diplomacy."
Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism Award
The
New York Times for "Inside the
Deadly Maui Inferno, Hour by Hour."
Joseph D. Ryle Award for
Excellence in Writing on the Problems of
Geriatrics
Jenny Deam, Denver
Gazette/Colorado Springs Gazette for "The Unwatched: How
Colorado Systematically Fails Its Most Vulnerable Elderly in
Long-Term Care"
Lee Walczak Award for
Political Analysis
Yaroslav
Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal for "Wars and Power."
Michael A. Dornheim
Award
Sydney Ember, Emily
Steel, and Mike Baker, The
New York Times for "Flight Risks."
Nell Minow Award for Cultural Criticism
Christine
Emba, The Washington Post for "Men are lost. Here's a
map out of the wilderness."
News Photography Award
Samar Abu Elouf, The
New York Times
Newsletter Journalism Award
PBS NewsHour for "Here's
the Deal."
Sandy Hume Award for
Excellence in Political Journalism
Nicholas Fandos, The New York
Times for "Exposing Political Secrets."
Washington Regional Correspondence
Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica for
"Redistricting: The Secretive Threat to Democracy."
HONORABLE MENTION
Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award
(Print)
Kevin
Armstrong, The Star-Ledger for "Death at the
Racetrack."
Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award
(Broadcast)
Scripps News for "Scripps News
Investigates: Racing to Death"
Breaking News Award (Broadcast)
ABC World News Tonight
with David Muir for "Earthquake in
Turkey."
Consumer Journalism Award (Print/Online)
Jesse Coburn, Streetsblog for "Ghost Tags:
Inside New York City's Black Market for Temporary License
Plates."
Consumer Journalism Award (Broadcast)
ABC News
Live for "Trashed: The Secret Life of Plastic
Recycling."
Edwin M. Hood
Award
Martin Smith,
Marcela Gaviria, Rain Media for
"America and The Taliban."
Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism Award
KXAN for
"OutLaw: A Half-Century Criminalizing LGBTQ+ Texans."
Joseph D. Ryle Award for
Excellence in Writing on the Problems of
Geriatrics
Hannah
Grabenstein, PBS NewsHour for "No Place to Live or Die."
Lee Walczak Award for
Political Analysis
Taryn
Luna, Los Angeles Times for
analysis.
Michael A. Dornheim
Award
Bloomberg News for "Ghost in the Machine."
Nell Minow Award for Cultural Criticism
Benjamin Ortiz, New Lines Magazine for "New
Lines Magazine: 'How Crossing the Texas-Mexico Border in the 1980s Led to a
Trans-Atlantic Musical Awakening'"
Newsletter Journalism Award
Matt Arco, NJ Advance
Media for "What Makes Christie Run?"
Sandy Hume Award for
Excellence in Political Journalism
Benjamin Oreskes, Los
Angeles Times for "Coverage of California's Congressional Delegation."
Washington Regional Correspondence
Nick Grube, Honolulu Civil Beat for his regional
reporting.
Press Contact: Kate Helster,
khelster@press.org, 202-662-7525
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