National Journalism Awards Videos
Winners of the Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Awards were honored at a dinner on April 24, 2009 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. It was an extraordinary evening of celebrating great journalism. Cash awards totaling $195,000 and trophies were presented to the winners.
The awards recognize excellence in 17 categories, including editorial writing; human interest writing; environmental and public service reporting; investigative reporting; business/economics reporting; commentary; photojournalism; radio and television journalism; college cartooning; Web reporting; and editorial cartooning. The awards also honor distinguished service to journalism education and the First Amendment.
We hope you enjoy the videos featuring the winners' work - the best of 2008 - and their acceptance speeches. (Each video is approximately five minutes in length. Flash player required to play videos.)
- Editorial Writing, Walker Stone Award
David Barham, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock - Commentary
Paul Krugman, The New York Times - Human Interest Writing, Ernie Pyle Award
Sean Kirst, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y. - Web Reporting
Los Angeles Times - Environmental Reporting, Edward J. Meeman Award
Milwaukee (Wis.) Journal Sentinel - Editorial Cartooning
Mike Luckovich, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - First Amendment, Edward Willis Scripps Award
Josh Margolin and Ted Sherman, The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J. - Journalism Teacher of the Year, Charles E. Scripps Award
Charles Davis, University of Missouri-Columbia - Journalism Administrator of the Year, Charles E. Scripps Award
Marilyn Weaver, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. - Photojournalism
Michael Robinson Chavez, Los Angeles Times - Business/Economics Reporting, William Brewster Styles Award
Farah Stockman, The Boston Globe - Electronic Media: TV/Cable, Jack R. Howard Award
Downtown Community Television Center, New York - Electronic Media: Radio, Jack R. Howard Award
National Public Radio - College Cartoonist, Charles M. Schulz Award
Grant Snider, The University News, University of Missouri-Kansas City - Washington Reporting, Raymond Clapper Award
David Willman, Los Angeles Times - Public Service Reporting, Roy W. Howard Award
Las Vegas Sun - Investigative Reporting, Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize
Rob Barry, Jack Dolan and Matthew Haggman, The Miami Herald
For information about the program, contact Sue Porter, vice president/programs, Scripps Howard Foundation at 1-800-888-3000 ext. 3030 or sue.porter@scripps.com.