JOURNALISM AWARDS

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Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors
http://www.capitolbeat.org/
Honors beat reporting, in-depth coverage and commentary on state and local government.

Association of Health Care Journalists
http://www.healthjournalism.org/
Honors excellence in health care reporting.

AJR Awards Listings
http://www.ajr.org/awards1.asp?AwType=1
Award listings from the industry magazine. List is searchable but includes only groups that have paid to be listed.

American Association for the Advancement of Science
http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/awards/sja/index.shtml
Honors achievements in science journalism.

Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism
http://www.cjc.umd.edu/awards/index.html
Honors distinguished news and feature reporting on children and families in the US.

Concentra Award
http://www.theconcentra.org
Video journalism award now open to U.S. entries.

DuPont-Columbia Awards
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/events/dupont/
Honor overall excellence in reporting and production.

Education Writers Association
http://www.ewa.org/
Honors outstanding education reporting.

Excellence in Urban Journalism Award
http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/programs/awards/excellence_in_urban_journalism_award/default.asp
The Enterprise Foundation and The Freedom Forum honor reporting on urban issues.

George Foster Peabody Awards
http://www.peabody.uga.edu/index2.html
Recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious service in radio and television.

Global Health Excellence in Media Award
http://www.globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=94#media
Honors reporting on global health issues.

Goldsmith Award for Investigative Reporting
http://ksgwww.harvard.edu/presspol/goldsmith.shtml
$25,000 prize honors journalism which promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government.

Grantham Prize for Environmental Reporting
http://www.granthamprize.org/
Largest journalism prize ever--a $75,000 cash award each year to one journalist or a team of journalists in recognition of exemplary reporting on the environment.

Harry Chapin Media Awards
http://www.worldhungeryear.org/media_center/hcma.asp
Honors coverage that has a positive impact on hunger and poverty.

Hearst Journalism Awards
http://hearstfdn.org/hearst_journalism/index.html
Recognizing excellence in student journalism.

Heywood Broun Award
http://www.newsguild.org/awards/display.php?storyID=906
For journalism that helps right a wrong or correct an injustice.

Hillman Prize
http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/
Honoring journalism that investigates issues related to social justice and progressive public policy.

International Association of Firefighters Awards
http://www.iaff.org/build/public/media.html
Honoring reporting and photography that best portray the work of fire fighters and emergency personnel.

IRE Awards
http://www.ire.org/contest/
Honoring investigative reporting.

Jerry Lee Foundation Award
mailto:tgest@sas.upenn.edu
Honors broadcast reporting that examines the effectiveness of local crime prevention programs.

Livingston Awards for Young Journalists
http://www.livawards.org/
General reporting prize for professionals under 35 in all media.

Maria Moors Cabot Prizes
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/events/cabot/index.asp
International reporting award recognizes distinguished public service in journalism that has enhanced understanding among the peoples of the Western Hemisphere.

Max Karant Award
http://www.aopa.org/special/karant/
Honors excellence in coverage of general aviation.

Mongerson Prize for Investigative Reporting on the News
http://www.mongersonprize.org
$10,000 prize honors journalists who uncover and correct incomplete, inaccurate or misleading news stories.

National Academies-Keck Awards
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/keck/Awards.html
Three $20,000 prizes for excellence in reporting science, technology, and medicine to the general public

National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Awards
http://www.nlgja.org/programs/EJA.html
Cash awards recognize outstanding coverage of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.

National Headliner Awards
http://www.NationalHeadlinerAwards.com
Awards in 50 categories, sponsored by the Press Club of Atlantic City.

National Press Photographers Association Awards
http://www.nppa.org/competitions/
Honors photojournalism and editing regionally and nationally in several categories.

Online News Association
http://www.journalists.org/
Honors outstanding online reporting.

Religion Communicators Council
http://www.religioncommunicators.org/wilbur.html
Wilbur Awards recognize excellence in the communication of religious issues, values and themes in the secular media.

Religion Newswriters Association
http://www.RNA.org/eligibility.php
Recognizes excellence in reporting on religion in the secular media.

Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism
http://risserprize.stanford.edu/
Honors excellence in reporting on environmental problems in the American west.

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Awards
http://rfkmemorial.org/legacyinaction/journalismawards/
Honor outstanding reporting on problems of the disadvantaged.

RTNDA Awards
http://www.rtnda.org/asfi/awards/awards.shtml
Edward R. Murrow awards honor excellence in newscasts and reporting and RTNDA/Unity award honors excellence in coverage of race and ethnicity.

Scripps Howard Foundation Awards
http://foundation.scripps.com/foundation/programs/nja/nja.html
Journalistic excellence in electronic media, open to all news organizations. Also sponsors student contest.

Society of Environmental Journalists
http://sej.org/contest/index.htm
Honors outstanding environmental coverage.

Society for Women's Health Research
http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_awards
Honors excellence in reporting on women's health.

Toni House Journalism Award
http://www.ajs.org/include/story.asp?content_id=369
The American Judicature Society, a national nonprofit, recognizes outstanding news reporting that enhances public understanding of the courts and/or significantly improves the administration of justice.