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'The '''Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism''' is a journalism award named after [[Robert F. Kennedy]] 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]] 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."<ref>"[http://www.rfkcenter.org/ourwork/journalismawards Journalism Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109155333/http://www.rfkcenter.org/ourwork/journalismawards |date=2010-01-09 }}", Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.</ref> The awards are known as the "poor people's [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzers]]" in media circles.<ref>"[http://www.rfkcenter.org/ourwork Our Work]", Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.</ref> ==Recipients== ;1969 The first awards were presented by Kennedy's widow, [[Ethel Kennedy]].<ref name=AustinAmerican-19690623 /><ref>https://www.jfklibrary.org/sites/default/files/archives/RFKMFREC/RFKMFREC-FA.xml</ref> * Network TV: ''[[CBS]]'' for "Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed", written by [[Perry Wolf]] and narrated by [[Bill Cosby]].<ref name=AustinAmerican-19690623>{{Cite news |title=First RFK Journalism Honors Told |url=https://newspapers.com/image/386479011/?terms=Robert%2BF.%2BKennedy%2BJournalism%2BAward |newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman|The Austin American]] |date=June 23, 1969 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=11 |volume=58 |issue=16 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * Magazine: David Nevin, ''[[Life magazine]]'' for "These Murdered Old Old Mountains."<ref name=AustinAmerican-19690623 /> * Newspaper: [[Nick Kotz]] of ''[[The Des Moines Register|The Des Moines Register and Tribune]]'' for coverage of rural poverty and hunger.<ref name=AustinAmerican-19690623 /> ;1970 The second annual awards were presented at the Federal City Club in Washington, D.C., with multiple awardees in each category.<ref name=TimesRecord-19700321>{{Cite news |title=Kenedy Journalism Awards Made |url=https://newspapers.com/image/58688664/ |newspaper=[[The Record (Troy)|The Times Record]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=March 21, 1970 |access-date=April 30, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=3 |volume=1970 |issue=68 |edition=Final}}</ref> * National TV: ** ''[[ABC News]]'' for "Black Fiddler: Prejudice and the Negro," produced by [[Stephen Fleischman]].<ref name=TimesRecord-19700321 /> ** ''[[NBC News]]'' for "Between Two Rivers," narrated by [[Tom Pettit]], from the ''First Tuesday'' series.<ref name=TimesRecord-19700321 /> ** Honorable Mention: [[Westinghouse Broadcasting|Group W]] for "The shame of Welfare," produced by [[Dick Hubert]].<ref name=TimesRecord-19700321 /> * Local TV: ** ''[[WRC-TV]]'' for "Perspective: New Set of Eyes," produced by Bill Leonard.<!--- before adding a wikilink, verify whether this is Bill Leonard (journalist) ---><ref name=TimesRecord-19700321 /> ** ''[[KNXT-TV]]'' for "The Siesta is Over (Revisited)," produced by [[Ken Rosen]].<ref name=TimesRecord-19700321 /> ** Honorable Mention: ''[[WCKT-TV]]'' for "Migrant Workers," news director [[Gene Strul]].<ref name=TimesRecord-19700321 /> * Radio: ** ''[[WJR]]'' for "I Am Not Alone," reported by [[Phil Jones (American journalist)|Phil Jones]].<ref name=TimesRecord-19700321 /> ** Honorable Mention: ''[[WAKY]]'' for "Soul Searching," produced by [[Bob Watson (journalist)|Bob Watson]].<ref name=TimesRecord-19700321 /> * Newspaper: ** [[Linda Rackey]] for a series on the problems of hunger in the ''[[Chicago Sun Times]]''.<ref name=TimesRecord-19700321 /> ** [[Dallas Kinney]] and [[Kent Pollock]] for the series "Migration to Misery" in the ''[[The Palm Beach Post|Palm Beach Post-Times]]''.<ref name=TimesRecord-19700321 /> * Magazines: ** [[Fred C. Shapiro]] for "The Whitmore Confessions" in ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref name=TimesRecord-19700321 /> ** Honorable Mention: Dr. [[Robert Coles (psychiatrist)|Robert Coles]] and [[Harry Huge]] for a series of reports in ''[[The New Republic]]'' on the problems of the disadvantaged.<ref name=TimesRecord-19700321 /> ;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 [[Washington, D.C.]], which was still under construction.<ref name=Kantor19710429>{{Cite news |title=Honor Newsmen In Capital City |url=https://newspapers.com/image/11372913/ |newspaper=[[El Paso Herald-Post]] |date=April 29, 1971 |access-date=April 30, 2020 |last=Kantor |first=Seth |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=1-F |edition=Home Mid-day Stocks |volume=IXC |issue=102}}</ref> Entertainer [[Bill Cosby]] was the [[master of ceremonies]], and Tim Wickers of ''The New York Times'' gave the [[keynote]] speech.<ref name=Kantor19710429 /> The winners were selected from over 275 entries.<ref name=LATimes19710426>{{Cite news |title=Salazar Named Recipient of Special Award |url=https://newspapers.com/image/384857008/ |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 26, 1971 |access-date=April 30, 2020 |page=20-I |volume=XC |issue=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> No awards were given in the Radio and Magazines categories.<ref name=LATimes19710426 /> * TV: ** ''[[NBC News]]'' for "Migrant: An NBC White Paper" with correspondent [[Chet Huntley]], produced by Martin Carr.<ref name=MiamiHerald-19710502>{{Cite news |title=NBC News Special Honored |url=https://newspapers.com/image/623122279/ |newspaper=[[The Miami Herald]] |date=May 2, 1971 |access-date=April 30, 2020 |volume=61 |issue=153 |edition=City |page=4–TV |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> ** Richard Hubert, Paul Galan, Rod MacLeish, ''[[Westinghouse Broadcasting Company]]'' for "When You Reach December." * Newspapers: ** [[Ralph Looney]] of the ''[[Albuquerque Tribune]]'' for the nine-part series "The Plight of the Navajo."<ref name=GallupIndependent-19710430>{{Cite news |title=Looney honored |url=https://newspapers.com/image/35469595/ |newspaper=[[Gallup Independent]] |date=April 30, 1971 |access-date=April 30, 2020 |volume=82 |issue=102 |page=6 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> ** [[Sam Washington (journalist)|Sam Washington]] and [[Jerome Watson (journalist)|Jerome Watson]] of the [[Chicago Sun-Times]] for a series on schools for the [[intellectually disabled]].<ref name=LasVegasOptic-19710426>{{Cite news |title=Tribune writer receives award |url=https://newspapers.com/image/35599240/ |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Optic]] |date=April 25, 1971 |access-date=April 30, 2020 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=6 |volume=91 |issue=80 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * Special awards: ** [[Ruben Salazar]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' for a collection of 17 columns that "communicated effectively and compassionately the culture and alienation of Chicanos."<ref name=LATimes19710426 /> The award was accepted by Salazar's widow, Sally.<ref name=Kantor19710429 /> ** ''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."<ref name=LATimes19710426 /> ;1972 The fourth annual awards were presented by [[Rose Kennedy]] during a luncheon ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.<ref name=PlacerHerald19720504>{{Cite news |title=Newcastle Magazine Wins RFK Journalism Award |url=https://newspapers.com/image/474912007/ |newspaper=The Placer Herald |date=May 4, 1972 |access-date=May 1, 2020 |page=4 |volume=120 |issue=34 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=NYT-19720419>{{Cite news |title=Nader Calls for a Center to Fill Media's 'Neglected Functions' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/19/archives/nader-calls-for-a-center-to-fill-medias-neglected-functions.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 19, 1972 |access-date=May 1, 2020 |page=44 |volume=CXXI |issue=41724 |edition=Late City}}</ref> [[Ralph Nader]] gave the keynote speech.<ref name=Wallace19720419>{{Cite news |title=Nader Prods Media Over News Freedom |url=https://newspapers.com/image/61479894/ |newspaper=[[The San Bernardino Sun]] |date=April 19, 1972 |access-date=May 1, 2020 |first=G. David |last=Wallace |page=B-4 |edition=City Final |volume=LXVIII |issue=164 |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> Eligibility was expanded to include [[High school (North America)|high school]] entries.<ref name=Welsh19730404>{{Cite news |title=Scrutinize School Journalism |url=https://newspapers.com/image/515979746/ |newspaper=[[The South Bend Tribune]] |date=April 4, 1973 |access-date=May 13, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=19 |volume=CI |issue=27 |edition=Home |last=Welsh |first=Beverly}}</ref> * TV: ** [[Paul Altmeyer]] and the Urban America Unit of [[Westinghouse Broadcasting|Group W]] for "The Suburban Wall," a documentary on discrimination in suburban housing narrated by [[Rod MacLeish]].<ref name=NYT-19720419 /><ref name=BaltimoreSun-19720418>{{Cite news |title=Kennedy award to be given |url=https://newspapers.com/image/377355098/ |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=April 18, 1972 |access-date=May 1, 2020 |page=B3 |volume=270 |issue=130 |edition=Final |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=Garland19720506>{{Cite news |title=Video Vignettes |url=https://newspapers.com/image/39212181/ |newspaper=[[New Pittsburgh Courier]] |date=May 6, 1972 |access-date=May 1, 2020 |last=Garland |first=Hazel |author-link=Hazel Garland |page=14 |volume=64 |issue=19 |edition=National |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * Radio: ** [[Doug Fox]] of [[KTOK]] for "The Business of Being Black," a five-part series on the economic problems of [[African Americans]] in [[Oklahoma City]].<ref name=DailyOklahoman-19720419>{{Cite news |title=Radio Newsman Captures Award |url=https://newspapers.com/image/452289345/ |newspaper=[[The Daily Oklahoman]] |date=April 19, 1972 |access-date=May 1, 2020 | page=10 |volume=81 |issue=105 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * Newspapers: ** [[Patrick Zier]] and [[Joanna Wragg]] of ''[[The Ledger]]'' for the four-part series "Crisis in Public Housing" about public housing issues in [[Lakeland, Florida]].<ref name=Chippewa-19720406>{{Cite news |title=former Stanley resident wins writing award |url=https://newspapers.com/image/417015427/ |newspaper=Chippewa Herald-Telegram |page=3 |volume=102 |issue=82 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] | date=April 6, 1972 |access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> ** [[John Nordenheimer]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' for a story about an African American [[Medal of Honor]] recipient who was killed during a [[holdup]] at a grocery store in [[Detroit, Michigan]].<ref name=NYT-19720419 /> * Magazines: ** [[Edward Kosner]], [[Peter Goldman]], and [[Don Holt (journalist)|Don Holt]] of ''[[Newsweek]]'' for "Justice on Trial," a series on the criminal justice system.<ref name=NYT-19720419 /><ref name=MSJ-20130713>{{Cite web |title=Newsweek |url=https://journalism.missouri.edu/honor-medal-winner/newsweek/ |website=[[Missouri School of Journalism]] |date=July 13, 2012 |access-date=May 4, 2020}}</ref> ** [[Beekman Winthrop (journalist)|Beekman Winthrop]] for a story on [[intestinal parasites]] in children that was published in ''[[New South (magazine)|New South]]''.<ref name=NYT-19720419 /> * Honorable mention print: ** [[Robert Raisch]] and [[Neil Scott (journalist)|Neil Scott]] of ''United World Press Cooperative'' for the entire October 21, 1971, issue of ''Rama Pipien: A People’s Media, Ingest Digest''.<ref name=PlacerHerald19720504 /><ref name=JFKLibrary>{{Cite web |title=Guide to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation Records |url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/sites/default/files/archives/RFKMFREC/RFKMFREC-FA.xml |website=[[John F. Kennedy Library]] |access-date=May 4, 2020}}</ref> * Honorable mention college: ** [[Al Benson (journalist)|Al Benson]] of ''[[The Spectrum (University at Buffalo)|The Spectrum]]'' ([[State University of New York at Buffalo]]) for "Health Care Crisis".<ref name=JFKLibrary /> ;1973 The fifth annual awards were presented by Ethel Kennedy with the assistance of her brother-in-law, Senator [[Edward Kennedy]].<ref name=LeaderPress-19730426>{{Cite news |title=Reporter Given Third Award For VD Series |url=https://newspapers.com/image/305714200/ |newspaper=[[Springfield Leader and Press]] |date=April 26, 1973 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=19 |volume=XL |issue=298}}</ref><ref name=NewsMessenger-19730427>{{Cite news |title=Journalism Award |url=https://newspapers.com/image/305940166/ |newspaper=The News-Messenger |date=April 27, 1973 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=19 |volume=118 |issue=14 |location=[[Fremont, Ohio]]}}</ref> Harvard psychiatrist [[Robert Coles (psychiatrist)|Robert Coles]] gave the keynote address.<ref name=TampaTimes-19730427>{{Cite news |title=News media urged to give workers chance to 'meet press, face nation' |url=https://newspapers.com/image/328392405/ |newspaper=[[The Tampa Times]] |date=April 27, 1973 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |agency=[[Newhouse News Service]] |page=8-A |volume=81 |issue=69}}</ref> The awardees were chosen from 418 entries, including 61 high school and 37 college entries.<ref name=IdahoStateJournal-19740423>{{Cite news |title=PHS Newspaper Co-Editors Merit Kennedy Citation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/16123368/ |newspaper=[[Idaho State Journal]] |date=April 23, 1974 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |page=4-A |volume=LXXII |issue=33 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * Newspapers: ** [[Jean Heller]] of the [[Associated Press]] for a series entitled "The Tuskegee Syphilis Study" exposing [[Tuskegee syphilis study|a federal experiment]] that left a number of infected African American men untreated.<ref name=GazetteTelegraph-19730426>{{Cite news |title=AP Reporter Wins Journalism Award |url=https://newspapers.com/image/66234409/?terms=kennedy%2Bjournalism%2Baward |newspaper=[[Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph]] |date=April 26, 1973 |access-date=May 2, 2020 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=10-D |volume=102 |issue=32673 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=HollandEveningSentinel-19730501>{{Cite news |title=Michigan in Washington |url=https://newspapers.com/image/11766351/ |newspaper=[[The Holland Evening Sentinel]] |date=May 1, 1973 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page= |volume=77 |issue=254 |last=Van Wagoner Tufty |first=Esther}}</ref> ** Citation: [[Agustin Gurza]], editor of ''LaVoz del Pueblo'' in [[Hayward, California]].<ref name=BerkeleyDailyGazette-19730426>{{Cite news |title=Berkeley-born paper wins award for student |url=https://newspapers.com/image/608448676/ |newspaper=[[Berkeley Daily Gazette]] |date=April 26, 1973 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=3 |volume=96 |issue=204}}</ref> ** Citation: [[Mike Masterson]], editor of the ''Newport Daily Independent'' in [[Newport, Arkansas]].<ref name=NWArkansasTimes-19730409>{{Cite news |title=State Newsman To Receive Kennedy Award |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/17643440/ |newspaper=Northwest Arkansas Times |date=April 9, 1973 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=8 |volume=113 |issue=253}}</ref> * Radio: ** Citation: Producer [[Mucio Carlon]] and the University of Arizona's [[Public broadcasting in the United States|public radio]] station [[KUAT-FM|KUAT]] for "What it's Like," a weekly program for ethnic minorities.<ref name=TucsonDailyCitizen-19730426>{{Cite news |title=Producer, KUAT radio win award |url=https://newspapers.com/image/23392343/ |newspaper=[[Tucson Daily Citizen]] |date=April 26, 1973 |access-date=May 13, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=45 |edition=Final Stocks |volume=101 |issue=100}}</ref> * TV: ** [[Geraldo Rivera]] of [[WABC-TV]] for "Willowbrook: The Last Disgrace," a documentary about the effects of budget cuts on [[Willowbrook State School]] for intellectually disabled children in [[New York City]].<ref name=HollandEveningSentinel-19730501 /><ref name=Hanna19740828 /> The documentary led Governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]] to restore funding to the school.<ref name=Hanna19740828>{{Cite news |title=Has Crusading Journalist's Success Gone To Head? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/622675561/ |newspaper=[[The Charlotte Observer]] |date=August 28, 1974 |access-date=May 13, 2020 |last=Hanna |first=Charlie |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=15A |volume=89 |issue=153}}</ref> ** Citation: [[Thomas Norton (journalist)|Thomas Norton]] for "Migrants of Central Illinois," an episode of the ''CIA Reports'' documentary series produced by [[WCIA]].<ref name=Pantagraph-19730428>{{Cite news |title=WCIA wins Robert Kennedy award |url=https://newspapers.com/image/70600103/ |newspaper=[[The Pantagraph]] |date=April 28, 1973 |access-date=May 13, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=1 Television and Radio Guide |edition=Saturday |volume=128 |issue=118}}</ref> The documentary focuses on migrant workers in the [[Hoopeston, Illinois]], area.<ref name=Pantagraph-19730428 /> ;1974 The sixth annual awards were presented by Ethel Kennedy.<ref name=WacoTribuneHerald-UPI-19740502>{{Cite news |title=Ethel Kennedy Recalls Help Of Roger Mudd |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/43766094/ |newspaper=[[Waco Tribune-Herald]] |date=May 7, 1974 |access-date=May 13, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |agency=[[United Press International]] |page=6A |edition=Home |volume=62 |issue=263}}</ref> [[Frances Farenthold]] gave the keynote speech.<ref name=WacoTribuneHerald-AP-19740502>{{Cite news |title=Farenthold Raps Plight of Some |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/43766094/ |newspaper=[[Waco Tribune-Herald]] |date=May 7, 1974 |access-date=May 13, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=6A |edition=Home |volume=62 |issue=263}}</ref> The awardees were selected from 432 entries.<ref name=StPetersbergTimes-19740503>{{Cite news |title=Series On Nursing Homes Wins Citation For Reporter |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/318599105/ |newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=May 3, 1974 |access-date=May 13, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=4-B |volume=90 |issue=283}}</ref> * 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.<ref name=IdahoStateJournal-19740423 /> ** [[Joseph Hearst III]], co-editor of ''The Chieftain'', for stories and editorials on a conflict between [[Idaho State University]]'s Native American Student Association and Pocatello High School over a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] symbol at the high school.<ref name=IdahoStateJournal-19740423 /> * Magazine: ** John Guinther of ''[[Philadelphia Magazine]]'' for "The Only Good Indian."<ref name=DesMoinesRegister-19740506 /> * Newspaper: ** [[Dolores Katz]] and [[Jo Thomas]] of the ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'' for an 18-part series on [[psychosurgery]].<ref name=DesMoinesRegister-19740506>{{Cite news |title=People in the News Briefly... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/338850483/ |newspaper=[[The Des Moines Register]] |date=May 6, 1974 |access-date=May 13, 2020| via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=2 |volume=125 |issue=315}}</ref> ** Citation: [[Gloria Delgado]] of the ''[[San Antonio Express-News|Express and News]]'' for coverage of the Liza Guerra kidnapping.<ref name=ExpressAndNews19740331>{{Cite news |title=E-N Staffer Wins Award |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/31677321/ |newspaper=[[San Antonio Express-News|Express and News]] |date=March 31, 1974 |access-date=May 13, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=7-A |edition=Sports Final |volume=108 |issue=59}}</ref> * Radio: ** Honorable Mention: ''[[WCAU Radio]]'' for "Abortion: An Investigative Report."<ref name=JFKLibrary /> ** Honorable Mention: ''[[WJR]]'' for "Manhunt Scars Community."<ref name=JFKLibrary /> ** Citation: [[Rudolph Brewington]] of ''[[WWDC]]'' for "Diagnosis: Desparate - A report on Health Care for Minority Americans"<ref name=JFKLibrary /> ** Citation: [[William Diehl (journalist)|William Diehl]] of ''[[ABC News Radio|ABC Radio]]'' for "Why Did Patti Have To Die?"<ref name=JFKLibrary /> * Special Citation: ** [[Jane Daugherty]] of the ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]'' for a 15-part series on [[Pinellas County, Florida]], nursing homes.<ref name=StPetersbergTimes-19740503 /> * TV: ** [[Bob Dotson|Robert C. Dotson]] of ''[[WKY-TV]]'' for "Through the Looking Glass Darkly," a documentary about the history of [[Civil rights movement|African-American civil rights]] in [[Oklahoma]] from before [[U.S. state|statehood]] to 1973.<ref name=Cromley19740508>{{Cite news |title=Ethel Knew Bare Facts About Song Hit Sooner Finds |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/452342911/ |newspaper=[[The Daily Oklahoman]] |date=May 8, 1974 |access-date=May 13, 2020 |last=Cromley |first=Allan |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=37 |volume=83 |issue=123}}</ref><ref name=Phillips19740320>{{Cite news |title=WKY-TV One Of Finalists In Emmy Race |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/452248149/ |newspaper=[[The Daily Oklahoman]] |date=March 20, 1974 |access-date=May 13, 2020 |last=Phillips |first=Mark |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=25 |volume=83 |issue=74}}</ref> ** Honorable Mention: ''[[McGraw-Hill Broadcasting|McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company]]'' and ''[[KGTV|KGTV-10]]'' for "La Raza – The People."<ref name=JFKLibrary /> ** Citation: [[Carlos Aguilar (journalist)|Carlos Aguilar]] of ''[[WOAI-TV]]'' for "Fiesta Patrias".<ref name=JFKLibrary /> ;1975 * Newspaper: Mike Masterson, The Hot Springs Sentinel Record, Arkansas, various articles. * Magazine: Loretta Schwartz, [[Philadelphia Magazine]], "Nothing to Eat". * Print honorable mention: Francie Bernard, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "Congressional Discrimination". * TV: Martin Berman, Peter Lance, Geraldo Rivera, WABC-TV, New York, "The Willowbrook Case: The People vs. the State of New York". * TV citation: The Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans of Houston, Texas for "The Aztecas and Their Medicine: A Chicano Legacy" Executive Producer-Luis R. Cano. Editing/Research by Philip Cano, Roberto Gutierrez, Carlos Aguilar, Amelia Cano. Aired by KTRK TV of Houston, Texas. * TV citation: Hill Bermont, WGTV Atlanta, "The Bikinians". * Radio: Terence Gurley, WWVA Radio, Wheeling, West Virginia, "Back to Bloody Harlan". ;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". ;1977 * Newspapers: Acel Moore<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/breaking/20160214_Longtime_Inquirer_editor_Acel_Moore_dies.html|title=Longtime Inquirer editor Acel Moore dies at 75|website=www.inquirer.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> and [[Wendell Rawls, Jr.]], Grand Prize, for their coverage of the Fairview (PA) Hospital for the Criminally Insane in the ''[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' * TV citation: [[Thom Dickerson]], Lee Meredith, [[KTRK-TV|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". * Honorable mention, college student: Christopher DeSalvo, Southern Illinois University, series on Laotian refugees. * Honorable mention, print: Loretta Schwartz, Boston Magazine, Chicago Magazine, Philadelphia Magazine, various articles. * 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 first prize TV: Bill Moyers, Tom Spain, Howard Stringer, Dan Lerner, CBS, "CBS Reports: The Fire Next Door". * TV citation: Jack Hill, KAIT-TV, Jonesboro, Arkansas, "Is There Any Hope for Hope Street". * 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 * 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". * 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 * 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". ;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". * Citation, cartoon: Sam C. Rawls, The Atlanta Constitution * Citation, TV: Susan Lavery, Bill Lord, KTUV, Salt Lake City, Utah, "Criminal Illness". * 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, 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". ;1985 * Grand prize and TV: David Fanning, Mark Obenhaus, PBS "Frontline", "Living Below the Line". * 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, 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, 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 * 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". * 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, 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". ;1987 * Grand prize and print: Steve McGonigle, Ed Timms, The Dallas Morning News, "Discrimination in Juries". * 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, 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, [[Philadelphia Inquirer]], "Domestic Violence Part I". * Citation, TV: Barry Ahrendt, Jeanne Blake, Jimmy Frances, WBZ-TV, Boston, "AIDS: The Paul Cronan Story". ;1989 * [[Bill Dedman]] of [[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]], grand prize and print prize * College student: Staff, Golden Gater, San Francisco State University, "Helpers in the War on AIDS". * Radio: Dan Morris, [[Lynn Neary]], [[National Public Radio]], "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". * 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 * Grand Prize: The [[Fort Myers News-Press]] 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]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1990-05-15-9001080327-story.html|title=SEMINOLE PAPER BRINGS HONORS, NEWS TO TRIBE|last=Writer|first=BOB FRENCH, Staff|website=Sun-Sentinel.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> * Citation, TV: Al Briganti, Andrew Heyward, staff, CBS "48 Hours", "No Place Like Home". * Honorable mention, cartoon: Mike Peters, The Dayton Daily News. ;1991 * 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". ;1992 ;1993 * TV: David Fanning, June Cross, WBGH "Frontline", Boston, "A Kid Kills". * 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 * 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" ;1995 * 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, 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". * [[Ted Rall]] of ''[[Chronicle Features]]'' ;1996 ;1997 ;1998 * Daniel A. Anderson, First Prize, Domestic Photojournalism (Motel Children) * Dan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow) ;1999 * Domestic Radio Broadcast, "Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project", National Public Radio <ref>https://www.npr.org/about/press/990408.rfk.html</ref> ;2000 The 32nd Annual Awards were awarded in 2000 for coverage in 1999. Award winners were:<ref>"[http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/121 32nd Annual Awards: 2000 (for 1999 coverage)]", Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- | Grand Prize and International Print: ||Peter Finn || "Kosovo" || ''[[The Washington Post]]'' |- | First Prize Domestic Print: ||Todd Richissin||"Charlie Squad" ||''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' |- | First Prize, Domestic Photojournalism: ||Eugene Garcia || "In His Brothers Arms" ||''[[The Orange County Register]]'' |- | First Prize, International Photojournalism: ||Essdras M. Suarez || "Osveli's Story" || ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]'' |- | First Prize, Domestic TV Broadcast: ||[[Geraldo Rivera]], Susan Farkas || "Women in Prison: Nowhere to Hide" ||[[NBC News]] |- | First Prize, International TV Broadcast: ||[[Diane Sawyer]] || "The Unwanted Children of Russia" ||''[[20/20 (US TV show)|20/20]]'' ([[ABC News]]) |- | First Prize, International Radio Broadcast: ||Maria Emilia Martin || "The Betrayal of Sister Dianna Ortiz" ||''[[Latino USA]]'' ([[KUT|KUT-FM]]) |- | First Prize, Domestic Radio Broadcast: ||John Biewen|| "The Forgotten 14 Million" || [[American RadioWorks]] |- | First Prize, Domestic Editorial Cartoon: ||[[Ted Rall]] |||| [[Universal Press Syndicate]] |- | Honorable Mention, Photojournalism: ||Mona Reeder|| "A People in Peril" ||''[[The Arizona Republic]]'' |- | Lifetime Achievement: ||[[Jack Nelson (journalist)|Jack Nelson]] |||| ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' |} ;2001 The 33rd Annual Awards were awarded in 2001 for coverage in 2000. Award winners were:<ref>"[http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/120 33rd Annual Awards: 2001 (for 2000 coverage)]", Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- | Grand Prize and First Prize, Domestic TV: ||Edward Pinder|| "Master Teacher" || ''[[Nightline]]'' ([[ABC News]]) |- | First Prize, Domestic Photojournalism: ||Matt Rainey || "After The Fire" ||''[[The Star-Ledger]]'' |- | First Prize, International Photojournalism: ||Dudley Brooks || "Thou Shalt Not Kill" || ''[[The Washington Post]]'' |- | First Prize, International Print: ||[[Steve Coll]] || "Peace Without Justice" || ''[[The Washington Post]]'' |- | First Prize, Domestic Print: ||Rick Tulsky||"Uncertain Refuge" || ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]'' |- | Honorable Mention, Domestic Print: ||Staff || "Paper Shield" || ''[[York Daily Record]]'' |- | First Prize, Domestic TV: ||Edward Pinder|| "Master Teacher" || ''[[Nightline]]'' ([[ABC News]]) |- | First Prize, International TV: |||| "Srebrenica" ||[[WNET]] (Thirteen) |- | First Prize, Domestic Radio: ||Katie Davis || "Throw That Smoke" || ''[[This American Life]]'' ([[WBEZ]]) |- | First Prize, Domestic Editorial Cartoon: ||[[Matt Davies (cartoonist)|Matt Davies]]|||| ''[[The Journal News]]'' |- | First Prize, International Radio: ||John Biewen, Deborah George || "Engineering Crops in a Needy World" || [[Minnesota Public Radio]] |- | First Prize, College: ||Ivan O'Mahoney, Thomas Loudon, Constanza Santa Maria, ||"Vieques, Time to Decide" || [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] |- | Honorable Mention, College ||Beth A. "Vivi" Abrams || "On Deadly Ground" || [[Northwestern University]] |- | First Prize, High School Broadcast ||Matt Johnson || "A Day in the Life of a Child with Downs Syndrome" || [[Centennial High School (Blaine, Minnesota)|Centennial High School]] ([[Circle Pines, Minnesota]]) |- | Honorable Mention, High School Print ||Ashley Barker || "People Taking Action Against Poverty" || [[Greenbrier West High School]] ([[Charmco, West Virginia]]) |- | Lifetime Achievement ||[[Herb Block]]||||''[[The Washington Post]]'' |} ;2002 The 34th Annual Awards were awarded in 2002 for coverage in 2001. Award winners were:<ref>"[http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/119 34th Annual Awards: 2002 (for 2001 coverage)]", Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- | Grand Prize and Domestic Print: ||[[Sari Horwitz]], [[Scott Higham]], [[Sarah Cohen (journalist)|Sarah Cohen]] || "The District's Lost Children" || ''[[The Washington Post]]'' |- | International Print Prize: ||[[David Finkel]] ||"Invisible Journeys" ||''[[The Washington Post]]'' |- | Domestic TV: ||[[Morley Safer]], Catherine Olian || "Schools for the Homeless" || ''[[60 Minutes]]'' ([[CBS News]]) |- | Domestic TV: ||[[Christiane Amanpour]], Andrew Tkach || "Sleeping Sickness" || ''[[60 Minutes]]'' ([[CBS News]]) |- | Domestic Photojournalism Prize: ||Sheila Springsteen||"Witness to His Mother's Murder" || ''[[Home News Tribune]]'' |- | International Photojournalism Prize: ||Bill Greene|| "The Lost Boys of Sudan" ||''[[The Boston Globe]]'' |- | Domestic Radio Prize: || (Radio Rookies) ||||[[WNYC]] |- | International Radio Prize: ||Sandy Tolan ||"Roots of Resentment in the Arab World" || [[Homelands Productions]] |- | Cartoon Prize: ||[[Signe Wilkinson]] |||| ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'' |- | College Prize: ||Scott Spilky || "The Clinic Crash" || ''[[The Daily Illini]]'' ([[University of Illinois]]) |- | High School Print Prize: ||Bonnie Gallagher ||"Student's Plight Causes Flight from Homeland" ||Franklin Community High School ([[Franklin, Indiana]]) |- | High School Broadcast Prize<br/>(in partnership with Channel One Network) ||Kirk Hadden, Eric Hernando, Erin Neal, Rachel Osborn, and Ashley Reynolds || "Poverty in the Ozarks: Cycle of Despair" ||[[Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri)|Hillcrest High School]] ([[Springfield, Missouri]]) |- | International Photojournalism Honorable Mention: ||Hilda Perez, Mike Stocker, and A. Enrique Valentin, || "Witness to an Epidemic" || ''[[South Florida Sun-Sentinel]]'' |- | Domestic Print Honorable Mention: ||Ruth Teichroeb || "Decades of Abuse" ||''[[The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'' |- | Domestic Radio Honorable Mention: ||Helen Borten||"The Prison Cure" || [[Public Radio International]] |- | College Honorable Mention: ||Paul Smith || "Swept into Poverty" || ''[[University Daily Kansan]]'' ([[University of Kansas]]) |- | High School Print Honorable Mention<br/>(in partnership with the [[National Scholastic Press Association]]) ||Rami Daud || "Helping the Homeless" || [[Lakewood High School (Lakewood, Ohio)|Lakewood High School]] ([[Lakewood, Ohio]]) |- | High School Broadcast Honorable Mention <br/>(in partnership with Channel One Network): ||||"Miracle on East 9th Street" ||[[Columbia Central High School (Columbia, Tennessee)|Columbia Central High School]] ([[Columbia, Tennessee]]) |} ;2003 The 35th Annual Awards were awarded in 2003 for coverage in 2002. Award winners were:<ref>"[http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/113 35th Annual Awards: 2003 (for 2002 coverage)]", Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- | Grand Prize and International Print and Photojournalism: ||[[Sonia Nazario]], Don Bartletti ||"A Boy Left Behind" || ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' |- | Domestic Print: ||[[Connie Schultz]]||"The Burden of Innocence" ||''[[The Plain Dealer]]'' |- | Domestic Photojournalism: ||J. Albert Diaz || "When Minimum Wage Isn't Enough" || ''[[The Miami Herald]]'' |- | International TV: ||[[Ted Koppel]], [[Kim Jung-eun]] || "Hidden Lives" || ''[[Nightline]]'' ([[ABC News]]) |- | Domestic TV: ||Denise DiIanni|| "A Day in the Life" || [[WGBH-TV]] |- | International Radio Broadcast:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vps.stanleyfoundation.org/staff/kristin_mchugh.php |title=Kristin McHugh |publisher=The Stanley Foundation |access-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> ||Kristin McHugh || "[[Shropshire Music Foundation|Kosovo's Pied Piper]]: The Liz Shropshire Story"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://commongroundradio.org/shows/02/0252.shtml |title=Kosovo's Pied Piper: The Liz Shropshire Story |publisher=Common Ground Radio |access-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> ||Common Ground Radio |- | Domestic Radio Broadcast: ||Anthony Brooks || "Testing DNA and the Death Penalty: Inside Out" || [[WBUR-FM]] |- | Cartoon: || Dan Perkins ("[[Tom Tomorrow]]") ||"[[This Modern World]]" || |- | College: ||Adam Pracht || "Hiding in Plain Sight"|| ''[[University Daily Kansan]]'' ([[University of Kansas]]) |- | High School Print: ||Victoria D. Williams|| "Overcoming Long Odds" || ''Panther Prints'', [[Duncanville High School]] ([[Duncanville, Texas]]) |- | High School Broadcast: ||||"Opportunities" ||Texas Senior High School ([[Texarkana, Texas]]) |- | Domestic TV Honorable Mention: ||Denise DiIanni || "A Day in the Life" || [[WGBH-TV]] |- | International Photojournalism Honorable Mention: ||[[John Kaplan (photographer)|John Kaplan]]||"Transcending Torture"|| ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]'' |- | Domestic Photojournalism Honorable Mention: ||[[Ted Jackson]]|| "Leap Year" || ''[[The Times-Picayune]]'' |- | Domestic Radio Broadcast Honorable Mention: ||Stacy Abramson || "Youth Portraits" || Sound Portraits |- | Lifetime Achievement: ||[[Daniel Schorr]] ||||[[National Public Radio]] |} ;2004 The 36th Annual Awards were awarded in 2004 for coverage in 2003. Award winners were:<ref>"[http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/111 36th Annual Awards: 2004 (for 2003 coverage)]", Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- | Grand Prize ||Rachel Dretzin, Barak Goodman, Muriel Soenens || "Failure to Protect" || ''[[Frontline (US TV series)|Frontline]]'' ([[WGBH-TV]]) |- | International Print: || Joseph Kahn ||"The World's Sweatshop" ||''[[The New York Times]]'' |- | International Honorable Mention: || [[Anthony Shadid]] ||"The Soul of Iraq" || ''[[The Washington Post]]'' |- | Domestic Print: || Staff Writers ||"Modern Day Slavery"||''[[The Palm Beach Post]]'' |- | Domestic Photo: ||Brant Ward ||"Shame of the City" || ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' |- | International Photo: || Bradley E. Clift ||"The Sacrifice of Ganansol" || ''[[Hartford Courant]]'' |- | Cartoon: ||[[John Sherffius]] |||| |- | Domestic Radio: || Cameron Lawrence, John Gregory ||"Sisters in Pain" || [[Kentucky Public Radio]] |- | College Print: || Sarah Schaffer ||"Outside the Fence" || [[Capital News Service (Maryland)|Capital News Service]] ([[University of Maryland, College Park]]) |- | High School Print: || Alicia Okland ||"Meganís Story" || [[Century High School (Bismarck, North Dakota)|Century High School]] ([[Bismarck, North Dakota]]) |- | High School Broadcast: || Joe Morgan ||"What God Had Put on My Heart..." || [[Washington High School (Missouri)|Washington High School]] ([[Washington, Missouri]]) |} ;2005 The 37th Annual Awards were awarded in 2005 for coverage in 2004. Award winners were:<ref>"[http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/110 37th Annual Awards: 2005 (for 2004 coverage)]", Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- | Grand Prize: ||[[Tracy Weber]], [[Charles Ornstein]], Mitchell Landsberg, Steve Hymon, Robert Gauthier || "The Troubles at King/Drew."|| ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' |- | International Print: ||[[Celia Williams Dugger]] ||"Helping the Poor" || ''[[The New York Times]]'' |- | Domestic TV: || [[Ofra Bikel]] ||"The Plea" || ''[[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]]'' ([[WGBH-TV]]) |- | International TV: || [[Greg Barker]] ||"Ghosts of Rwanda" || ''[[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]]'' ([[WGBH-TV]]) |- | International Photo: || Manny Crisostomo ||"The Leftover People" || ''[[The Sacramento Bee]]'' |- | Domestic Radio: || [[Daniel Zwerdling]] ||"Immigrant Detainees Allege Abuse"|| [[National Public Radio]] |- | International Radio: || Joe Richman, Sue Johnson ||"Mandela: An Audio History" || [[National Public Radio]] |- | Cartoon: ||[[Mark Fiore]] |||| |- | College Print: || Journalism Students ||"Sovereignty" || [[University of Montana]] |- | High School Print: ||Amanda Blakely ||"Ms. Mary and the Big Blue House" || [[Crandall High School]] ([[Crandall, Texas]]) |- | High School Broadcast: ||Quinci Adams and Carrie Lutz ||"A Safe Haven" || [[Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri)|Hillcrest High School]] ([[Springfield, Missouri]]) |} ;2006 The 38th Annual Awards were awarded in 2006 for coverage in 2005. Award winners were:<ref>"[http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/109 38th Annual Awards: 2006 (for 2005 coverage)]", Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- | Grand Prize||Karen O'Connor, Miri Navasky || "The New Asylums"|| ''[[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]]'' ([[WGBH-TV]]) |- | Domestic Print: ||[[Cam Simpson]] ||"Pipeline of Peril" || ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' |- | International Print: ||John Lantigua, Christine Evans, Christine Stapleton ||"A Cloud over Florida: Hidden Pesticide Problems" || ''[[The Palm Beach Post]]'' |- | Domestic Photo: ||Steve Liss || "No Place for Children: Voices from Juvenile Detention" ||''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' |- | International Radio: ||[[Steve Inskeep]], Jim Wallace, Bruce Auster, Kimberly Jones|| "The Price of African Oil" || [[National Public Radio]] |- | Cartoon: ||[[John Backderf]] || "The City" || |- | College Print: ||Kara Couch || "I don't want to be a guy" || [[Somerset Community College]] ([[Somerset, Kentucky]]) |- | High School Print: ||Samantha Offerdahl || "Super Senior" ||[[Century High School (Bismarck, North Dakota)|Century High School]] ([[Bismarck, North Dakota]]) |- | High School Broadcast: ||Aliy Bossert and Kevin McMillan || "Not Bad Kids" || [[Roane County High School]] ([[Spencer, West Virginia]]) |} ;2007 The 39th Annual Awards were awarded in 2007 for coverage in 2006. Award winners were:<ref>"[http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/108 39th Annual Awards: 2007 (for 2006 coverage)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108163619/http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/108 |date=2011-01-08 }}", Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- | Grand Prize: ||[[Donald Gerard McNeil, Jr.]], [[Celia W. Dugger]]|| "Disease on the Brink" || ''[[The New York Times]]'' |- | Domestic Print: ||[[George Pawlaczyk]], Beth Hundsdorfer|| "Lethal Lapses" || ''[[Belleville News-Democrat]]'' |- | Domestic Photography: ||[[Matt Black (photographer)|Matt Black]] || "From Dust to Dust" || ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' |- | Domestic TV: ||[[Diane Sawyer]] || "A Call to Action: Saving Our Children" || [[ABC News]] |- | Domestic Radio: ||[[Daniel Zwerdling]] || "Mental Anguish and the Military" ||[[National Public Radio]] |- | International Photography: ||Mike Stocker, Joe Amon||"AIDS Orphans" || ''[[South Florida Sun-Sentinel]]'' |- | International TV: ||Renata Simone|| "The Age of AIDS" || ''[[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]]'' ([[WGBH-TV]]) |- | Editorial Cartoon ||[[Clay Bennett (cartoonist)|Clay Bennett]] ||||''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'' |- | College Print: ||Ruth Bradley || "Lubbock in the Dark" || ''[[The Daily Toreador]]'' ([[Texas Tech University]]) |- | College Radio: ||Scott Detrow || "Treating the Rainbow Nation: AIDS in South Africa" || [[WFUV]] ([[Fordham University]]) |- | High School Broadcast: ||Lillian Olive, Rachel Miles || "Thread of Hope"|| [[Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri)|Hillcrest High School]] ([[Springfield, Missouri]]) |} ;2008 The 40th Annual Awards were awarded in 2008 for coverage in 2007. Award winners were:<ref>"[http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/107 40th Annual Awards: 2008 (for 2007 coverage)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108163619/http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/107 |date=2011-01-08 }}", Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- | Grand Prize: ||[[Dana Priest]] and [[Anne Hull]]||"The Other Walter Reed" || ''[[The Washington Post]]'' |- | International Print: ||Robyn Dixon|| "Zimbabw's Pain" || ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' |- | Domestic Photo: ||Mona Reeder|| "The Bottom Line" || ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' |- | International Photo: ||Mary F. Calvert||"Lost Daughters: Sex Selection in India" ||''[[The Washington Times]]'' |- | Domestic Radio: ||[[Alix Spiegel]]||"Stuck and Suicidal in a Post-Katrina Trailer Park" || [[National Public Radio]] |- | Domestic TV: ||[[Steve Kroft]], Ira Rosen, John Solomon|| "Evidence of Injustice"|| ''[[The Washington Times]]'' and [[CBS News]]' ''[[60 Minutes]]'' |- | International TV: ||Kira Kay, Jason Maloney|| "Uganda's Silent War" ||''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' and [[HDNet]] ''[[HDNet World Report|World Report]]'' |- | Cartoon: ||[[Signe Wilkinson]]||||''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'' |- | College Broadcast: ||Rachel Anderson, Megan Carrick, Justin Peterson and Chris Welch|| "Breaking Down Barriers"||[[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] |- | High School Print: ||D. J. Shewmaker ||"Students Show Outstanding Ability" ||[[Francis Howell North High School]] ([[Saint Charles, Missouri]]) |- | High School Broadcast: ||Brittany Gomes, Mhanivel Moresca, Samuel Balecha, and Laurissa Asuega||"Home is Where the Heart Is" || [[Waianae High School]] ([[Wai'anae, Hawai'i]]) |} ;2009 The 41st Annual Awards were awarded in 2009 for coverage in 2008. Award winners were:<ref>"[http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/363 41st Annual Awards: 2009 (for 2008 coverage)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502024159/http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/363 |date=2010-05-02 }}", Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- | Grand Prize (International Photo): | [[Carol Guzy]]|| "Birth and Death"|| ''[[The Washington Post]]'' |- | International Print | [[Clifford J. Levy]]|| "Kremlin Rules" ||''[[The New York Times]]'' |- | Domestic Print | Staff Reporters|| "The Cruelest Cuts" ||''[[The Charlotte Observer]]'' |- | Domestic Photo | [[Carlos Javier Ortiz]]|| "Too Young to Die" || Freelance |- | Domestic TV | [[Sherry Jones (television producer)|Sherry Jones]] || "Torturing Democracy" || [[Washington Media Associates]] |- | International TV | Marc Rosenwasser, Michael J. Kavanagh, Taylor Krauss and [[Lisa Biagiotti]]|| "War in DR Congo" ||''[[Worldfocus]]'' |- | Cartoon | [[Jack Ohman]]|| || ''[[The Oregonian]]'' |- | College Print | Cronkite Depth Reporting Class|| "Divided Families" || [[Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication]], [[Arizona State University]] |- | College Broadcast | Sue Kopen Katcef|| "Out of the Shadows"|| [[WMUC-FM]] ([[University of Maryland, College Park]]) |- | High School Broadcast | Jacqui Powell and Laura Pait|| "More Than Just Food" || [[Elizabethtown High School]] ([[Elizabethtown, Kentucky]]) |- | High School Print | Ryan Firle|| "Cancer Cannot Silence Dr. Bob's Courage" || [[Francis Howell North High School]] ([[Saint Charles, Missouri]]) |} ;2010 The 42rd Annual Awards were awarded in 2010 for coverage in 2009. Award winners were:<ref>"[http://rfkhumanrights.org/who-we-are/awards/2010-journalism-award/ 42rd Annual Awards: 2010 ]", Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- | Grand Prize (International TV): |[[Rebecca Cammisa]] |"Which Way Home," , |Home Box Office: |- |Domestic Print: |[[Laura Bauer]], [[Mike McGraw]], and [[Mark Morris (journalist)|Mark Morris]] |"A New Slavery: Human Trafficking in America," | Kansas City Star: |- |International Print: |[[Farnaz Fassihi]] |"Hearts, Mind, and Blood: The Battle for Iran," | The Wall Street Journal |- |Domestic Photography: |[[Carol Guzy]] |“No Greater Love,” | The Washington Post |- |International Photography: |[[Sarah Voisin]] |“In Mexico’s war on drugs, battle lines are drawn in chalk,” | The Washington Post: |- |Domestic TV: |[[Diane Sawyer]] |“A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains,” | ABC News 20/20: |-. |International Radio: |[[Rachel Krantz]] |"In the Kennel – Uncovering a Navy Unit’s Culture of Abuse," | Youth Radio Staff, and NPR's All Things Considered Staff |- |Domestic Radio: |[[Miguelina Diaz]], [[Keith Tingman]], & [[Amon Frazier]] |“This is the South Bronx,” | WNYC Radio Rookies: |- |Cartoon: |[[Bill Day (cartoonist)|Bill Day]] Series of cartoons, | United Feature Syndicate |- |College Print: |David Kempa |“Crossing Lines,” | ASU News 21: |- |High School Print: |Isaac Stanley-Becker |“The Sad Story of How a Gay High School got Derailed,” | U-High Midway |} ;2011 The 43rd Annual Awards were awarded in 2011 for coverage in 2010. Award winners were:<ref>"[http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/83049 43rd Annual Awards: 2011 (for 2010 coverage)]", Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- | International Print | [[Joe Mozingo]], [[Scott Kraft]], and [[Tracy Wilkinson]]|| "Disaster in Haiti" || ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' |- | Domestic Print | [[Carol Rosenberg]]|| "Guantanamo Bay" || ''[[The Miami Herald]]'' |- | Domestic Photo | [[Laura Antrim Caskey]]|| "Dragline" || Freelance |- | Domestic TV | [[James Gandolfini]]|| "Wartorn" || [[HBO]] |- | International TV | [[Dan Rather]] and [[Jenny Nordberg]], Dan Rather Reports|| "The Price of an Afghan Bride" || [[HDNet]] |- | Cartoon | [[Gary Varvel]]|| "The Path to Hope" || ''[[The Indianapolis Star]]'' |- | College Print | Student Reporting Team of University of Mississippi|| "The Roads of Broken Dreams: Can a New Delta Arise from the Rot of the Old South?" || Meek School of Journalism and New Media |- | High School Print | Benjamin Breuner and Michael Weinstein|| "Targeting Teens" || ''The Redwood Bark'' [[Redwood High School (Larkspur, California)]] |- | High School Broadcast | Aaron Oshiro, Cody Kau, Michael Gooch, and Jenna Munoz|| "Farming Knowledge" || [[Waianae High School]] ([[Wai'anae, Hawai'i]]) |} ;2012 The 44th annual award winners:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rfkhumanrights.org/about/people|title=Who We Are|last=Rights|first=Robert F. Kennedy Human|website=Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- | Grand Prize and International TV |[[May Ying Welsh]] (Cinematographer, Writer, & Director), [[Hassan Mahfood]] (Field Producer), and [[Jon Blair]] (Executive Producer) |"Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark" |Al Jazeera English |- |Domestic TV |[[Yoav Potash]] |"Crime After Crime" |The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) |- |Radio |[[Laura Sullivan]] and [[Amy Walters]] |"Native Foster Care Lost Children, Shattered Families" by |National Public Radio (NPR) |- |International Photography | [[Michael Robinson Chavez]] |"Broken Promise: Gold Mining in Peru's High Andes" |The Los Angeles Times Magazine |- |Domestic Photography |[[Katie Falkenberg]] |A Lasting Toll |The Los Angeles Times |- |International Print |[[Tom Lasseter]] |"China: Living Under the Yoke" |McClatchy Newspapers |- |Domestic Print |[[Meg Kissinger]] |"Imminent Danger" |Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |- |Cartoon |[[Stephanie McMillan]] |"The Beginning of the American Fall and Code Green" |South Florida Sun-Sentinel |- |College | |"Stateless in the Dominican Republic" |Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication |- |High School Print |Anna Sturla and Daniel Tutt |"A Light on Latinos" |Davis Senior High School |- |High School Broadcast |[[Jared Iler]] and [[Anna Reed]] |"The Power of One" |Cody High School |} ;2013 The 45th annual award winners:<ref>http://rfkcenter.org/qprognosis-profitsq-by-ames-alexander-karen-garloch-joseph-neff-david-raynor-jim-walser-and-steve-riley-the-charlotte-observer-and-the-news-a-observer-5</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- |Grand Prize/Domestic Print |[[Ames Alexander]], [[Karen Garloch]], [[Joseph Neff]], [[David Raynor]], [[Jim Walser]], and [[Steve Riley (journalist)|Steve Riley]] |"Prognosis: Profits" |''[[The Charlotte Observer]]'' and ''[[The News & Observer]]'' |- |International TV |[[Catherine Olian]] and [[Natalie Morales (journalist)|Natalie Morales]] |"Lobster Trap" |[[NBC News]]/''[[Rock Center with Brian Williams]]'' |- |Domestic TV |[[Jezza Newman]] |"Poor Kids" |[[PBS]]/''[[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]]'' |- |New Media |[[Kenneth R. Weiss|Kenneth Weiss]] and [[Rick Loomis (photojournalist)|Rick Loomis]] |"Beyond 7 Billion" |''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' |- |Radio |[[Bob Edwards]] |"An 'Occupational Hazard': Rape in the Military" |''[[The Bob Edwards Show]]'', [[SiriusXM]] |- |Photography |[[Marc Asnin]] |"Embracing Uncle Charlie" |[[CNN]] Photos |- |International Print |[[Charles Duhigg]] |"The iEconomy" |''[[The New York Times]]'' |- |Cartoon |[[Jen Sorensen]] | | |- |College |Patricia Thompson |"M-Powered: University of Mississippi Students Learn through Service in Belize" |[[University of Mississippi]] |- |High School Print | Alexis Christo |"Cheering Through It All" |''North Star'', [[Francis Howell North High School]] |} ;2014 The 46th annual award winners:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rfkhumanrights.org/about/people|title=Who We Are|last=Rights|first=Robert F. Kennedy Human|website=Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- |Domestic TV |[[Andrés Cediel]], [[Lowell Bergman]], [[Lauren Rosenfeld]], [[Bernice Yeung]], [[Susanne Reber]], [[Grace Rubenstein]], [[Stephanie Mechura]], [[Raney Aronson]], [[Juan Rendon]], [[Isaac Lee]] |“Rape in the Fields/ Violación de un Sueño,” | UC Berkeley IRP, CIR, FRONTLNE, and Univision |- |International TV |[[Anjali Kamat]], [[Laila Al-Arian]], [[Mathieu Skene]], [[Warwick Meade]], [[Tim Grucza]], [[Andy Bowley]] and Fault Lines Staff |“Made in Bangladesh,” | Al Jazeera |- |Domestic Print |[[Debbie Cenziper]], [[Michael Sallah]], and [[Steven Rich (journalist)|Steven Rich]] |“Homes for the Taking: Liens, Loss and Profiteers,” | The Washington Post |- |International Print |[[Michael Smith (American journalist)|Michael Smith]], [[Tim Culpan]], [[Alex Webb (journalist)|Alex Webb]], [[Anatoly Kurmanaev]], [[Jonathan Neumann]] |“Tungsten’s Tainted Trail, “ | Bloomberg Markets |- |Domestic Photography |[[Rick Loomis (photojournalist)|Rick Loomis]] |“Private Wars,” | Los Angeles Times |- |International Photography |[[Robin Hammond]] |“CONDEMNED: Mental Health in African Countries in Crisis,” | |- |Radio |[[Quil Lawrence]], [[Bruce Auster]], and [[Marisa Peñaloza]] |“Life After War: Coverage of Veterans,” | NPR News |- |New Media |[[Thomas Mucha]], [[Solana Pyne]], [[David Case (journalist)|David Case]], [[Patrick Winn]], and [[Jonah Kessel]] |“Myanmar Emerges”, | Los Angeles Times |- |Cartoon |[[David Horsey]] |“Portfolio by David Horsey,” |Los Angeles Times |- |College |[[Varsha Ramakrishnan]] |“A Broken Promise: Dowry Violence in India,” | Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine |- |High School Broadcast |Kaley Prier, Savanna Steffen, John Harmon, Kara Mullen, Kelsey Williams, Caleb Brown, Cody House, Ryan Lindsey, and Breanna Feemster |“Homeless in the Heartland,” | Hillcrest High School, Springfield, MO |- |High School Print |Linda Sankat and Autumn Spanne |“Stop-and-Frisk: Time for a Change,” | Youth Communication, YCteen |} ;2015 The 47th annual award winners:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rfkhumanrights.org/about/people|title=Who We Are|last=Rights|first=Robert F. Kennedy Human|website=Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- |High School Broadcast: |John Alpert and Team |"Our Cameras, Our Stories," |Downtown Community Television Center, New York |- |High School Print: |[[Gwyneth Henke]] |"Eyes on Ferguson," |The Globe, Clayton High School, Clayton, MO |- |College: |[[Alec Klein]] and Team |"Wrongful Convictions," | Medill Justice Project, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |- |Cartoon: |[[Darrin Bell]] |"Darrin Bell 2014 Editorial Cartoons," |The Washington Post Writers Group |- |New Media: |[[T. Christian Miller]] and [[Jonathan Jones (American journalist)|Jonathan Jones]] |"Firestone and the Warlord," | ProPublica and PBS Frontline |- |Radio: |[[Carrie Johnson (journalist)|Carrie Johnson]], [[Marisa Peñalosa]], and Beth Donovan "Boxed In: When the Punishment No Longer Fits the Crime," | NPR News |- |Domestic Photography: |[[Michael Robinson Chavez]] |"California's Dust Bowl," | The Los Angeles Times |- |International Photography: |[[Michel du Cille]] |"Ebola: A Desperate Struggle," | The Washington Post |- |Domestic Print: |[[Julie K. Brown]] |"Cruel and Unusual," | Miami Herald |- |International Print: |[[Richard Marosi]] and [[Don Bartletti]] |"Product of Mexico," |The Los Angeles Times |- |Domestic TV: |[[Daniel Edge]] |"Solitary Nation," , |PBS Frontline and WGBH |- |International TV: |[[Jeremy Schaap]], [[Beein Gim]], [[Andy Tennant]], [[Michael Baltierra]], and [[Tim Horgan]] |"Qatar's World Cup," |ESPN E:60 |} ;2016 The 48th annual award winners:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rfkhumanrights.org/about/people|title=Who We Are|last=Rights|first=Robert F. Kennedy Human|website=Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- |High School Broadcast |Becca Kristofferson, Jacob Jaeger, Dylan Goodman, and Seamus Levin, |“The Jellybean Jar of Life: Nick’s Story,” | Mexico High School, Missouri |- |High School Print |Anthony Kristensen |“What One Family Can Never Forget,” |North Star, Francis Howell North High School, Missouri |- |College Journalism |Depth Reporting Class |“Land of Broken Promises,” |Meek School of Journalism and New Media, University of Mississippi |- |Domestic Print |[[Jessica Silver-Greenberg]], [[Michael Corkery]], [[Robert Gebeloff]], and [[Christine Kay]] |“Beware the Fine Print,” |The New York Times |- |International Print |[[Martha Mendoza]], [[Margie Mason]], [[Robin McDowell]], and [[Esther Htusan]] |“Seafood from Slaves,“ | The Associated Press |- |Domestic Photography |[[Matt Black (photographer)|Matt Black]] |“The Geography of Poverty,” | MSNBC |- |International Photography |[[Carolyn Cole]] |“Europe’s Migrant Crisis,” |Los Angeles Times |- |Radio |[[Daniel Zwerdling]] |“Injured Nurses,” |NPR News |- |New Media |[[Neela Banerjee]], [[John Cushman, Jr.]], [[David Hasemyer]], and [[Lisa Song]] |“Exxon: The Road Not Taken”, |InsideClimate News |- |Cartoon |[[Angelo Lopez]] |“Editorial Cartoons,” |Philippines Today |- |Domestic TV |[[Laura Poitras]] |“Citizenfour,” | HBO |- |International TV |[[Edward Watts]], [[Raney Aronson]], [[John Bredar]], [[Andrew Metz]], and [[Evan Williams (journalist)|Evan Williams]] |“Escaping Isis,” | FRONTLINE/WGHB |} ;2017 The 49th annual award winners:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rfkhumanrights.org/news/news/announcing-2017-robert-f-kennedy-journalism-awards-winners/|title={{!}} Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights|date=2018-03-02|access-date=2018-03-15|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302044728/https://rfkhumanrights.org/news/news/announcing-2017-robert-f-kennedy-journalism-awards-winners/|archivedate=2018-03-02}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- |High School Broadcast |Josh Horned, Chloe Durham and Rachel Pfeifer |“A Whole New World,” |HTV Magazine, Hillcrest High School, Springfield, Missouri |- |High School Print |Anthony Kristensen |“A Ball, A Team, A War and a Dream,” |Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri |- |College Journalism |Amber Baesler, Lauren Brown-Hulme, Jake Crandall, Vanessa Daves, Matt Hanson, Calla Kessler, Alyssa Mae, Marcella Mercer, Natasha Rausch, James Wooldridge |“Wounds of White Clay: Nebraska’s Shameful Legacy,” |University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska |- |Print - Domestic |[[Josh Salman]], [[Emily le Coz]] and [[Elizabeth Johnson (journalist)|Elizabeth Johnson]] |“Bias on the Bench,” |Sarasota Herald Tribune, Florida |- |Print - International | [[Ben Taub (journalist)|Ben Taub]] |“The Assad Files,” |The New Yorker |- |Photography - Domestic |[[Laurie Skrivan]] |“Toxic Stress: A Cycle of Poverty and Gun Violence,” |St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri |- |Photography - International |[[Daniella Zalcman]] |“Signs of Your Identity,” |Various Publications |- |Radio |[[Fernanda Echávarri]], [[Marlon Bishop]] and [[Maria Hinojosa]] |“The Strange Death of José de Jesús,” |Latino USA |- |New Media |Univision News Digital |“Vacation in No Man’s Sea,” | |- |Cartoon |[[Mike Thompson (cartoonist)|Mike Thompson]] |“The Flint Water Scandal,” |Detroit Free Press |- |TV - Domestic |Executive Producer [[Keith Summa]]; Senior Producer: [[Nina Alvarez]]; Producer: [[Alissa Figueroa]]; Associate Producer: [[Alcione Gonzales]]; Correspondent: [[Natasha Del Toro]]; Supervising Producer: [[Justine Gubar]] |“The Naked Truth: Rigged,” |Fusion |- |TV - International |produced and directed by [[Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy]] |“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness,” |HBO |- |Media Advocacy Award |[[Bill Moyers]] Executive Editor -- Bill Moyers. Executive Producer -- [[Judy Doctoroff O’Neill]] Producers -- by [[Marc Levin]], [[Mark Benjamin]], and [[Rolake Bamgbose]] |“Rikers” |Schumann Media Center and Brick City TV in association with Public Square Media |} ;2018 The 50th annual award winners:<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burns |first1=Max |title=Full List: 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Award Winners |url=https://rfkhumanrights.org/news/2018-book-and-journalism-winners |publisher=Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights |accessdate=16 October 2018}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Name ! Title ! Organization |- |High School Broadcast |Jessie Nguyen, Carlin Bills, and Surya Hendry |“I Wasn't Comfortable: Being a Student of Color in Garfield High's Advanced Classes” |''KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio'' |- |High School Print |Sarah Zimmerman |“One Incredible Goal” |Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri |- |College Journalism |Mark Boyle, Quanny Carr, Michael Errigo, Abby Mergenmeier, Jenna Milliner-Waddell, John Powers, Talia Richman, Jacob Taylor, Naema Ahmed, Ana Hurler, Helen Lyons, and Daniel Trielli |“Home Sick” |''Capital News Service and Baltimore Urban Affairs Reporting Class'' |- |Print - Domestic |[[Jodi Kantor]], [[Megan Twohey]], [[Emily Steel]], [[Michael S. Schmidt]], [[Susan Chira]], Catrin Einhorn, Katie Benner, [[Rachel Abrams]], Ellen Gabler, Susan Dominus, [[Jim Rutenberg]], Steve Eder, Melena Ryzik, and Cara Buckley |“Harassed” |''The New York Times'' |- |Print - International |Todd Pitman, Kristen Gelineau, Robin McDowell, Esther Htusan, Muneeza Naqvi, Maye-E Wong, Rishabh Raj Jain, Bernat Armangue, Gemunu Amarasinghe, and Dar Yasin |“Rohingya Exodus” |''Associated Press'' (with support of The Pulitzer Center) |- |Photography - Domestic |[[Matt Black (photographer)|Matt Black]] |“Maria's Bodies” |''New York Magazine'' |- |Photography - International |Michael Robinson Chavez, Joshua Partlow, Nick Kirpatrick, and [[MaryAnne Golon]] |“Mexico's Misery” |''The Washington Post'' |- |Radio |Pat Duggins, Stan Ingold, and Alex AuBuchon |“Help Wanted: Alabama's Rural Health Care Crisis” |''Alabama Public Radio'' |- |New Media |[[Ty McCormick]], Nichole Sobecki, Peter Tinti, [[Jill Filipovic]], Cameron Abadi and staff |“Europe Slams its Gates” |''Foreign Policy'' |- |Cartoon |[[Ruben Bolling]], Andrews McMeel Syndication, Boing Boing, Daily Kos, and GoComics |“Tom the Dancing Bug” |''Syndicated by Andrews McMeel Syndication'' |- |TV - Domestic |[[John Ridley]], Jeanmarie Condon, Fatima Curry, Melia Patria, and Colin Rich |“Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992” |''ABC News, Lincoln Square Productions'' |- |TV - International |[[Ramita Navai]], Paddy Wells, Raney Aronson, Dan Edge, Andrew Metz, Eamonn Matthews, Monica Garnsey, Mais Al-Bayaa, Natalie Triebwasser, John Moratiel, Ella Newton, and Steve Audette |“Iraq Uncovered” |''FRONTLINE in association with Channel 4'' |} ==References== <references /> ==External links== *[http://rfkcenter.org/journalism-awards-stati-uniti-10?view=article&lang=en&option=com_content&id=874 Official website] {{Robert F. 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