Columbia Journalism Award
Voted on by the Columbia Journalism School faculty, this award was established in 1958 and is presented each year at commencement.
The Columbia Journalism Award is given in recognition of exceptional journalistic performance and voted by the faculty “for singular journalistic performance in the public interest.” It is presented annually to someone of overarching accomplishment and distinguished service to journalism.
Recipients of the Columbia Journalism Award
- 2023 - Christiane Amanpour
- 2002 ‐ Paul Steiger
- 1982 ‐ Edward Barrett
- 2022 - Kathy Gannon
- 2001 ‐ Joe Lelyveld
- 1981 ‐ Walter E. (Red) Smith
- 2021 - Martin "Marty" Baron
- 2000 ‐ Pete Hamill
- 1980 ‐ Tom Wolfe
- 2020 - Julie Brown
- 1999 ‐ Joan Didion
- 1979 ‐ Theodore H. White
- 2019 - Maria Ressa
- 1998 ‐ Carl Rowan
- 1978 ‐ Charles Peters
- 2018 - Ira Glass
- 1997 ‐ Walter Cronkite
- 1977 ‐ Pamela Mendels
- 2017 - Ta-Nehisi Coates
- 1996 ‐ Gene Roberts
- 1976 ‐ A.H. Raskin
- 2016 ‐ Lyse Doucet
- 1995 ‐ Charles Kuralt
- 1975 ‐ William Shawn
- 2015 ‐ Nina Totenberg
- 1994 ‐ David Laventhol
- 1974 ‐ John H. Johnson
- 2014 ‐ Alan Rusbridger
- 1993 ‐ The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
- 1973 ‐ Katharine Graham
- 2013 ‐ Errol Morris
- 1992 ‐ Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
- 1972 ‐ Neil Sheehan
- 2012 ‐ Katherine Boo
- 1991 ‐ Peter Arnett
- 1971 ‐ I.F. Stone
- 2011 ‐ Al Jazeera English
- 1990 ‐ Robert C. Maynard
- 1967 ‐ Edgar B. Stern, Jr.
- 2010 ‐ Gail Collins
- 1989 ‐ Neil Sheehan
- 1964 ‐ Fred Friendly
- 2009 ‐ Alejandro Junco de la Vega
- 1988 ‐ Louis D. Boccardi
- 1963 ‐ Citation to Theodore Kheel
- 2008 ‐ Terry Gross
- 1987 ‐ The Honorable John E. Moss
- 1962 ‐ Erwin Canham
- 2007 ‐ Ben Bradlee
- 1986 ‐ William L. Shirer
- 1961 ‐ Bernard Kilgore
- 2006 ‐ Jim Amoss
- 1985 ‐ Helen Thomas
- 1960 ‐ Mark Ethridge
- 2005 ‐ David Halberstam
- 1984 ‐ Frank McCulloch
- 1959 ‐ Arthur Hays Sulzberger
- 2004 ‐ David Fanning
- 1983 ‐ Morton Mintz
- 1958 ‐ J.N. Heiskell
- 2003 ‐ Seymour Hersh