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The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks nominations for the 2026 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics.
Now in its 17th year, the Shadid Award recognizes ethical decisions in reporting stories in any medium, including print, broadcast and digital, by journalists working for established news organizations or publishing independently.
Deadline for nominations is Thursday, January 15, 2025.
Each news organizations can submit up to two nominations.
The Shadid Award includes a $10,000 prize and travel expenses to accept the award and discuss the reporting at an awards ceremony held in Washington, DC on April 20, 2026.
The Shadid Award is different from other journalism prizes in that it seeks to recognize the difficult, behind-the-scenes decisions reporters make in pursuing high-impact stories and in fulfilling their ethical obligations to sources, to people caught up in news events, and to the public at large.
“The prize recognizes the difficult ethical decisions journalists face when producing stories that necessarily affect the people and communities they report on, their readers, and even themselves,” says Kathryn McGarr, chair of the judging committee. “We are pleased to be able to honor the memory of Anthony Shadid by highlighting work that is made with such care for its consequences.”
Recent winners of the award include:
- 2025: Hannah Furfaro, Lauren Frohne, Ivy Ceballo, The Seattle Times
- 2024: Jon Schuppe, Mike Hixenbaugh, Rich Schapiro, NBC News
- 2023: Mystyslav Chernov, Lori Hinnant, Evgeniy Maloletka, Vasilisa Stepanenko, Associated Press
- 2022: Jessica Contrera, Washington Post
- 2021: Margie Mason and Robin McDowell, Associated Press