Jessica Contrera of The Washington Post is the winner of the 2022 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics, the Center for Journalism Ethics at UW-Madison announced Tuesday.
Contrera earned the award for her stories on child sex trafficking in the U.S. She will accept the award May 17 during a ceremony at the University Club in New York City. The ceremony also will include a conversation on journalism ethics with NBC’s Lester Holt and award-winning journalist and author David Maraniss.
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The other 2022 finalists were:
- Ali Fowle, Drew Ambrose, Aun Qi Koh, Andy Mees, David Boyle, Jenni Henderson, Nick Olle, Liz Gooch and Sharon Roobol; Al Jazeera (101 East).
- A.J. Lagoe, Brandon Stahl, Steve Eckert, Gary Knox; KARE 11, Minneapolis.
- Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen, Paul Kiel, Justin Elliott, James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Robert Faturechi, Ellis Simani, Doris Burke, Agnes Chang and Lucas Waldron; ProPublica.
The Shadid Award is named for UW-Madison journalism alumnus Anthony Shadid, who died in February 2012 while reporting in Syria. The award honors journalists who exhibit a strong commitment to ethical journalism by acting with integrity, honoring ethical principles in their reporting or resisting pressure to compromise ethical principles.
