The Center for Journalism Ethics at the UW-Madison is seeking nominations for the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. The nomination window will open Nov. 11, 2024, with the deadline for submissions being Jan. 15, 2025. Each news organization is limited to up to two nominations.
Now in its 16th 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.
The Shadid Award includes a $5,000 prize and travel expenses to accept the award and discuss the reporting at an awards ceremony held in Washington, DC on April 9, 2025.
Different from other journalism prizes, the Shadid Award recognizes 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 2025 Judging Committee includes J. Peter Burgess, Robert Gebeloff, Jill Geisler, Mike Gousha, Carrie Johnson, Manu Raju and Chuck Stokes and will be chaired by Kathryn McGarr.
“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,” McGarr said about the award. “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.”
