Date and Time:
Tuesday, March 26, 4:30 - 6 p.m.Location:
First Amendment Forum, second floor
555. N Central Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85004
The Cronkite School will host the Shaufler Prize in Journalism reception on March 26. The Shaufler Prize in Journalism was established in 2021 by Paul Anderson, principal & CEO of Workhouse Media, based in Seattle. Paul’s gift and creation of this national contest is in honor of his late friend, Ed Shaufler, who passed away in 2020. Paul and Ed shared a mutual and deep appreciation for the written word, particularly long-form journalism that tells the stories of underrepresented people in society. It is in that spirit that this contest, which is now in its third year, provides a national spotlight for the best journalism and journalists advancing the understanding of stories and issues related to underrepresented communities.
This month’s event will feature a catered reception in the First Amendment Forum, followed by an awards presentation with remarks from Paul Anderson and an in-person panel discussion with this year’s winners and representatives from winning newsrooms, including:
- 1st Place – Hannah Dreier of The New York Times, awarded first place for “Alone and Exploited,” a powerful and comprehensive examination of the resurgence of child labor in the United States.
- 2nd Place – Courtney Tanner of The Salt Lake Tribune, second-place winner for her piece “Failing the Utes,” which explores how children from the Ute tribe – which gave Utah its name – perform poorly in school as measured by dropout rates, graduation rates and testing proficiency.
- 3rd Place – Rommel H. Ojeda and John Upton from the Documented, Climate Central and Pulitzer Center team, third-place winner for “Surviving the Water: New York City’s Flooding Crisis in the Age of Climate Change.”
- Student Category — The NYCity News Service at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York for “Hard Lessons,” an examination of the new, long-term challenges raised by COVID and other challenges in New York schools.
Please join our special guests and contest winners as we celebrate their important contributions to journalism. Click here to RSVP. You can also watch the event here.