Awards

Humanitarian Award

The Humanitarian Award is presented to an individual for playing a key role in the saving of lives or in rescue situations.

2021
No award

2020
Alex Garland

2019
Gleb Garanich

2018
Rodrigo Abd
Kathleen Flynn

2017
Patrick Fallon
Dar Yasin

2016
Gabriel Green

2015
Donna Ferrato

2014
Al Diaz
Michael Laughlin
Mark Wetzel

2013
Sebastian Junger

2012
Julia Xanthos
Josh Meltzer

2011
John David Mercer
Swikar Patel

2010
Kim Komenich

2008
Jim Foster
Steve Mraz

2007
New Orleans Times-Picayune "Muckrakers"

2006
Robert Stridiron
Dwight Nixon
Jon Burkett

2005
Tim Horstman, WBBM-TV, Chicago

2004
Keith Johnson & Mark Reece, Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City

2003
Sanjay Gupta, CNN

2002
Todd M. Maisel, New York Daily News
Roby Chavez & Jeff Burton, WSB-TV, Atlanta

2001
Ken Bizzigotti, Freelance, Poughkeepsie, NY
Burr Lewis, Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester

2000
Michael Ellis, WJCL-TV, Savannah, GA
Joe Gregory, WKRN-TV, Nashville

1999
Brad Armstrong, The Tribune, Mesa, AZ
John Barlow, WTSP-TV, Tampa-St Petersburg, FL
Jarold Lee, WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL
LaFonzo Rachel, The Sun, San Bernardino, CA

1994
Michael McCarter, Pensacola News Journal

1993
Rick Collins, Chilliwick (B.C.) Progress

1990
Steven A. Smedley, Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL

1989
James Glasscock, WINK-TV, Ft. Myers, FL
Leo Hetzel, Press Telegram, Long Beach, CA

1988
Byron Alperstein, Los Angeles News Service
Carl Finchum, WISH-TV, Indianapolis
Gene Giese, Oneida (N.Y.) Daily Dispatch
Craig Scherer, KUSA-TV, Denver
Bob Tur, Los Angeles News Service

1987
Lee R. Berger, WTOC-TV, Savannah
Pat Brammell, WXFL-TV, Tampa
Burt Crismore, Mountain Democrat
Michael Heller, New Mexican, Santa Fe
Karen Mitchell, Times-Union Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester
Patrick Murphy-Racey, Milwaukee Journal
Steven Smaldon (freelance, Long Island, NY)

1986
Hal Goldenberg, New York Post
James Webb, WXFL-TV, Tampa

1985
Michael Coers, Courier-Journal and Times, Louisville
John Doman, St Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch
Tim Koors, Phoenix Gazette