Maria Moors Cabot prize

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The Maria Moors Cabot Prizes are the oldest international awards in the field of journalism. They recognize distinguished journalistic contributions to inter-American understanding.

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[edit] Award

The prizes are awarded annually since 1939 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York on recommendation of the dean of the Graduate School of Journalism and the Cabot Prize Board, which is composed of journalists and educators concerned with hemisphere affairs.

[edit] Recipients

Three to four medalists from the United States, Latin America, and Canada are selected each year. Prize winners receive the Cabot medal and a $5,000 honorarium, plus travel expenses to New York City and hotel accommodations for the presentation ceremony. Medalists' news organizations receive a bronze plaque.

[edit] Criteria

The Cabot Prize Board and the dean look for exceptional reporting and evidence of commitment to important stories over the course of a long and distinguished career. They are particularly interested in hearing about journalists and news organizations that have made a sustained and distinguished contribution to inter-American understanding through their coverage of the Americas. The Board and the dean are also interested in honoring those journalists who have taken an active role in upholding freedom of the press in the Americas. Although awards have been made to publishers and other managerial personnel, the Board is particularly interested in individual journalists.

In making a nomination, presentations should include representative clippings, copies of books, broadcast tapes, and other pertinent material, as well as the nomination form. Letters explaining why the nominee is especially deserving are also welcome.

[edit] Ceremony

The winners are chosen in May, and the prizes are presented by the President of Columbia University at an awards ceremony in the fall.

[edit] Prize winners

2007
  • Alfredo Corchado, Mexico
  • José Vales, Mexico
  • Maria Teresa Ronderos, Colombia
  • Gary Marx
2006
2005
  • Miriam Leitão, Brazil
  • Tim Padgett
  • Mabel Rehnfeldt, Paraguay
  • S. Lynne Walker
  • La Nación, Costa Rica
2004
2003
  • João Antônio Barros, Brazil
  • Raúl Kraiselburd, Argentina
  • Mac Margolis
  • Michael Reid
  • Sociedad de Periodistas Manuel Márquez Sterling, Cuba
2002
  • David C. Adams
  • Sergio Luis Carreras, Argentina
  • Michele Montas-Dominique, Haiti
  • Robert J. Rivard
2001
  • Monica Gonzalez
  • Jorge Ramos, United States
  • Clovis Rossi, Brazil
  • Sebastian R. Rotella, United States
2000
1999
  • James McClatchy, United States
  • Raúl Rivero, Cuba
  • Linda Robinson, United States
  • Juan Tamayo, United States
  • Jorge Zepeda Patterson, Mexico
1998
1994
  • Susan Meiseles, United States
1993
1990
1987
1982
1981
1980
  • Alan Riding, USA
1977
1972
1971
  • Julio Scherer García, Mexico
  • Juan Carlos Colombres (Landrú) , Argentina
1969
1967
  • Ramón J. Velásquez, Venezuela
1961
1958
1956
1956
  • Robert J. Noble, Argentina
1954
  • Gabriel Cano, Colombia
1953
1952
1947
1944
1941
1940
  • Agustín Edwards, Chile
  • James Irving Miller, USA
  • Enrique Santos Montejo, Colombia
  • Rafael Heliodoro Valle, Honduras
1939
  • Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra, Perú

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