THE 2016 FRONT PAGE AWARDS
November 10, 2016
An expose of conditions in New York’s prison system, an investigation into the quest for women’s rights in Afghanistan and the NYPD’s controversial use of a little-known law to evict primarily minority families from their homes are among the weighty social issues brought to light by this year's Front Page Award winners. The Front Page Awards, presented by the Newswomen's Club of New York, honor journalistic excellence by newswomen in newspapers, television, wire services, photography, online, magazines and radio.
As in past years, the ceremony will take place at The Down Town Association, one of New York's oldest private social clubs housed in a landmark romanesque revival building in the financial district.
ONLINE
Digital Video
Iris Xu, Neha Shastry, Anne Garrett, VICE News “India’s Mental Health Crisis”
Blogs
Feature
Melissa Jeltsen, Huffington Post - “This Is Not A Love Story”
Multimedia News Package
Mattie Kahn and LaToya Ruby Frazier, ELLE.com - “Flint is Family”
WIRES
In-Depth Reporting
Selam Gebrekidan, Reuters - “The Migrantion Machine”
Spot News
Christie Smythe and Keri Geiger, Bloomberg “Shkreli, Drug Price Gouger, Denies Fraud and Posts Bail”
Feature
Colleen Long, The Associated Press “Babies Behind Bars: Should moms do time with their newborns?”
Beat Reporting
Katya Kazakina, Bloomberg - Coverage of Auction Houses
NEWSPAPERS
Beat Reporting
Nina Bernstein, The New York Times “Unearthing the Secrets of New York’s Mass Graves”
In-Depth Reporting
Jessica Silver-Greenberg, The New York Times -“Beware the Fine Print” Part I, Part II, Part III
Feature
Rachel Swarns, The New York Times "272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants?”
The Nellie Bly Award for Best Bylined Front Page Story
Sandra Peddie, Newsday - “Judges and the Walsh Machine”
PHOTOGRAPHY
BREAKING NEWS: Debbie Egan-Chin, New York Daily News - “Deadly Beach Day”
SPORTS - Julie Jacobson, The Associated Press "Wrestling Champ"
Photo Essay
Alejandra Villa, Newsday “Chefs of New York City”
Photography Feature -Annie Leibovitz, Vanity Fair - Hollywood Portfolio 2016
Feature Photo - Susan Watts, New York Daily News “Solitary Prayer at Ground Zero”
RADIO
Feature
Carole Zimmer, WFUV.org -“Honoring the Path of the Warrior”
In-Depth
Mirela Iverac, WNYC - “The Long Way Home”
TELEVISION
Feature
Juju Chang, Katie Yu, Roxanna Sherwood ABC News/Nightline - “One Day with Dad"
Interview
Diane Sawyer, Margaret Dawson, Tess Scott, Claire Weinraub, Mary Kate Burke, Christina Ng, Lauren Pearle, Caitlyn Goodhue, Maggie Hopf Emily Whipp ABC NEWS - “Silence Broken: A Mother’s Reckoning – Diane Sawyer Reporting”
Special Reporting
Hailey Gates, Charlet Duboc, Meher Ahmad, Nomi Leidner, VICELAND - “States of Undress”
Documentary
Isobel Yeung, Alyse Walsh, Paula Salhany, VICE on HBO - “Afghan Women’s Rights”
MAGAZINES
SPECIALIZED REPORTING
Business Reporting
Editorial Writing
Medicine/Health/Fitness
Amanda Robb, Caitlin Moscatello, Cosmopolitan- “How to Get a Safe Abortion”
The Martha Coman Award for Best New Journalist
Stav Ziv, Newsweek
"China's One-Child Policy and American Adoptees"
"'A Beautiful Planet' Whisks Viewers to Space for 45 Minutes"
Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year
Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker
"Home Free - How a New York State Prisoner Became a Jailhouse Lawyer, and Changed the System"
"The Jailhouse Lawyer Derrick Hamilton's Role in the Reversal of a Murder Conviction"
The Marie Colvin Front Page Award for Foreign Correspondence
Sabra Ayres, Freelance
Al Jazeera - "In a Struggling Balkan Community, Smuggling is Good Business"
Al Jazeera - "'Everybody is Leaving Afghanistan': Refugees Flee Increasing Violence"
Los Angeles Times - "Belarus Election: Alexander Lukashenko Will Win, But By How Much?"
The Front Page Award for Lifetime Achievement
Kathleen Carroll, The Associated Press