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2021 American Mosaic Journalism Prize Awarded to David Dennis, Jr. and Michelle García
2020 American Mosaic Journalism Prize Awarded to Rebecca Nagle and Darcy Courteau
2019 American Mosaic Journalism Prize Awarded to Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah and Abe Streep
2018 American Mosaic Journalism Prize Awarded to Jaeah Lee and Valeria Fernández
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Prize winner Rebecca Nagle is a 2021 WMC Exceptional Journalism Award Honoree
Women’s Media Canter December 16, 2021
Prize winner Jaeah Lee’s “He stole a rug and a car. Why did he spend 25 years bouncing between prison and parole?”
The Economist November 29, 2021
Prize winner Jaeah Lee’s “Why Was Vicha Ratanapakdee Killed?”
The New York Times Magazine August 17, 2021
Prize Recipient David Dennis, Jr. Named to the 2021 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards Shortlist
Columbia Journalism School February 25, 2021
2 Journalists Win Prizes for Work on Underrepresented People
AP News February 5, 2021
A Morehouse Professor Has Been Awarded One Of The Largest Prizes In Journalism
HBCU Buzz February17, 2021
Celebrating Blackness: David Dennis Jr. Wins 2021 American Mosaic Journalism Prize
Mississippi Free Press February10, 2021
2 Journalists Win Prizes for Work on Underrepresented People
ABC News February 5, 2021
David Dennis Jr. ’08 Wins 2021 American Mosaic Journalism Prize
Davidson College February 5, 2021
Two Freelance Journalists Awarded $100,000 Each for Elevating Stories of Black Americans, Immigrant Families
Official Press Release February 5, 2021
Prize Recipient Jaeah Lee’s “The Courts Beat”
Columbia Journalism Review February 2, 2021
Prize Winner Valeria Fernández’s “How the Asylum Process Became Another Carceral Matrix”
70 Million October 4, 2020
Prize Winner Rebecca Nagle’s “Trump Will Stand Atop a Land of Tragedies”
The Atlantic June 19, 2020
Prize Winner Valeria Fernández’s “A Moment On The Farm”
Latino USA May 29, 2020
Prize Winner Rebecca Nagle’s “Oklahoma’s Suspect Argument in Front of the Supreme Court”
The Atlantic May 8, 2020
Prize Winner Rebecca Nagle’s “The US Has Neglected Indian Country for Years. Now Comes a Pandemic”
VICE Mach 27, 2020
Cherokee journalist wins $100,000 prize
Tulsa World February 5, 2020
Top journalist focuses on sovereignty, ICWA
Tahlequah Daily Press March 3, 2020
A Prize That Boosts Freelance Journalists
The Chronicle of Philanthropy March 3, 2020
PAPER TRAILS: Journalist from state takes prize
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette February 9, 2020
Cherokee author awarded $100,000 for journalism excellence
Indian Country Today February 6, 2020
Two Freelance Journalists Awarded $100,000 for Reporting on Overlooked Communities in the U.S.
Official Press Release February 5, 2020
Prize Winner Valeria Fernández’s “She raised her niece like a daughter. Then the US government separated them at the border.”
The Guardian October 25, 2019
Prize Winner Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah talks to NPR on the legacy of Toni Morrison
NPR August 7, 2019
Prize Winner Valeria Fernández’s “The Young Hands That Feed Us”
Pacific Standard July 9, 2019
Alumna Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah ’11 Receives American Mosaic Journalism Prize
Columbia University School of the Arts February 13, 2019
Big journalism winners
Poynter February 5, 2019
Reporter on Missoula refugee family, Arlee Warrior movement nets $100,000 prize
Missoulian February 5, 2019
SF writer wins $100,000 American Mosaic Journalism Prize
Albuquerque Journal February 5, 2019
A Journalism Golden Age? Not Just Yet: Behind a Funder’s Critical Support for Freelancers
Inside Philanthropy February 22, 2018
2018 Annual Conference Featuring the American Mosaic Journalism Prize Winners
Northern California Grantmakers January 25, 2018
Valeria Fernández y Jaeah Lee, Premio periodístico Mosaico Estadunidense (Spanish)
Radio Bilingüe January 24, 2018
Local journalist wins the first American Mosaic Journalism Prize (Video)
Arizona PBS January 24, 2018
Freelance Writers Win New $100,000 Journalism Prize
New York Times January 24, 2018
New Journalism Competition Awards $100,000 Each to its First Two Winners
The Chronicle of Philanthropy January 24, 2018
Radio Bilingüe interview with Valeria Fernandez (Audio; Spanish)
Radio Bilingüe January 25, 2018
Two Freelance Writers Win New Journalism Prize in California
Washington Post January 24, 2018
Prize Winner Abe Streep’s “How Violent Cops Stay in Law Enforcement”
The New Yorker May 21, 2021
Morehouse Visiting Professor of Journalism and Leadership Studies awarded $100,000 American Mosaic Journalism Prize
The Atlanta Voice February 17, 2021
2 Journalists Win Prizes for Work on Underrepresented People
The Washington Post February 5, 2021
South Texas native Michelle Garcia won 2021 American Mosaic Journalism Prize
Alice Echo-News Journal February 5, 2021
2 Journalists Win Prizes for Work on Underrepresented People
Miami Herald February 5, 2021
2 Each Get $100K for Writing on Underrepresented
Journal-isms / Richard Prince February 5, 2021
Morehouse Visiting Professor of Journalism David Dennis, Jr. Awarded the $100,000 American Mosaic Journalism Prize
Inside / Morehouse College February 5, 2021
2 Journalists Win Prizes for Work on Underrepresented People
US News February 5, 2021
Prize Winner Valeria Fernández selected as 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellow
Nieman Foundation December 1, 2020
Prize Winner Abe Streep’s “Bullock, Daines, and a purple state’s growing pains”
Montana Free Press October 27, 2020
Prize Winner Rebecca Nagle on What A Supreme Court Ruling Means For Native Americans And Oklahoma
NPR’s All Things Considered July 9, 2020
Prize Winner Abe Streep’s “An American Jobs Crisis with Few Reporters to Cover It”
New York Times May 27, 2020
Prize Winner Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah Lands Two-Volume Book Deal with Random House
Publishers Weekly May 22, 2020
Prize Winner Rebecca Nagle’s “Native Americans being left out of US coronavirus data and labelled as ‘other'”
The Guardian April 24, 2020
Awards—Rebecca Nagle and Darcy Courteau
Women Rule, Politico February 7, 2020
Ozarks Native Receives Prize for Work Documenting Marginalized Communities (audio)
KUAF—NPR February 6, 2020
“Humanize the World.” Cultivating Empathy is a Key Goal for This Journalism Funder
Inside Philanthropy February 27, 2020
Tahlequah freelancer wins journalism prize
Tahlequah Daily Press February 6, 2020
Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle wins prize for work on Indian law case
Indianz.com February 6, 2020
Rebecca Nagle and the Podcast ‘This Land’
Daily Yonder February 5, 2020
Freelancers, a Cherokee and an Ozarker, win $100,000 for journalism about Native Americans and a migrant’s journey
The Rural Blog February 5, 2020
Freelance journalists Rebecca Nagle and Darcy Courteau are the recipients of the 2020 American Mosaic Journalism Prize
Journal-isms: The news column on diversity issues in the news media February 9, 2020
Cherokee journalist brings Native issues to national stage
Cherokee Phoenix February 25, 2020
Prize Winner Jaeah Lee awarded 2018-19 Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize
Labor Arts October 16, 2019
Going to the 2018 Mayborn Conference? Don’t miss these highlights
Dallas News July 11, 2018
Alumnus Streep wins $100,000 Journalism Prize
The Middlebury Campus March 7, 2019
Freelance Journalists Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah and Abe Streep Named 2019 Recipients of the American Mosaic Journalism Prize
Official Press Release February 5, 2019
NewsHour: Segment on American Mosaic Journalism Prize Winners (Video)
PBS NewsHour February 5, 2019
FIRST IN MORNING MEDIA: Freelance journalists Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah and Abe Streep have won the American Mosaic Journalism Prize
Politico February 5, 2019
Freelance Journalists Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah and Abe Streep Named 2019 Recipients of the American Mosaic Journalism Prize
Associated Press February 5, 2019
NYU Alumna Wins $100,000 Journalism Prize
Washington Square News February 1, 2018
Meet the Inaugural Recipients of the American Mosaic Journalism Prize
The Beat January 25, 2018
There’s a new award for freelancers (and it comes with $100,000)
Poynter January 24, 2018
Valeria Fernández wins inaugural American Mosaic Journalism Prize
Arizona State University January 24, 2018
New Times Contributor Valeria Fernández Wins $100,000 Journalism Prize
Phoenix New Times January 24, 2018
Univision interview with Valeria Fernández (Video; Spanish)
Noticias Arizona January 25, 2018
Freelance Journalists Jaeah Lee and Valeria Fernández Each Receive $100,000 Inaugural American Mosaic Journalism Prize
Official Press Release January 24, 2018