2011 Award Sponsors and Judges

HAL BOYLE AWARD
John Schidlovsky, International Reporting Project (IRP);
Tony Barbieri, Penn State University; Alexis Gelber, New York University Carter Journalism Institute; Tara McKelvey, Guggenheim Fellow; Douglas Struck, Emerson CollegeWALEK & ASSOCIATES
BOB CONSIDINE AWARD

Robert Friedman, Bloomberg; Richard Behar, Forbes; Anya Stiglitz, Columbia University School of International& Public Affairs (SIPA), Vivienne Walt, TimeTIME
ROBERT CAPA GOLD MEDAL

NEWSWEEK
OLIVIER REBBOT AWARD

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
JOHN FABER AWARD

CYMA RUBIN – BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Judges for all 4 Photography Awards:
Santiago Lyon, The Associated Press; Pancho Bernasconi,
Getty Images; Robert Nickelsberg, freelance
photographer; Michele McNally, The New York Times;
Robert Pledge, Contact Press Images; Kira Pollack, Time; Jamie Wellford, Newsweek
*Judges in the 4 previous photography categories recused themselves if their agency or media organization were in the final selection.

LOWELL THOMAS AWARD
Toni Reinhold, Reuters; Robert Dieterich, Bloomberg

VERIZON
DAVID KAPLAN AWARD
Emily S. Murray, freelance television producer; Elizabeth Koraca, Reuters TV; Rita Cosby, CBS and
WOR Radio

CBS
EDWARD R. MURROW AWARD
Bob Ivry, Bloomberg; Margaret K. Collins, Bloomberg; Rick Levinson, Bloomberg; Rob Urban, Bloomberg

FORD MOTOR COMPANY
ED CUNNINGHAM AWARD
Jane Ciabattari, The Daily Beast; John Freeman, Granta; Joel Whitney, Guernica

THOMAS NAST AWARD
Bob Sullivan, freelance journalist; Marcy McGinnis,
Stony Brook University School of Journalism; James
Mulvaney, John Jay College, CUNY; Abigail Pesta, Newsweek/The Daily Beast

MARK LEMCKE
MORTON FRANK AWARD

Allan Dodds Frank, Newsweek / The Daily Beast; Walt
Bogdanich, The New York Times; Richard Greenberg, NBC News

FORBES MAGAZINE
MALCOLM FORBES AWARD
William J. Holstein, business journalist/author; Lisa Anderson, Thomson Reuters Foundation; Pete Engardio,
The Boston Consulting Group; Alex Taylor, Fortune

A SUPPORTER OF THE OPC
CARL SPIELVOGEL AWARD
David A. Andelman, World Policy Journal; John Martin,
Writer/Editor; Sanford Socolow, CBS Evening News
(retired) CORNELIUS RYAN AWARD
Abi Wright, Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards; Irwin Arieff, Reuters (retired), Paul Brandus,
West Wing Report; Neil Hickey, Columbia Graduate
School of Journalism; Bruce Shapiro, Dart CenterMADELINE DANE ROSS AWARD
Mark Seibel, McClatchy Newspapers; Douglas Jehl, The Washington Post; Lindsay Krasnoff, U.S. State
Department

SUPPORTERS OF THE OPC
DAVID A. ANDELDMAN and PAMELA TITLE AWARD
Jacqueline Albert-Simon, Politique Internationale; John Daniszewski, The Associated Press; Dorinda
Elliott, Conde Nast Traveler

PHILIP DINE
JOE and LAURIE DINE AWARD

Steve Adler, Thomson Reuters; Rose Brady, freelance writer/editor; Jonathan Dahl, Smart Money;
Emma Daly, Human Rights Watch; Missie Rennie, freelance journalist

PAUL BRANDUS / WEST WING REPORT
WHITMAN BASSOW AWARD
David Biello, Scientific American; Kambiz Foroohar, Bloomberg Markets; Ben Patrusky, Council for the
Advancement of Science Writing

SPONSORED BY DIDI HUNTER IN HONOR OF HER FATHER LESTER ZIFFREN
ROBERT SPIERS BENJAMIN AWARD
Marina Walker Guevara, International Consortium of
Investigative Journalists; Steve Dudley, Insight Crime
at American University; David E. Kaplan, Investigative
Journalist

GOOGLE
GENERAL EXCELLENCE ONLINE
Carl Sullivan, MSN.com; Rachael Larimore, Slate.com; Susanna Schrobsdorff, Time.com; Martha Stone,
World Newsmedia Network

BEST ONLINE COVERAGE OF BREAKING NEWS
Jennifer Ha, Freelance Journalist/Consultant; Blaire Briody, The Week; Adam Ellick, The New York Times;
Tim Smith, Fortune

BEST USE OF ONLINE MULTIMEDIA
Arlene Getz, Thomson Reuters; Jack Livings, Time Inc.; Yuval Rosenberg, The Fiscal Times

BEST ONLINE INVESTIGATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE OR EVENT
Kristina Shevory, Freelance Journalist; Tala Dowlatshahi,
Reporters Without Borders; Dafna Linzer,
ProPublica; Adam Pasick, New York Magazine

BEST USE OF ONLINE VIDEO
Arlyn Tobias Gajilan, Thomson Reuters; Nancy Blair,USA Today; Deidre Depke, Newsweek/The Daily Beast; Julie O’Neill, CNN; Rose Palazzolo, DiscoveryNews.com

BEST ONLINE COMMENTARY
Eddie Evans, Thomson Reuters; Jeffrey Cane, The New York Times; Heidi Moore, American Public
Media – Marketplace