We are happy to share information about a new award for White House reporting.
The Center for Integrity in News Reporting Award will be “for the most fair, impartial, objective news reporting that has the courage to not fear and the discipline to not favor.”
It will honor White House coverage by members of the WHCA. It will be sponsored and administered by the Arkansas-based Center for Integrity in News Reporting.
It comes with a prize of $25,000.
It will be presented at the WHCA annual dinner, along with the WHCA’’s own Journalism Awards. This is similar to the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability, which also is administered independently and presented at the WHCA dinner.
For more about the center or the award, www.cfinr.org and https://www.cfinr.org/awards-2025
You may submit your entries here: https://www.cfinr.org/awards-2025
NOTE: The deadline for submissions is now Feb. 15.
Any questions about the award should go to should go to Rufus Friday, Executive Director of the Center for Integrity In News Reporting. Reach him at rfriday@cfinr.org
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About the Center:
The Center for Integrity in News Reporting, based in Little Rock, was started by Walter Hussman, the publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, Arkansas, and chairman of WEHCO Media, Inc., which operates eleven daily newspapers and cable television companies across six states.
From the center’s website: “The Center for Integrity in News Reporting is dedicated to recognizing and awarding excellence in journalism that embodies impartiality, objectivity, and fairness. Our mission is to restore and maintain public trust in news reporting. We honor those who demonstrate these core values in their reporting.
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For any questions about the WHCA or its own awards, contact Executive Director Steve Thomma at director@whca.press