2007 WHCA JOURNALISM AWARDS THE MERRIMAN SMITH AWARD The Merriman Smith Award ($2,500 each) recognizes presidential news coverage under deadline pressure, with separate awards for print and broadcast journalists. Learn More Winner–print: David Sanger, The New York Times  This deadline piece by David Sanger about North Korea’s testing of a nuclear device provided terrific context on a breaking news story. Sanger’s reporting was complete and multi-dimensional. He gave important background about the economic, political, and scientific impact of the test. The story broke late on a Sunday night. Sanger managed to have a page one story Monday morning that gave the … Continue reading 2007 Award Winners