2008 WHCA JOURNALISM AWARDS THE MERRIMAN SMITH MEMORIAL AWARD The Merriman Smith Memorial Award ($2,500 each) recognizes presidential news coverage under deadline pressure, with separate awards for print and broadcast journalists. Learn More Winner-print: Deb Riechmann of the Associated Press. Deb Riechmann, who also received a Merriman Smith award in 2006, won for her reporting on President Bush’s surprise visit to Baghdad in September 2007. The judges praised her “solid reporting…under the gun to make the very tight deadlines” and her judgment in recognizing the import of the president’s remarks about doing the job with fewer troops. Read the Winning Entry Winner–broadcast: … Continue reading 2008 Award Winners