Groundbreaking reporting about the first year of President Trump’s second term dominated the winners of this year’s journalism awards from the White House Correspondents’ Association.
The reporting being honored included such subjects as the exercise of power in the White House, loyalty of civil servants to a new administration, a dramatic meeting in the Oval Office with the president of Ukraine, and the late Jeffrey Epstein.
This year’s awards honor work done in 2025, by journalists at the Associated Press, CNN, Getty Images and The Wall Street Journal
The awards will be presented at the WHCA Dinner in Washington on Saturday, April 25.
Also at the dinner, two independently administered awards will be presented, one for reporting that revealed Medicaid fraud in Minnesota; the other a series of stories by the New York Times.
The WHCA award winners:
THE ALDO BECKMAN AWARD FOR OVERALL EXCELLENCE IN WHITE HOUSE COVERAGE
The award for presidential news coverage recognizes a body of work covering the White House, by a correspondent who personifies the journalistic excellence as well as the personal qualities exemplified by Aldo Beckman, the award-winning correspondent of the Chicago Tribune and former WHCA president. There is a prize of $5,000.
The Award goes to
Josh Dawsey, The Wall Street Journal
See the winning coverage here.
THE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRESIDENTIAL NEWS COVERAGE UNDER DEADLINE PRESSURE
The Award honors presidential news coverage under deadline pressure. It is given in two categories: broadcast and print. Each includes a prize of $5,000.
The Award for print goes to
Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
See the winning coverage here.
The Award for broadcast goes to
Kaitlan Collins, CNN
See the winning coverage here.
THE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRESIDENTIAL NEWS COVERAGE BY VISUAL JOURNALISTS
The Award recognizes a video or photojournalist for uniquely covering the presidency from a journalistic standpoint, either at the White House or in the field. This could be breaking news, a scheduled event or feature coverage. It includes a prize of $5,000.
The Award goes to
Andrew Harnik, Getty Images
THE KATHARINE GRAHAM AWARD FOR COURAGE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
The award recognizes an individual or news gathering team for coverage of subjects and events of significant national or regional importance in line with the human and professional qualities exemplified by the late Katharine Graham, the distinguished former publisher of the Washington Post. It comes with a prize of $10,000.
The Award goes to:
The Wall Street Journal
Khadeeja Safdar, Joe Palazzolo, Sadie Gurman, Annie Linskey, Josh Dawsey, Alex Leary, Rebecca Ballhaus and C. Ryan Barber.
Also being presented at the WHCA dinner:
THE COLLIER PRIZE FOR STATE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
The prize is designed to encourage coverage of state government, focusing on investigative and political reporting. It is named for Peter Fenelon Collier, who founded Collier’s, a weekly magazine focused on investigative journalism and publishing stories from renowned journalists such as Jack London, Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell and Samuel Hopkins Adams. It is administered by the University of Florida and presented at the WHCA dinner. It comes with a prize of $25,000.
The Award goes to
KARE-11, Minneapolis
See the winning coverage here.
The CENTER FOR INTEGRITY IN NEWS REPORTING AWARD
The Award honors “the most fair, impartial, objective news reporting” by a member of the WHCA “that has the courage to not fear and the discipline to not favor.” It is sponsored and administered by the Arkansas-based Center for Integrity in News Reporting. It comes with a prize of $25,000.
The Award goes to
Tyler Pager, The New York Times.
See the winning stories
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The WHCA Awards Judges
We thank our judges, coordinated by Ellen Shearer. William F. Thomas Professor Emerita in Journalism, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
Aldo Beckman Award Judges
Barbara Cochran. President, Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation
Sandy K. Johnson, President emeritus, National Press Foundation
Julia A. Wilson. Dean, Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications, Hampton University
Deadline Award Judges
Jesse Holland, Associate Director, School of Media & Public Affairs at George Washington University
Charles Whitaker. Dean, Medill School of Journalism, Media & Integrated Margeting Communications, Northwestern University
Amy Eisman, Assistant Professor Emerita of Journalism, School of Communication, American University
Visual Journalism Award Judges
Yanick Rice Lamb. Professor of journalism, Department of Media, Journalism and Film, Cathy Hughes School of Communications, Howard University
Gregory Heisler, Distinguished Professor of Photography, S.I. Newhouse School of Visual Communications, Syracuse University
Rebecca Sinderbrand. Director, Journalism Program, College of Arts & Sciences, Georgetown University
Katharine Graham Award Judges
Todd Gillman, Washington Bureau director and assistant professor, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University
Jackie Jones. Dean and Journalism, Professor, School of Global Journalism & Communication, Morgan State University
Rafael Lorente, Dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
Ellen Shearer. William F. Thomas Professor Emerita in Journalism,
Medill School of Journalism/Northwestern University
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For more information about the WHCA or its awards, contact Executive Director Steve Thomma at director@whca.press