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2009 Casey Medal. Awarded for exemplary reporting on children and families. Stories must be published or aired in 2008. Application are due on March 4, 2009. Learn More. Learn More.
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Awards. The Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism honor distinguished coverage of disadvantaged children and families. First-place winners receive $1,000 and are honored at a luncheon in Washington, D.C. Runners-up and honorable mentions are recognized with certificates of merit. Categories include newspapers, magazines, television, radio, online and photojournalism. More than 3,400 journalists have applied for Casey Medals since 1994. Eligible work must be published or broadcast between January 1 and December 31, of the previous year. Awards are funded by the Annie E.Casey Foundation.

FIRST PERSON | 2007

Go behind the scenes with these Casey Medal honorees.

Tanya Ballard  Tanya Ballard, Washingtonpost.com

 On "Being a Black Man"

  The project makes an important contribution to        

  racial dialogue in our nation’s capital, integrating a  

  huge amount of material into an attractive and  

  navigable interface that encourages the visitor to 

  sample, browse and dig deep.

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Elizabeth HamiltonTina A. Brown   Tina A. Brown and Elizabeth       Hamilton, The Hartford Courant
  "From Pain, Family"

   With ongoing debates over the     

  definition of family, Brown and      

  Hamilton offer timely and rare  

  insights into same-sex relationships forged out of painful experiences instead of biological orientation.

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Renee C. Byer   Renée C. Byer, The Sacramento Bee
  "A Mother's Journey"

  Byer presents a window into the

  emotional, physical and financial toll that cancer

  takes on young victims and their loved ones. Her

  piece bears witness to the unfolding drama of a 

  child’s life.

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Marcus Chan  Marcus Chan, San Francisco Chronicle

  "Oakland: A plague of killing"

  This informative, poignant package tracks and     

  uncovers many of the reasons behind Oakland’s   

  escalating homicide rate.

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John Sullivan, The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Bury Your Mistakes"

In this effective series, the Inquirer thoroughly documented the Philadelphia Department of Human Service’s callous neglect of abused children it was charged with protecting.
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