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The Philadelphia Inquirer's thorough documentation of a city agency's neglect of the abused children it was charged with protecting; Dateline NBC’s compelling profile of a first-year teacher; and The Washington Post's creative use of multimedia to enrich racial dialogue were among the winning entries in the 2007 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism contest.  

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2008 AWARDS
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2008 CASEY MEDAL JUDGES

Alice Bonner, lecturer, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
Linda P. Campbell,
editorial writer and columnist, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Julie Drizin,
assistant director, J-Lab
Bob Duffy,
associate editor, St. Louis Beacon
Ed Esposito,
vice president, Rubber City Radio Group
Ashley Fantz,
reporter/producer, CNN.com
Vanessa Gallman,
editorial page editor, Lexington Herald-Leader
Steve Geimann,
producer/anchor, Bloomberg Radio
Brent Jones,
reader editor, USA Today
Loren Ghiglione, professor, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
Dan Lauck,
former reporter, KHOU-TV
Marjie Lundstrom,
senior editor and columnist, The Sacramento Bee
Beth Macy,
reporter, Roanoke Times
Jonathan Martin,
reporter, The Seattle Times
Craig Matsuda , senior editor, Los Angeles Times
Kevin McGeever,
online city editor, St. Petersburg Times
Geri Migielicz,
director of photography, The Mercury News
Ruth Padawer,
adjunct professor, The Journalism School, Columbia University
Lucian Perkins,
freelance photographer
Deborah Potter, president and executive director, NewsLab
Rem Rieder,
editor and senior vice president, AJR
Patty Rhule,
project editor, Newseum
Susan Sterner,
assistant professor and coordinator of photojournalism, Corcoran College of Art + Design
Elise Warner,
senior producer, MSNBC

Rob Waters, reporter, Bloomberg News


2007 CASEY MEDAL JUDGES

Tom Baden, executive editor, The Salt Lake Tribune
Rekha Basu,
columnist, Des Moines Register
Toren Beasley,
managing editor, Newhouse News Service
Jenni Bergal,
freelance writer, Silver Spring, Md.
Vanessa Bush,
executive editor, Essence Magazine
Josephine Cheng,
reporter, KING-TV Evening Magazine, Seattle
Reese Cleghorn,
professor and former dean, University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Dennis Dimick,
executive editor, National Geographic magazine
Robin Doussard,
editor, Oregon Business Magazine
Aimee Edmondson,
former reporter, Commercial Appeal
Gena Fitzgerald,
former senior producer, NBC News
Sarah Glover,
photojournalist, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Cornelia Grumman,
editorial writer, Chicago Tribune
Emily Hanford,
senior editor/producer, North Carolina Public Radio
Steven Holmes,
deputy national editor, The Washington Post
Donna Ladd,
editor-in-chief, Jackson Free Press
Mary Annette Pember,
independent journalist, Cincinnati, Ohio
Sharona Schwartz,
senior producer, CNN
Jake Shapiro,
executive director, PRX/Public Radio Exchange
Marquita Smith,
city editor, The Virginian-Pilot
Rachel Smolkin,
managing editor, American Journalism Review
Michelle Trudeau,
contributing science correspondent, NPR
Joan Walsh,
editor-in-chief, Salon.com
Celeste Williams,
freelance writer, Indianapolis



2006 CASEY MEDAL JUDGES

Jeanie Adams-Smith, assistant professor of photojournalism, Western Kentucky University

Tom Baden, executive editor, The Salt Lake Tribune

Jenni Bergal, senior writer, The Center for Public Integrity

Katherine Boo, staff writer, The New Yorker

Maria Carrillo, managing editor, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot

Andrew Court, producer, "60 Minutes"

Carol Guensburg, freelance journalist, Arlington, Va.

Thomas Huang, features editor, The Dallas Morning News

Carl Juste, photojournalist, Miami Herald

Jim Kenyon, news columnist, The Valley News (West Lebanon, N.H.)

Jack Kresnak, juvenile justice reporter, Detroit Free Press

Pam Kruger, freelance journalist and contributing editor at Child magazine, Millburn, N.J.

Ruth Marcus, editorial writer and columnist, The Washington Post

Julia McEvoy, senior desk editor, Chicago Public Radio

Michele McLellan, director, Tomorrow's Workforce

Angie Moreschi, freelance journalist and media consultant, Lutz, Fla. Damaso Reyes, freelance journalist, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Joe Richman, executive producer, "Radio Diaries"

Rem Rieder, editor and senior vice president, American Journalism Review

Fred Ritchin, director, PixelPress

Robert Rivard, editor, San Antonio Express-News

J. Michael Shanahan, assisting visiting professor of journalism, The George Washington University

Cheryl Smith, executive editor/talk show host, Dallas Weekly/KKDA-AM Reginald Stuart, journalist and corporate recruiter, Knight Ridder

Al Tompkins, broadcast and online group leader, The Poynter Institute Cathy Trost, freelance journalist, Chevy Chase, Md. and former director, the Journalism Center

2005 CASEY MEDAL JUDGES

Toren Beasley, director of photography, Newhouse News Service

Susan Brenna, freelance writer, New York City

Diane Camper, assistant editorial page editor, The Baltimore Sun

Polly Carver-Kimm, news director, Des Moines Radio Group

Jonathan Dube, board member, Online News Association

Gena Fitzgerald, senior producer, “NBC Nightly News with

Brian Williams”

Andy Friedman, vice president of wire services and web content, Clear Channel Radio

Sean Gibbons, producer, CNN

Carolina González, freelance writer

Carol Guensburg, senior associate, Journalism Fellowships in Child and Family Policy, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Steve Gunn, metro editor, The Charlotte Observer

LynNell Hancock, associate professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Chris Harvey, online bureau director/lecturer, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland

John C. Huff Jr., freelance editor and consultant

Edward Humes, author and journalist

Mary Kane, freelance business writer

Sue Kopen Katcef, lecturer, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland

Pauline Lubens, staff photojournalist, San Jose Mercury News

Carolyn Mungo, managing editor, FOX 26, Houston

June Peoples, executive producer, "The Infinite Mind,"

Lichtenstein Creative Media

Gayle Reaves, editor, Fort Worth Weekly

Mary Sanchez, editorial columnist, The Kansas City Star

Mike Smith, senior editor/training and development, The New York Times

Gracie Bonds Staples, feature writer/columnist, The Atlanta

Journal-Constitution

Scott Sunde, assistant metro editor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Cathy Trost, former director, Journalism Center on Children & Families

Danna L. Walker, journalism lecturer, George Washington University and assignment editor, CBS News

Steve Weinberg, author and part-time professor, University of

Missouri Journalism School

Patricia Wen, staff writer, The Boston Globe

Fred Zipp, managing editor, Austin American-Statesman

2004 CASEY MEDAL JUDGES

Susan Biddle, staff photographer, The Washington Post

Ira Chinoy, visiting professor, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Mark Feldstein, associate professor, George Washington University David Firestone, deputy metropolitan editor, The New York Times

Sara Fritz, freelance writer

Karen Grau, executive producer, Calamari Productions

Claudia Hampston Daly, executive producer, Claudia Hampston

Daly Productions

LynNell Hancock, assistant professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Chris Harvey, lecturer, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Ann Hulbert, author, "Raising America: Experts, Parents and a Century of Advice about Children"

Robert Jamieson, metro columnist, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Elizabeth Kastor, editor on leave, The Washington Post
Kyrie O’Connor, deputy managing editor of features,

Houston Chronicle
Jill Olmsted, associate professor, American University

Steve Padilla, deputy metro editor, Los Angeles Times

Paul Raeburn, author, "Acquainted with the Night: A Parent's Quest to Understand Depression and Bipolar Disorder in His Children"

Delaina Renfro, reporter, KWCH Channel 12 News

Chet Rhodes, deputy multimedia editor, washingtonpost.com

Joseph Rodriguez, photojournalist

Robin Stone, author, "No Secrets, No Lies: How Black Families

Can Heal from Sexual Abuse"

Lillian Swanson, project manager, APME NewsTrain

Kevin Swift, adjunct faculty, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Bill Turque, assistant Maryland editor, The Washington Post

Steve Weinberg, professor of journalism, University of Missouri
Marjorie Williams, columnist, The Washington Post and

contributing editor, Vanity Fair

2002 CASEY MEDAL JUDGES

Linda Austin, managing editor, GreensboroNews & Record

Alice Bonner, assistant professor, Philip Merrill College of Journalism David Burns, lecturer, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Max Cacas, newswriter, WTOP radio

Pam Fine, former managing editor, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Jon Franklin, professor, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Penny Bender Fuchs, executive director, American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Joseph T. Hallinan, staff reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Chris Harvey, lecturer, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Cornelia Grumman, reporter, Chicago Tribune

David Handschuh, photographer, New York Daily News

Melissa Healy, freelance writer

Sam Hodges, reporter, Mobile Register

Linda Kramer, deputy bureau chief, Washington office, People

Mary Leonard, correspondent, The Boston Globe

Mark Lett, editor, The State

Bill Lichtenstein, president, Lichtenstein Creative Media

Mark Lodato, director, Television News, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Barbara Margolis, executive director, Fred Friendly Seminars, Inc

Craig Matsuda, senior editor, Los Angeles Times

Kevin Merida, associate editor, columnist, The Washington Post

Jack Shafer, editor-at-large, Slate

Kathy Slobogin, family and education correspondent, CNN

Sydney Trent, deputy editor, The Washington Post Magazine

Nuri Vallbona, photographer, The Miami Herald

2001 CASEY MEDAL JUDGES

Betty Ann Bowser, correspondent, "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer"

Ellen Breslau, senior features editor, Woman’s Day

Maureen Bunyan, anchor, WJLA/Washington, D.C.

Chris Callahan, associate dean, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Mark Feldstein, independent producer, UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Linda Fibich, national editor, Newhouse News Service

Barak Goodman, director/producer, 10/20 Productions

Carol Guensburg, director, Journalism Fellowships in Child and Family Policy, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Charlotte Hall, managing editor, Newsday

Maria Henson, assistant managing editor for enterprise, Austin American-Statesman

Peter Jensen, reporter, The (Baltimore) Sun

Rachel Jones, reporter, National Public Radio

Sue Kopen Katcef, lecturer, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Amanda Lamb, reporter, WRAL-TV/Raleigh

Tod Lending, director/producer, Nomadic Pictures

Marjie Lundstrom, senior editor and columnist, The Sacramento Bee

Mark Obmascik, reporter, The Denver Post

John Patti, reporter, WBAL Radio/Baltimore

Adam Pertman, freelance writer and author, “Adoption Nation”

Rem Rieder, editor, American Journalism Review

Rochelle Riley, columnist, Detroit Free Press

José Luis Rios, photo editor, The Washington Post 

George Rodrigue, vice president/Washington, Belo

Julie Rovner, special correspondent, Congress Daily and health policy correspondent, National Public Radio

Jacqueline Salmon, staff writer, The Washington Post

Stephen Shames, freelance photographer, New York

2000 CASEY MEDAL JUDGES

Tanya Barrientos, contributing editor, Sunday magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Susan Brenna, freelance journalist

Toren Beasley, director of photography and new media, Newhouse News Service and Religion News Service

Mackenzie Carpenter, staff writer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Walter Dean, associate director, Pew Center for Civic Journalism

Ford Fessenden, database reporter, enterprise team, The New York Times

Jack Fischer, visual arts writer, San Jose Mercury News

Lisa Friedman, Washington bureau chief, Oakland Tribune/ANG Newspapers

Ann Doss Helms, family issues reporter, The CharlotteObserver

Jeffrey Katz, editor, “Morning Edition,” National Public Radio

Claire Martin, parent and family reporter, The Denver Post

Carolyn Mungo, reporter, KHOU-TV/Houston

Deborah Potter, executive director, NewsLab, Washington, D.C.

Rem Rieder, editor, American Journalism Review

Dale Russakoff, national news correspondent, The Washington Post

Dennis Ryerson, vice president/editor, The Des Moines Register

Melissa Segrest, assistant managing editor, features and projects, Austin American-Statesman

Lee Thornton, Richard Eaton Chair in Broadcast Journalism, College of Journalism, University of Maryland

1999 CASEY MEDAL JUDGES

Evan Davis, deputy editorial page editor, The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette

David Hage, editorial writer, The (Minneapolis) Star Tribune

Rachel Jones, science desk editor, National Public Radio

Alex Kotlowitz, writer and author, "There Are No Children Here"

Rebecca Lipkin, senior producer, ABC World News Tonight

Carin Pratt, senior producer, CBS News "Face the Nation"

Alicia Shepard, senior writer, American Journalism Review

Barbara Vobejda, staff writer, The Washington Post

Gerardine Wurzburg, president/producer, State of the Art, Inc.

1998 CASEY MEDAL JUDGES

Leon Dash, former staff writer, The Washington Post, and professor of journalism at the University of Illinois

Sara Engram, state editor, The (Baltimore) Sun

Peggy Girshman, deputy senior national editor, National Public Radio

Diane Granat, metropolitan editor, Washingtonian magazine

Deborah Potter, director, NewsLab, Washington, D.C.

Maria Henson, associate editor, The Charlotte Observer

Rebecca Lipkin, producer, ABC "World News Tonight"

Sara Rimer, Boston bureau chief, The New York Times

Stephen Shames, freelance photographer

Susan Sheehan, staff writer, The New Yorker

1997 CASEY MEDAL JUDGES

Katherine Boo, staff writer, The Washington Post

Sara Engram, deputy editorial page editor, The (Baltimore) Sun

David Finkel, staff writer, The Washington Post Magazine

Anne Gudenkauf, senior editor, science desk, National Public Radio

Laurie McGinley, staff writer, The Wall Street Journal

Michel McQueen, correspondent, ABC News “Nightline”

Stephen Shames, freelance photographer

Rem Rieder, editor and senior vice president, American Journalism Review

1996 CASEY MEDAL JUDGES

Susan Goldberg, deputy managing editor/enterprise, USA Today

Diane Granat, metropolitan editor, Washingtonian magazine

Bill Hamilton, national editor, The Washington Post

Leah Y. Latimer, senior editor, Emerge magazine

Rebecca Lipkin, senior producer, ABC "World News Tonight"

Carin Pratt, executive producer, CBS News, "Face the Nation"

Rem Rieder, editor and senior vice president, American Journalism Review

1995 CASEY MEDAL JUDGES

Milagros Ardin, correspondent, WMAL-Radio News

Linda Creighton, staff photographer, U.S. News & World Report

Nicole Gallagher, producer, ABC "World News Tonight, American Agenda"

Frank Johnston, staff photographer, The Washington Post

Jane Mayer, staff writer, The New Yorker

Stephen Petranek, senior editor, Life

Rem Rieder, editor and senior vice president, American Journalism Review

Barbara Vobejda, national staff correspondent, The Washington Post

John Woestendiek, national correspondent, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Gerardine Wurzburg, president/producer, State of the Art, Inc.

1994 CASEY MEDAL JUDGES

Jill Abramson, deputy bureau chief, The Wall Street Journal

Milagros Ardin, correspondent, WMAL Radio

John DeNatale, senior producer/national affairs, "The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour"

Margaret Engel, executive director, Alicia Patterson Foundation

Diane Granat, metropolitan editor, Washingtonian

Edward Jones, managing editor, The Free Lance-Star,

Fredericksburg, Va.

Karen Jurgensen, editorial page editor, USA TODAY

Kathy Kiely, Washington bureau chief, The Houston Post

Carin Pratt, executive producer, CBS News "Face the Nation"

Rem Rieder, editor and senior vice president, American Journalism Review

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