Courage in Journalism Award

The Courage in Journalism Award is a prize by the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) for women journalists.  It recognizes women who write from dangerous areas.

Since 1990, more than 100 women from 54 countries received the award. In 2014, the IWMF started a new award, the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, named for the photojournalist killed in Afghanistan during the elections.

The 2016 award ceremonies were on October 22 in New York, and October 29 in Los Angeles.

Award winners by year

2021
 Khabar Lahariya of India
 Paola Ugaz of Peru
 Vanessa Charlot of the United States
 Katsyaryna Andreeva and Darya Chultsova of Belarus
2020

2019

2018

2017
Deborah Amos of the United States
Saniya Toiken of Kazakhstan
Hadeel al-Yamani of Yemen
Andrea Mitchell of the United States - Lifetime Achievement Award
Stefanie Sinclair - Anja Niedlinghaus Courage in Photojournalism Award

2016
Mabel Cáceres of Peru
Janine di Giovanni of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France
Stella Paul of India
Diane Rehm of the United States

2015
Mwape Kumwenda of Zambia
Anna Nemtsova of Russia
Lourdes Ramirez of Honduras
Linda Deutsch of the United States 

2014
Arwa Damon of the United States
Solange Lusiku Nsimire  of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Brankica Stanković  of Serbia
Alexandra Trower of the United States

2013
Najiba Ayubi of Afghanistan
Nour Kelze of Syria
Bopha Phorn of Cambodia
Edna Machirori of Zimbabwe
Anne Finucane of the United States

2012
Reeyot Alemu of Ethiopia
Asmaa Al-Ghoul of Palestine
Khadija Ismayilova of Azerbaijan
Zubeida Mustafa of Pakistan

2011
Adela Navarro Bello of Mexico
Parisa Hafezi of Iran
Chiranuch Premchaiporn of Thailand
Kate Adie of the United Kingdom

2010
Claudia Julieta Duque of Colombia
Vicky Ntetema of Tanzania
Tsering Woeser of Tibet
Alma Guillermoprieto of Mexico

2009
Jila Baniyaghoob of Iran
Iryna Khalip of Belarus
Agnes Taile of Cameroon
Amira Hass of Israel

2008
Farida Nekzad of Afghanistan
Sevgul Uludag of Cyprus
Aye Aye Win of Myanmar
Edith Lederer of United States

2007
Lydia Cacho of Mexico
Serkalem Fasil of Ethiopia
McClatchy’s Baghdad bureau (Shatha al Awsy, Zaineb Obeid, Huda Ahmed, Ban Adil Sarhan, Alaa Majeed, and Sahar Issa) of Iraq
Peta Thornycroft of Zimbabwe

2006
Jill Carroll of the United States
May Chidiac of Lebanon
Gao Yu (accepting 1995 award) of China
Elena Poniatowska of Mexico

2005
Sumi Khan of Bangladesh
Anja Niedringhaus (1965-2014) of Germany
Shahla Sherkat of Iran
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) of the United States

2004
Gwen Lister of Namibia
Mabel Rehnfeldt of Paraguay
Salima Tlemcani of Algeria
Belva Davis of United States

2003
Anne Garrels of the United States
Tatyana Goryachova of the Ukraine
Marielos Monzon of Guatemala
Magdalena Ruiz of Argentina

2002
Kathy Gannon of Canada
Sandra Nyaira of Zimbabwe
Anna Politkovskaya (1958-2006) of Russia
Mary McGrory (1918-2004) of the United States

2001
Amal Abbas of Sudan
Jineth Bedoya Lima of Colombia
Carmen Gurruchaga of Spain
Colleen “Koky” Dishon (1924-2004) of the United States

2000
Marie Colvin (1956-2012) of the United Kingdom
Agnes Nindorera of Burundi
Zamira Sydykova of Kyrgyzstan
Flora Lewis (1922-2002) of the United States

1999
Sharifa Akhlas of Afghanistan
Kim Bolan of Canada
Aferdita Kelmendi of Kosovo
Peggy Peterman (1936-2004) of the United States

1998
Elizabeth Neuffer (1956-2003) of the United States
Blanca Rosales Valencia of Peru
Anna Zarkova of Bulgaria
Bonnie Angelo of the United States

1997
Bina Bektiati of Indonesia
Corinne Dufka of the United States
Maribel Gutierrez Moreno of Mexico
Nancy Woodhull (1945-1997) of the United States

1996
Ayse Onal of Turkey
Saida Ramadan of Sudan
Lucy Sichone of Zambia
Meg Greenfield (1930-1999) of United States

1995
Chris Anyanwu of Nigeria
Horria Saihi of Algeria
Gao Yu of China
Helen Thomas (1920-2013) of United States

1994
Christiane Amanpour of the United States
Razia Bhatti (1944-1996) of Pakistan
Marie-Yolande Saint-Fleur of Haiti
Katharine Graham (1917-2001) of the United States

1993
Donna Ferrato of the United States
Mirsada Sakic-Hatibovic, Arijana Saracevic of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Cecilia Valenzuela of Peru
Nan Robertson (1926-2009) of the United States

1992
Catherine Gicheru of Kenya
Kemal Kurspahic, Gordana Knezevic of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Margaret Moth of New Zealand
Barbara Walters of the United States

1991
Lyubov Kovalevskaya of the Ukraine
Marites Vitug of the Philippines

1990
Maria Jimena Duzan of Colombia
Florica Ichim of Romania
Caryle Murphy of the United States
Lilianne Pierre-Paul of Haiti

References

Journalism awards