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

2023
 María Teresa Montaño Delgado of Mexico
 Women of The Washington Post Reporting on Ukraine: Isabelle Khurshudyan, Anastacia Galouchka, Kamila Hrabchuk, Siobhán O'Grady, Whitney Shefte, Whitney Leaming, Heidi Levine, Louisa Loveluck, Missy Ryan, Samantha Schmidt, Loveday Morris, Kasia Strek, Joyce Koh and Miriam Berger.
2022
 Cerise Castle of the United States
 Lynsey Addario of Ukraine and the United States
 Victoria Roshchyna of Ukraine
 Xueqin (Sophia) Huang of China - Wallis Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award
2021
 Khabar Lahariya of India
 Paola Ugaz of Peru
 Vanessa Charlot of the United States
 Katsyaryna Andreeva and Darya Chultsova of Belarus
2020
 Gulchehra Hoja of China and the United States
 Jessikka Aro of Finnland
 Solafa Magdy of Egypt
 Yakeen Bido of Syria
2019
 Anna Babinets of Ukraine
 Anna Nimiriano of South Sudan
 Liz Sly of the United Kingdom
 Lucia Pineda of Nicaragua
 Nastya Stanko of Ukraine
2018
 Meridith Kohut of the United States
 Nima Elbagir
 Rosario Mosso Castro
 Anna Babinets
 Zehra Doğan of Turkey
 Lesley Stahl - Lifetime Achievement Award
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 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 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

Category:Journalism awards