Awards History MRE Journalism Contest

2004 Awards

Prize-winning print and broadcast journalism published in 2003

• Ron Martz, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Chris Tomlinson, The Associated Press
• James Kitfield, National Journal magazine
• Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor
• Jon Anderson, Terry Boyd, Lisa Burgess, Scott Burgess, Sandra Jontz, Steve Liewer, Marni McEntree, Peter Photikoe, Ward Sanderson and Scott Schonauer, Stars and Stripes
• Project editor Paula Froke, The Associated Press
• Matthew Dolan, The Virginian-Pilot
• Mark Scheffler, Chicago Tribune Magazine
• Lee Davidson, Deseret Morning News
• Pam Zubeck, The Gazette (Denver, CO)
• Sean Naylor, Army Times
• Julia Lewis with photographer Chad Flowers of WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)

2005 Awards

Prize-winning print and photo journalism published in 2004

• Jim DeBrosse, Russell Carollo, Larry Kaplow, Ken McCall, Mehul Srivastava and Mike Wagner, Dayton Daily News | The Joseph L. Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• Dexter Filkins, New York Times
• Greg Jaffe, Wall Street Journal
• Lee Hill Kavanaugh, Kansas City Star
• Steve Liewer, Stars and Stripes
• Miles Moffeit, Arthur Kane, Amy Hardy and Marsha Austin, Denver Post
• Sharon Cohen and Pauline Arrillaga, The Associated Press
• Kevin Graman, The Spokesman-Review
• Joe Pappalardo, National Defense
• Dean Hoffmeyer, Richmond Times-Dispatch
• Jon Fletcher, Florida Times-Union
• Photography Team, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
• Terry Boyd, Stars and Stripes

2006 Awards

Prize-winning print and photo journalism published in 2005

• Greg Jaffe, The Wall Street Journal | The Joseph L. Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• Russell Carollo and Larry Kaplow, Dayton Daily News
• Monte Morin, Stars and Stripes
• Joseph Giordono, Stars and Stripes
• Nancy Montgomery, Stars and Stripes
• Pamela Martineau and Steve Wiegand, The Sacramento Bee
• Ben Fenwick, Oklahoma Gazette
• Dennis Anderson, Antelope Valley Press
• Michael Yon, Northwest Guardian
• Heath Druzin, The Idaho Statesman
• Lisa Horn, St. Joseph Press
• Christian Lowe, Marine Corps Times
• Kim Komenich, San Francisco Chronicle
• Fred Zimmerman, Stars & Stripes

2007 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2006

• Mike Fish, ESPN.com | The Joseph L. Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• Greg Jaffe, Wall Street Journal
• Monte Morin, Stars and Stripes
• Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News
• Mike Wagner and Russell Carollo, Dayton Daily News
• Maximillian Potter, 5280 Magazine
• James Kitfield, National Journal
• ESPN, “Tillman’s Final Mission”
• WJHL, “Infamy: 65 Years Later”

2008 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2007

• Joshua Kors, The Nation | The Joseph L. Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• April Johnston and Kevin Maurer, The Fayetteville Observer | The James Crawley Award for Regional Reporting
• Kelly Kennedy, Military Times
• James Kitfield, National Journal
• Kristin Henderson, The Washington Post Magazine
• John Mulligan, Providence Journal
• Sydney Freedberg, Jr., National Journal
• David Simon, The Frederick News-Post
• Chas Henry, NewsChannel 8 / ABC7
• Charlie Whinham, Louisiana Public Broadcasting
• Drew Brown, Stars and Stripes
• Lara Solt, Dallas Morning News

2009 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2008

• Moni Basu, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Photography by Curtis Comptom | The Joe Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• Jenn Rowell, The Montgomery Advertiser | The James Crawley Award
• Betsy Hiel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Photography by Justin Merriman
• James Kitfield, National Journal
• Steve Mraz, Stars and Stripes
• Tom Infield, Philadelphia Inquirer, Photography by David Swanson
• Sharon Cohen, The Associated Press, Photography by Jay Hong
• Sydney Freedberg, Jr., National Journal
• Sheila Vemmer, Army Times
• Justin Merriman, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Dan Rather and Steve Tyler, Dan Rather Reports, AXS TV
• Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill, Downtown Community Television Center, “Section 60”
• “Our Local Heroes”, WSAW-TV, Wasau, WI
• Forbes.com, “Supply Lines”
• Anna Sussman, KALW Public Radio

2010 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2009

• Julie Jacobson, The Associated Press | The Joe Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• Kristin Henderson, The Washington Post Magazine
• Jon Rabiroff, Stars and Stripes
• Yochi J. Dreazen, The Wall Street Journal
• Stars and Stripes
• Christopher Cavas, Defense News
• Alan Cohn, WFTS-TV  Tampa, FL
• Chad Hunt, Popular Mechanics
• Tom Ricks, ForeignPolicy.com

2011 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2010

• James Dao and Damon Winter, The New York Times
• Dan Lamothe and Tom Brown, Military Times
• Mark Albert, Jim O’Connell, Jared Bergerson, Lindsay Radford, John Mason and Mike Maybay, KSTP-TV (ABC)
• Justin Merriman, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• John Cantlie
• James Kitfield, National Journal
• James Dao, The New York Times
• Sydney Freedberg, Jr., National Journal
• Andrew Tilghman, Brendan McGarry and Karen Jowers, Military Times
• Mark Brunswick, Star Tribune

2012 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2011

• Carl Prine, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | The Joe Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• Sean Naylor, Army Times
• Adam Ashton, The News Tribune in Tacoma, WA
• John Ramsey, The Fayetteville Observer, NC
• Andrew Brooks, The Fayetteville Observer, NC
• Steve Ranson, Lahontan Valley News, NV
• Rebecca Santana, The Associated Press
• Kristin Hall, The Associated Press
• Alex Quade, Freelance War Reporter
• Mark Brunswick, StarTribune.com (with photographer Jim Gehrz and producer/editor Jenni Pinkley)
• Moni Basu, CNN.com (with editor Jan Winburn, video producer Rich Addicks, web designer Sean O’Key)
• Randy Brown, RedBullRising.com

2013 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2012

• Andrew Tilghman, Military Times | The Joe Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• Michael M. Phillips, Wall Street Journal
• Laura Rauch, Stars and Stripes
• Investigative Team, Austin American-Statesman
• Dee Ann Divis, Inside GNSS
• Gina Harkins, Marine Corp Times
• Aaron Glantz and Shane Shifflett, Center for Investigative Reporting
• Mark Brunswick and McKenna Ewen, Star Tribune (Minnesota)
• Robert Hodierne, University of Richmond
• Karen Middleton, Australia’s Special Broadcasting Services (with cameraman Jeffrey Kehl)
• Steven Ranson, Lahontan Valley News, NV

2015 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2014

• David Wood, Huffington Post | The Joe Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• Lance Bacon, Military Times (with Andrew deGrandpre and Alex Neill) | The James Crawley Award
• Betsy Hiel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Drew Brooks, Fayetteville Observer
• Mike Wereschagin, Adam Smeltz and Carl Prine, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Meghann Myers, Navy Times and Hope Hodge Seck, Marine Corps Times
• Andrew Craft, Fayetteville Observer
• Marketta Davis, Pensacola News Journal
• Mike Fish and John Barr, ESPN (with producer William Weinbaum)
• Chas Henry, Newsradio 99.1 WNEW
• Jeremy Schwartz, Austin-American Statesman
• Beth Ford Roth

2017 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2015 or 2016

• Mark Brunswick, Brian Peterson, Mark Vancleave and Matt DeLong, Star Tribune (Minnesota) | The Joe Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• James Rosen, McClatchy Newspapers | The James Crawley Award
• Mark Mazzetti, Micholas Kulish, Christopher Drew, Serge F. Kovaleski, Sean Naylor and John Ismay, The New York Times
• John Donnelly, CQ Magazine
• Kevin Maurer, TakePart
• Barrie Barber, Dayton Daily News
• Michael Gargiulo, WNBC
• Jodi Mohrmann, WJXT-TV4
• Josh Smith, Reuters
• David Paone, Bayside Times
• James Kitfield, Politico Magazine, Yahoo News, Breaking Defense
• Scott Maucione, Federal News Radio
• Susan Katz Keating, U.S. Defense Watch
• James LaPorta, University of North Carolina Wilmington

2018 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2017

• James Rosen, McClatchy Newspapers | The Joe Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• Lara Seligman, Aviation Week | The James Crawley Award
• Donovan Slack and Michael Sallah, USA Today
• Barrie Barber, Dayton Daily News
• Geoff Ziezulewicz, Military Times
• James LaPorta and Brandy Zadronzny, Daily Beast
• Dave D’Marko and photojournalist Jon Haiduk, Fox 4 News Kansas City
• Deborah Scranton, Clover and Bee Films LLC, HBO Documentary Films
• Jay Price and Dorian Merina, American Homefront Project
• J. Ford Huffman, Military Times
• Wen-Yee Lee, Medill School of Journalism, Military Times

2019 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2018

• Carmen Gentile, Salon.com | The Joe Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• Patrick Malone and R. Jeffrey Smith, Center for Public Integrity | The James Crawley Award
• Martha Mendoza and Garance Burke, The Associated Press
• Ed Offley, The Quarterly Journal of Military History
• Sophia Jones, The Fuller Project with The New York Times Magazine
• Tara Copp and reporting staff, Military Times
• David McKinney and Tony Arnold, WBEZ in Chicago
• Marie Waxel, KSLA-TV in Shreveport, LA
• Jennifer Strong, The Wall Street Journal / WSJ.com
• Andrew Clevenger, CQRollCall
• David Paone, War History Online

2020 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2019

• Tara Copp, Shirsho Dasgupta and Ben Wieder, McClatchy Newspapers | The Joe Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• David Hasemyer, Paul Horn, InsideClimate News and Joe Murphy, Nigel Chiwaya, and Brock Stoneham, NBC News | The James Crawley Award
• T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose and Robert Faturechi, ProPublica
• Abbie Bennett, ConnectingVets.com
• Kevin Mauer, The Washington Post
• Steve Losey, Air Force Times
• Karen M. Sughrue, “Retro Report on PBS”, PBS-TV
• Maranda Whittington, KSLA-TV in Shreveport, Louisiana
• Carson Frame, Texas Public Radio, American Homefront Project
• Andrew Clevenger, CQ Magazine
• Rich Dolan, Hofstra University

2021 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2020

• Phil Stewart, M.B. Pell, Joshua Scheyer and Idrees Ali, Reuters | The Joe Galloway Award for Distinguised Journalism
• Ethan Rocke, Coffee or Die magazine| The James Crawley Award
• Kevin Knodell, Coffee or Die magazine
• Thomas Brennan, The War Horse
• Rose L. Thayer, Stars and Stripes
• Megan Eckstein, USNI News
• Dave Paone
• Sandra Vidrequin
• Carla Babb, Voice of America (with Ricci Shryock, Tatiana Mossot, Betty Ayoub, Elizabeth Arrott and Laurence Gomez)
• Stacia Naquin, WSYX , Columbus, OH (with Matt Spurrier, Ben Frecker and Matt Green)
• Robert Levinson, War on the Rocks and InkStick
• Jay Price, American Home Front Project

2022 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2021

• Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Hamid Shalizi, Reuters | The Joe Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• Kristin Hall, James LaPorta and Justin Pritchard, The Associated Press | The James Crawley Award
• Kyle Rempfer, Army Times
• Gina Harkins, Military.com
• Jonathan Guyer, The American Prospect
• Davis Winkie, Army Times
• Nolan Peterson, Matt White and Jariko Denman, Coffee or Die magazine
• Stephen Losey, Military.com
• Nick Turse, Type Investigations and The Intercept
• Nolan Peterson, Coffee or Die magazine
• Cody Rheault, War Stories, Central Oregon Daily News
• Carl Forsling, Coffee or Die magazine
• Steve Walsh, NPR
• Gabriel Pietrorazio, Capital News Service | Student

2023 Awards

Prize-winning print, photo, digital, broadcast journalism published in 2022

• Patricia Kime and Rebecca Kheel, Military.com | The Joe Galloway Award
• Maximillian Potter, Vanity Fair | The James Crawley Award
• James Barragan, Texas Tribune and Davis Winkie, Military Times
• Gabriel Pietrorazio, The War Horse
• Lynzy Billing, ProPublica
• Alison Bath, Stars and Stripes
• Samantha Manning, WSB-TV
• Marie Waxel and Tim Collins, WAAY 31
• Carson Frame, Texas Public Radio TPR for American Homefront Project
• Jay Price, North Carolina Public Radio WUNC for American Homefront Project
• Dan Grazier, POGO

2024 Awards

Prize-winning print /digital, broadcast, mixed, visual media journalism published in 2023

• Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN | The Joseph L. Galloway Award for Distinguished Journalism
• Steve Beynon, Military.com | The James Crawley Award
• Sean Carberry, National Defense
• James LaPorta, Rolling Stone
• Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica
• Gabriel Pietrorazio, Civil Eats
• Rose Thayer, Stars and Stripes
• Mallory Shelbourne, USNI News
• Dina Temple-Raston, Sean Powers, and Daryna Antoniuk, The Record by Recorded Future News / Click Here
• Davis Winkie and Zamone Perez, Army Times – Military Times
• Kyle Rempfer, The Washington Post
• Davis Winkie and James Barragán, Military Times – The Texas Tribune
• Christina Jedra, Honolulu Civil Beat
• James LaPorta, Konstantin Toropin, and Patricia Kime, Military.com
• Chris Arnold and Quil Lawrence, NPR
• Tom Bowman and Graham Smith, NPR
• Samantha Manning, WPXI-TV
• Sian Grzeszczyk Melbourne, Forces News – BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service)
• Marie Waxel / WAAY-TV
• Drew Lawrence, Military.com
• David Paone, People