Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award

The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award "honors the outstanding reporting of the lives and strife of disadvantaged people throughout the world. Known as the "Poor People's Pulitzers" within the press arena, these award recipients have brought to light issues spanning from child abuse and juvenile crime to discriminatory banking practices and prejudice against AIDS victims.

"Established in December of 1968 by a group of reporters covering Robert Kennedy's presidential election, the award program has far exceeded the expectations of its founders. Led by a committee of six independent journalists, the Awards are judged by more than fifty journalists each year. It has become the largest program of its kind and one of few in which the winners are determined solely by their peers."

2006

 * Karen O’Connor and Miri Navasky of Frontline / WGBH
 * Steve Liss of Time
 * John Lantigua, Christine Evans and Christine Stapleton of The Palm Beach Post
 * Cam Simpson of the Chicago Tribune
 * Steve Inskeep, Jim Wallace, Bruce Auster, Kimberly Jones of National Public Radio
 * Daniel Zwerdling of National Public Radio

2005

 * Tracy Weber, Charles Ornstein, Mitchell Landsberg, Steve Hymon and Robert Gauthier of the Los Angeles Times
 * Celia Dugger of the New York Times
 * Greg Barker of Frontline / WGBH
 * Ofra Bikel of Frontline / WGBH
 * Manny Crisostomo of the Sacramento Bee
 * Daniel Zwerdling of National Public Radio
 * Joe Richman and Sue Johnson for Radio Diaries and National Public Radio

2004

 * Rachel Dretzin, Barak Goodman and Muriel Soenens of Frontline / WGBH
 * Joseph Kahn of The New York Times
 * Anthony Shadid of The Washington Post
 * Staff Writers of The Palm Beach Post
 * Brant Ward of the San Francisco Chronicle
 * Bradley E. Clift of the Hartford Courant