Mehdi 2010 Courage
in Journalism Awards.
PAST AWARD
CEREMONIES
2010 Courage in Journalism Award recipient
2009 Courage in Journalism Award recipient
2003-2008 No Winners selected
2002 Courage in Journalism Award recipients
2001 No winners selected
2000 Courage in Journalism Award recipients
1999 Courage in Journalism Award Recipients
PAST WINNERS:
ABC TV News Reporter Jim Avila (Lifetime Achievement)
NBC TV Anchor Hoda Kotbe (Excellence in Journalism)
NEWSWEEK Magazine reporter Lorraine Ali (Excellence in Journalism)
al-Jazeera Satellite TV (Mehdi Award)
CLTV Anchor Mike Monseur (Mehdi Award)
Columnist John Sugg (Mehdi Award)
Chicago Tribune Columnist Salim Muwakkil (Mehdi Award)
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (Mehdi Award)
Chicago Tribune Middle East affairs reporter Stephen Franklin (Mehdi Award)
Columnist Charlie Reese (Mehdi Award)
The Radius of Arab Writers (RAWI) (Mehdi Award)
The Beirut Times Newspaper (Mehdi Award)
Joseph Zogby (Mehdi Award)
Ray Hanania (Mehdi Award 2009)
EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM
PAST WINNERS
Reporter Roxane Assaf
Joseph Haiek & the News Circle Magazine
Islamic Horizons Magazine
Arab American Business Magazine
The Arab Voice Newspaper
al-Manassa al-Arabiye Newspaper
The Minaret Magazine
al-Offok al-Araby Newspaper
The NAAJA M.T. Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award
Sponsored by The Mehdi Family, ADC and NAAJA
Background on Dr. M.T. Mehdi
The M.T. Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award
Sponsored by the Mehdi Family, ADC and NAAJA
This award is established by the family of the late journalism pioneer Dr. Mohammad T. Mehdi. Dr. M.T. Mehdi regularly challenged the common stereotypes and notions of Arabs in the American mass media and in the public sphere to help create a better understanding of the Arab American community; he raised the issue of Palestine and the human rights of Palestinians to national political awareness in spite of threats to himself and his family. This was at a very difficult time in American history when Arabs were marginalized and the community was not strong. Standing up and speaking out on issues of justice, and on media professionalism, took courage. Each year, in consultation with the Mehdi Family, one candidate who demonstrates courage in journalism is selected to receive this award.
The Winner will receive a plaque and a $1,000 Prize from the Mehdi Family.
Rules:
- Journalists may nominate themselves or be nominated by another individual.
- The nominee or the individual submitting the nomination, must submit an essay of up to 500 words describing why the nominee merits the Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award.
- Please include samples of the nominee's work. Nominations can be made in print or broadcast journalism, or column writing.
Award Deadline:Nominations must be postmarked by May 1 of each year.
Submit all nominations to:
Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award
Whetstone Productions
P.O. Box 1164
Maplewood, NJ 0704
Complete the entry form below and return to the above address
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Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award
Entry Form
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