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Past Winners


The Knight International Journalism Award recognizes media professionals worldwide who have taken bold steps to keep citizens informed despite great obstacles. Past recipients include pioneering correspondents who have exposed government corruption, war crimes and other important stories. The award also has honored crusading publishers determined to maintain their independence despite enormous political and financial pressures.

Recipients of the Knight International Journalism Award epitomize the journalistic ideals fostered by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the International Center for Journalists.


Winners are nominated by Knight International Journalism Fellows, past and present, and other seasoned international journalists.

2007

2006

  • Shadha al-Jubori, Iraq
    Chief correspondent for BBC Radio
  • Drago Hedl, Croatia
    Editor of the Feral Tribune
2005
  • Bambang Harymurti, Indonesia
    Editor in Chief, Tempo
  • Marcelo Beraba, Brazil
    Founder and President, Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (ABRAJI)
  • Mahjoub Mohamed Salih, Sudan
    Editor and Co-founder, Al-Ayam

2004

  • Ali Djerri, Algeria
    President and Publisher, El Khabar
  • Paul Radu , Romania
    Co-founder, Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism (CRJI)
  • Paul Klebnikov
    Editor, Forbes Russia
    (In memorium) accepted by Helen Train Klebnikov

2003

  • José António Belo , East Timor
    Cameraman, Associated Press Television
  • Corina Cepoi and the Independent Journalism Center, Moldova
    Director
  • José Rubén Zamora, Guatemala
    Editor, el Periódico

2002

  • Mahassen al-Emam, Jordan
    Director, Arab Women Media Center
  • Andrew Kromah, Sierra Leone
    Manager and Owner, KISS-FM

2001

  • Adam Komers, Czech Republic
    News Presenter, Vecernik
  • Geoffrey Nyarota, Zimbabwe
    Editor-in-Chief, The Daily News
  • Eugenia Apostol
    Founder, Pinoy Times

2000

  • African Eye News Service (AENS)
    South Africa
  • Andrei Babitsky, Chechnya
    Reporter, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

1999

  • Bharat Dutta Koirala, Nepal
    Secretary General, Nepal Press Institute
  • HelenaLuczywo, Poland
    Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza

1998

  • Anna Zarkova, Bulgaria
    Reporter, Trud
  • Enrique Zileri Gibsón, Peru
    Chief Executive Officer, CARETAS

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The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)

Parent organization to the Knight International Journalism Fellowships, ICFJ promotes quality journalism worldwide with training and fellowship opportunities.  

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Funder of the Fellowships program, the Knight Foundation’s twin missions are to seed and inspire great journalism everywhere, and to build strong communities in the cities and towns where its founders ran newspapers.

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