Each year, contest judges select one piece of coverage from among the first prize winners as the recipient of EWA's top prize, the Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting. Named for the late New York Times education editor Fred M. Hechinger, the award includes a cash prize of $10,000. To enter the 2017 Education Writers Association awards contest, fill out this application form.
Each year, contest judges select one piece of coverage from among the first prize winners as the recipient of EWA’s top prize, the Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting. Named for the late New York Times education editor Fred M. Hechinger, the award includes a cash prize of $10,000. To enter the 2017 Education Writers Association awards contest, fill out this application form.
Bonus Episode: Revisiting Brian Rosenthal’s Award-Winning Piece
EWA Radio: Episode 124
2016 National Winners for the Hechinger, Moskowitz, Eddie Awards in Education Reporting
The Education Writers Association is delighted to honor “Denied: How Texas Keeps Tens of Thousands of Children Out of Special Education,” an investigative series from the Houston Chronicle, with the top prize in the 2016 National Awards for Education Reporting. This year’s Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting will go to the reporter behind the series – Brian Rosenthal.
EWA Announces Winners of Top Education Reporting Prizes
The Education Writers Association is pleased to announce that “Failure Factories,” an investigative series from the Tampa Bay Times, has won the top prize in the National Awards for Education Reporting. This year’s Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting will go to three writers of the series – Cara Fitzpatrick, Lisa Gartner and Michael LaForgia.
Hannah-Jones of ProPublica Receives the 2014 Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting
Highest Honor in Education Journalism
APRIL 20, 2015 (CHICAGO)—A ProPublica package of stories about the lingering effects of segregation in American schools by Nikole Hannah-Jones has been awarded the top prize in the Education Writers Association’s 2014 National Awards for Education Reporting.
Recipients of the EWA Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting.
1972–2015
John Matthews, Washington Star (1972)
William Grant, Detroit Free Press (1973)
James Nolan and Linda Stahl, Louisville Courier-Journal (1974)
Jonathan Neumann, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass. (1975)
James Worsham and Marguerite Del Guidice, Boston Globe (1976)
Lou Antosh, Philadelphia Bulletin (1977)
Stanley Moulton and Laurel Sorenson, Daily Hampshire Gazette (1978)