Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism 2025 (up to $2,500)

The Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism honors work that evaluates news media coverage of significant subjects or issues. In 2025, when the award recognizes work from 2024, the award will be presented for the first time on the Penn State campus.

The creation of the Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism was announced at a ceremony at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on October 27, 1994. The award recognizes distinguished contributions to the improvement of print and broadcast journalism through responsible analysis or critical evaluation. The award is one of the few in the country to take a hard look at the media and the job being done by publishers, editors and reporters.

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Prizes of Bart Richards

• The winner receives a $2,500 honorarium and is expected to attend the award ceremony, which will be conducted in September 2025 on the Penn State campus, and talk on the subject for which he or she is being honored.

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Eligibility for Bart Richards

• Eligible for the award are all significant contributions, current or cumulative, consistent with the award’s purposes from whatever source, media or otherwise, in the United States. The nomination should include work done (completed or continuing) in the calendar year.
• Both individuals and media (or other organizations, enterprises, and groups) are eligible for the award, including newspapers, periodicals, and broadcast/cable stations.
• Anyone may submit an entry on behalf of an individual or organization. There are no application forms. Each entry must be accompanied by a letter describing the nature and results of the work and by the relevant published or aired material and/or other necessary documentation. Links to completed work online are acceptable as well.
• In the case of cumulative work, limit entries to representative examples of such work.

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Application

The deadline for materials published in 2024 is January 31, 2025.

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