Awards by Year

2010 Casey Medals

Enter the 16th Annual Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism competition, which recognizes exemplary reporting on children and families. This year, we've updated our categories for the digital age: We've revamped the audio and video categories, and we welcome Web audio and video entries. For the first time, citizen journalists and reporters from online-only news sites are eligible to apply.

First-place winners receive $1,000 and will be honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Casey Medalists are automatically considered for two additional $5,000 awards presented by the America's Promise Alliance.

Entries must be received by Friday, March 5, 2010.

2009 Casey Medals

The Boston Globe’s examination of a state’s failure to save a young girl from a life of neglect; KOLR-TV’s (Springfield, Mo.) remarkable three-year journey to tell the story of one young man trapped in a nursing home for the elderly; and the Akron Beacon Journal’s series on the economic story of our time are among the winners of the 2009 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism. The medals are presented by the Journalism Center on Children & Families and funded by The Annie E. Casey Foundation.

2008 Casey Medals

The Chicago Tribune's expansive investigation of child product safety, The Dallas Morning News's iconic photographs of people living at the margins of society and 20/20's compelling portrait of families looking for a better life in Camden, N.J., were among the winners of the 2008 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism. The medals are presented by the Journalism Center on Children & Families and funded by the center's primary funder, The Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Other news organizations taking top honors in the 14th annual contest included the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Newsday, Houston's KHOU-TV, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, American RadioWorks, The Nation, The Oregonian and St. Petersburg Times. The Washington Post and Durham's Independent Weekly each won their second consecutive Casey Medal. More than 500 journalists entered this year's contest.

2007 Casey Medals

The Philadelphia Inquirer's thorough documentation of a city agency's neglect of children it was charged with protecting, Dateline NBC’s compelling profile of a first-year teacher, and The Washington Post's creative use of multimedia to enrich racial dialogue were among the winning entries in the 2007 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism.

Other news organizations taking top honors in the 13th annual contest were Los Angeles Times/West Magazine, The Seattle Times, MSNBC, Chicago Public Radio, The Sacramento Bee, The Roanoke Times, the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat, The Hartford Courant, KRIV-TV/Houston, Anchorage Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle and The Independent Weekly in Durham, N.C.

2006 Casey Medals

Press releases from 1994-2006 will be posted by late summer.