Courage in Journalism & Lifetime Achievement Winners

2012
Courage in Journalism Award
• Reeyot Alemu, Ethiopia
• Asmaa al-Ghoul, Gaza
• Khadija Ismayilova, Azerbaijan

Lifetime Achievement Award
Zubeida Mustafa, Pakistan

2011
Courage in Journalism Award
• Adela Navarro Bello, Mexico
• Parisa Hafezi, Iran
• Chiranuch Premchaiporn, Thailand

Lifetime Achievement Award
Kate Adie, BBC United Kingdom

2010
Courage in Journalism Award
• Claudia Julieta Duque, Colombia
• Vicky Ntetema, Tanzania
• Tsering Woeser, Tibet

Lifetime Achievement Award
Alma Guillermoprieto, journalist and author, Mexico

2009
Courage in Journalism Award 
• Jila Baniyaghoob, Iran
• Iryna Khalip, Belarus
• Agnès Tailé, Cameroon

Lifetime Achievement Award
Amira Hass, Ha’aretz Daily, Israel

2008
Courage in Journalism Award
• Farida Nekzad, Afghanistan
• Sevgul Uludag, Cyprus
• Aye Aye Win, Myanmar

Lifetime Achievement
Edith Lederer, Associated Press, United States

2007
Courage in Journalism Award
• Lydia Cacho, Mexico
• Serkalem Fasil, Ethiopia
• Iraqi women journalists of McClatchy’s Baghdad bureau: Huda Ahmed, Shatha al Awsy, Sahar Issa, Alaa Majeed, Zaineb Obeid, Ban Adil Sarhan, Iraq   

Lifetime Achievement Award
Peta Thornycroft, independent journalist, Zimbabwe

2006
Courage in Journalism Award
• Jill Carroll, United States
• May Chidiac, Lebanon
• Gao Yu, China

Lifetime Achievement Award
Elena Poniatowska, journalist and author, Mexico

2005
Courage in Journalism Award
• Sumi Khan, Bangladesh
• Anja Niedringhaus, Germany
• Shahla Sherkat, Iran

Lifetime Achievement Award
Molly Ivins, Creators Syndicate, United States (in memoriam)

2004
Courage in Journalism Award
• Gwen Lister, Namibia
• Mabel Rehnfeldt, Paraguay
• Salima Tlemcani, Algeria

Lifetime Achievement Award
Belva Davis, KRON-TV and KQED-TV, United States

2003
Courage in Journalism Award
• Anne Garrels, United States
• Tatyana Goryachova, Ukraine
• Marielos Monzon, Guatemala
 
Lifetime Achievement Award
Magdalena Ruiz, Radio Mitre, Argentina  

2002
Courage in Journalism Award
• Kathy Gannon, Canada
• Sandra Nyaira, Zimbabwe
• Anna Politkovskaya, Russia (In Memoriam)

Lifetime Achievement Award
Mary McGrory, The Washington Post, United States   

2001
Courage in Journalism Award
• Amal Abbas, Sudan
• Jineth Bedoya Lima, Colombia
• Carmen Gurruchaga, Spain

Lifetime Achievement Award
Colleen “Koky” Dishon, Chicago Tribune, United States

2000
Courage in Journalism Award
• Marie Colvin, United Kingdom (In Memoriam)
• Agnes Nindorera, Burundi
• Zamira Sydykova, Kyrgyzstan

Lifetime Achievement Award
Flora Lewis, The New York Times Syndicate, United States

1999
Courage in Journalism Award
• Sharifa Akhlas, Afghanistan
• Kim Bolan, Canada
• Aferdita Kelmendi, Kosovo 

Lifetime Achievement Award
Peggy Peterman, St. Petersburg Times, United States

1998
Courage in Journalism Award
• Elizabeth Neuffer, United States (In Memoriam)
• Blanca Rosales, Peru
• Anna Zarkova, Bulgaria 

Lifetime Achievement Award
Bonnie Angelo, Time, United States

1997
Courage in Journalism Award
• Bina Bektiati, Indonesia
• Corinne Dufka, United States
• Maribel Gutierrez Moreno, Mexico 

Lifetime Achievement Award
Nancy Woodhull, The Freedom Forum, United States

1996
Courage in Journalism Award
• Ayse Onal, Turkey
• Saida Ramadan, Sudan
• Lucy Sichone, Zambia (In Memoriam) 

Lifetime Achievement Award
Meg Greenfield, The Washington Post, United States (In Memoriam)

1995
Courage in Journalism Award
• Chris Anyanwu, Nigeria
• Horria Saihi, Algeria
• Gao Yu, China

Lifetime Achievement Award
Helen Thomas, United Press International, United States

1994
Courage in Journalism Award
• Christiane Amanpour, United States
• Razia Bhatti, Pakistan
• Marie-Yolande Saint-Fleur, Haiti 

Lifetime Achievement Award
Katharine Graham, The Washington Post Company, United States (In Memoriam)

1993
Courage in Journalism Award
• Donna Ferrato, United States
• Mirsada Sakic-Hatibovic & Arijana Saracevic, Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Cecilia Valenzuela, Peru

Lifetime Achievement Award
Nan Robertson, The New York Times, United States

1992
Courage in Journalism Award
• Catherine Gicheru, Kenya
• Kemal Kurspahic & Gordana Knezevic, Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Margaret Moth, New Zealand

Lifetime Achievement Award
Barbara Walters, ABC News, United States

1991
Courage in Journalism Award
• Lyubov Kovalevskaya, Ukraine
• Marites Vitug, Philippines

1990
Courage in Journalism Award
• Maria Jimena Duzan, Colombia
• Florica Ichim, Romania
• Caryle Murphy, United States
• Lilianne Pierre-Paul, Haiti