Award Category: Print & Online
Zubeida Jaffer
Zubeida Jaffer is an acclaimed South African journalist whose activism has made her a key figure in the anti-Apartheid movement. During her early years as a reporter, she was detained for two months by South African authorities for exposing police killings and later arrested for editing community and trade union papers. Ms. Jaffer was a … Continued
Yeon Ho Oh
Oh Yeon Ho is a worldwide leader in citizen journalism and founder of OhmyNews, an international media outlet operating under the motto “Every citizen is a reporter.” In 2000, Mr. Oh created OhmyNews in his native South Korea as an online media experiment that began with 727 citizen reporters. Now the site boasts more than … Continued
William S. McNamee
William Scott McNamee, a University of Missouri journalism graduate, has built a chain of weekly farm publications with coverage stretching across the sunbelt from California to Delaware. McNamee is president and sole stockholder of Arm Press Publications, Inc., based in Clarksdale, Mississippi. His publications, Delta Farm Press, Southeast Farm Press, Southwest Farm Press and California … Continued
