• Christopher J. Georges Award
• Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism
• J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project
• Louis Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism
• Joe Alex Morris Jr. Lecture
• Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers
• I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence
• About I.F. Stone
• Winners

1. News

   Craig R. McCoy wins the 2010 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

   

   Friday, June 11, 2010

   Craig R. McCoy, a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, is winner of the 2010 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence. The Nieman Foundation will present the award during a ceremony at Boston University’s College of Communication on October 5, 2010.
   
   For almost three decades, McCoy has exposed injustice and corruption in Philadelphia through his probing and meticulous investigative work. Read more »

   The Platform: In Praise of Journalistic Independence

   Tuesday, October 21, 2008

   By Peter Osnos, The Century Foundation
   
   The credit implosion of 2008 and simultaneous climax of a riveting two-year presidential campaign has overwhelmed pretty much everything else this fall, as well they should have. But the awarding of the first I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence (for which I serve as an adviser) underscored again the importance of reporting that aggressively and against the odds of conventional wisdom challenges official dogma.

2. 2009 Videos & Transcripts

   The I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence
   
   Presented to Jon Alpert by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard
   
   Award Ceremony at American University, Washington, D.C.
   October 1, 2009
   
   

   •	Welcome – Part I
   •	Welcome – Part II
   •	Opening Remarks and Presentation of the I.F. Stone Medal
   •	Jon Alpert’s Acceptance Speech – Part I
   •	Jon Alpert’s Acceptance Speech – Part II
   •	Jon Alpert’s Acceptance Speech – Part III
   •	Jon Alpert’s Acceptance Speech – Part IV
   •	Presentation of the American University School of Communication Essay Competition Award
   •	Panel Discussion on Journalistic Independence

I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Established in 2008, the I.F Stone Medal recognizes journalistic independence and honors the life of investigative journalist I.F. Stone.

The award is presented annually to a journalist whose work captures the spirit of independence, integrity, courage and indefatigability that characterized I.F. Stone’s Weekly, published 1953-1971.

For more information on I.F. Stone, visit www.ifstone.org.

Learn more about the 2011 I.F. Stone Medal winner, investigative reporter A.C. Thompson.

Nomination Process
An advisory committee of journalists oversees nominations and the selection of an annual medal winner. The committee is chaired by Jeremy J. Stone, elder son of I.F. Stone. Jeremy is the former president of the Federation of American Scientists (1970-2000).

Donations
An endowment fund for the I.F. Stone Medal, with an anonymous matching gift of $100,000, has been established at Harvard University.

Donations toward a goal of $200,000 can be made through the Nieman Foundation by sending a check to the address below, or by using the Harvard University giving site.

I.F Stone Project Endowment
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard
One Francis Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138