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I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence
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Winners
Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism
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Joe Alex Morris Jr. Lecture
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I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence
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Alternative news pioneer Sandy Close wins the 2012 I.F. Stone Medal
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Sandy Close, executive editor and director of Pacific News Service (PNS), has been selected as winner of the 2012
I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence
. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard will present the award in Cambridge, Mass., on Dec. 6, 2012.
Close will receive the honor in recognition of her many achievements in journalism and for giving a voice to individuals and communities too often ignored by mainstream media. In nominating her, the I.F. Stone Medal selection committee acknowledged her steadfast efforts on behalf of ethnic news organizations and her mentoring of young journalists.
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Winners
2012
Sandy Close
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2011
A.C. Thompson
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Carly Gelsinger
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2010
Craig R. McCoy
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James Robinson
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2009
Jon Alpert
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Russ Choma
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2008
John Walcott
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