Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics
Year Recipient Notes
2010 Tom Bier of WISC-TV Noted as the Dean of Madison journalists , Bier retired from WISC-TV3 in 2015
2011 Dan Flannery of Appleton Post-Crescent Flannery retired from the Post-Crescent in 2015 after 28 years
2012 Steven T. Lovejoy of The Journal Times ( Racine , Wisconsin ) Lovejoy , a veteran of the newspaper industry , was recognized for his lifelong practice of applying the highest ethical standards to his work
2013 Mark Johnson of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Johnson 's series , Uniquely Human : The Science of Gender , investigated the role of nature and nurture in gender identity
2014 Associated Press : Adam Goldman , Matt Apuzzo and Ted Bridis In their reporting about the disappearance of Robert Levinson , the reporters found that Levinson , who went missing while in Iran , was employed by the CIA , even as the agency denied it to the White House , the FBI and Congress
2015 The Chicago Tribune team : David Jackson , Gary Marx and Duaa Eldeib , and Anthony Souffle This investigation , which uncovered abuses in Illinois juvenile justice system , led to the resignation of the director of the state Department of Children and Family Services
2016 Associated Press : Martha Mendoza , Margie Mason , Robin McDowell and Esther Htusan The Fisherman Slaves series exposed the abusive practices of the fishing industry in Southeast Asia , leading to the freeing of 2,000 slave laborers used by the fishing industry
2017 Shane Bauer of Mother Jones Bauer 's My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard chronicles the inner workings of a private prison where the reporter went undercover
2018 Brian Grow , John Shiffman and the Reuters team The Body Trade series investigated an industry that processes and markets the body parts from recently deceased humans
List of winners
The Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics is a journalism award presented annually by the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It was originally named Wisconsin Commitment to Journalism Ethics Award in 2010, and was renamed after journalist and alumnus Anthony Shadid who died in 2012. According to the Center website, the Shadid Award recognizes ethical decisions in reporting stories in any medium, including print, broadcast and digital, by journalists working for established news organizations or publishing individually.