NABJ is proud to announce our 2021 #NABJAward winners and honorees. Playback from the December 4 event is available below. Thank you to our presenting sponsor FedEx, and our partners Caesars Entertainment and NBCUniversal.
Salute to Excellence Winners
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The NABJ Awards Team will contact those that submitted a winning nomination within the coming weeks to verify information, confirm the mailing address, and share how to order additional awards. Award orders will be processed in mid-January 2022. Questions from winners: Contact awards@nabj.org.
Hall of Fame Inductees and Special Honors Awards
2021 Hall of Fame inductees:
- A.J. Smitherman, Tulsa Star (posthumously)
- Claire Smith, Temple University /MLB Writer
- Cornelius “Neil” Foote Jr., Foote Communications, LLC/ University of North Texas
- Kirk D. McKoy, Kirk McKoy Photography, Formerly L.A. Times
- Monica K. Roberts, TransGriot (posthumously)
- Rochelle Riley, City of Detroit/Author
- Rodney A. Brooks, U.S. News & World Report/Author
- Roland S. Martin, #RolandMartinUnfiltered/Black Star Network
2021 Special Honors recipients:
- Libor Jany (Star Tribune) – Journalist of the Year Award
- Malika Andrews (ESPN) – Michael J. Feeney Emerging Journalist of the Year Award
- Art Norman (NBC Chicago) – Chuck Stone Lifetime Achievement Award
- Jenise Griffin (Florida Courier/Daytona Times) – Journalist of Distinction Award
- Janis L. Ware (The Atlanta Voice) – Legacy Award
- Sonceria (Sonny) Messiah Jiles (Houston Defender) – Ida B. Wells Award
- Anas Aremeyaw Anas (Insight TWI) – Percy Qoboza Foreign Journalist of the Year Award
- Dr. Sherri Marie Williams (American University) – Journalism Educator of the Year Award
- Aprill O. Turner (Higher Heights for America) – Patricia L. Tobin Media Professional Award
- Tenisha Taylor (Ezekiel Taylor Scholarship Foundation) – Angelo B. Henderson Community Service Award
- Giulia Heyward (Hussman School of Journalism and Media) – Student Journalist of the Year Award
- The Dallas Morning News – Best Practices Award
- Memphis Association of Black Journalists – NABJ Professional Chapter of the Year Award
- Howard University Association of Black Journalists – NABJ Student Chapter of the Year Award
- Tory N. Parrish (Newsday) – President’s Award
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Board Chair – Thumbs Down Award
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