NLIHC Media Awards

The 2008 NLIHC Media Awards recognized print journalists who did an exemplary job of illuminating the affordable housing crisis in the United States.

The awards honored first-prize winners with a $2,500 prize. Winners were recognized during a reception on April 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Honorable mentions were also recognized.

NLIHC is committed to raising awareness about the situation of low income individuals who lack access to safe and affordable homes and solutions.

The goal of the NLIHC Media Awards is to recognize print journalists who make a dedicated effort to inform the public about the inequities in housing and to add to the understanding of the disparities between the well-housed and the poorly or un-housed in a community, and to encourage journalists who do not normally cover low income housing issues to do so.

Check back here in coming weeks for information on the 2009 NLIHC Media Awards. 

Congratulations to the 2008 Winners:

First Place
Daily Newspaper Single Story
Circulation above 100,000
“Public Housing Left Behind - Housing the Poor”
by Ramit Plushnick Masti
Associated Press (Pittsburgh, PA)
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Daily Newspaper Series of Articles
Circulation less than 100,000
“Halfway to Homeless”
by Elizabeth Ryan
Chattanooga Times Free Press (Chattanooga, TN)
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Daily Newspaper Series of Articles
Circulation above 100,000
“Section 8: Subsidizing Suburbia”
by Gregory Korte and Jane Prendergast
Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)
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Honorable Mention
Daily Newspaper Series of Articles
Circulation above 100,000
“The War Against Affordable Housing”
by Bob Shaw
St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
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Daily Newspaper Single Story
Circulation above 100,000
“Foreclosures Hidden Victims - The Tenants”
by Carolyn Said
The San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA)
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Daily Newspaper Series of Articles
Circulation above 100,000
“Housing Shortage Dire in Post-Katrina New Orleans”
by Katy Reckdahl
The Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
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Judging Criteria:

  • Depth of research and documentation
  • Style
  • Accuracy and Completeness
  • Readability
  • Interest
  • Social, cultural or political context
  • Reporting challenges and impact (as described in statement required with each entry)
  • Demonstrate clear understanding of affordable housing issues
  • Demonstrate how the article or series had an impact or prompted action on the issue (as described in statement required with each entry)
  • Creativity in coverage of solutions to affordable housing crisis

For more information, please contact: Taylor Materio, Communications Associate, taylor@nlihc.org or 202-662-1530 x227