Edgar A. Poe Award Explained

The Edgar A. Poe Memorial Award was a prize for journalistic excellence that was awarded by the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA). The prize, which paid $2,500 in 2011, was funded by the New Orleans Times-Picayune and Newhouse Newspapers in honor of the distinguished correspondent Edgar Allen Poe (1906–1998),[1] a former WHCA president unrelated to the American fiction writer of the nearly identical name.[2] [3]

The award, which honored excellence in news coverage of subjects and events of significant national or regional importance to the American people,[4] was presented from 1990 to 2019 at the annual dinner of the WHCA (when it was discontinued in place of two new awards).[5]

List of winners

YearRecipientEmployerArticle / ShowNotes & Ref
1989 Keith Epstein The Plain Dealer [6]
1990 "A series of reports ... on child abuse." [7]
1991 Stewart M. Powell and Charles J. Lewis "A three-part series detailing the magnitude and human impact of the war's friendly fire casualties and chronicling the anguish of the families involved." [8]
1992 Chicago Tribune "A series of articles on lobbying... [and] how the system functions." || [9] |-| 1993 || Richard Whittle || The Dallas Morning News || || [10] |-| 1994 || Russell Carollo and Cheryl Reed || Dayton Daily News || || [11] |-| 1995 || Joby Warrick and Pat Stith || The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) || "'The Power of Pork,' their well-researched series on the pork farming business..." || [12] |-| 1996 || Byron Acohido || The Seattle Times || "Safety at Issue: The 737", "ferreting out compelling evidence that undoubtedly contributed as much as anything else to safety improvements in the world's most popular aircraft." || [13] |-| 1997 || Earl Lane and Andrew Smith || Newsday || Their series "The Leftovers of the Nuclear Age." || [14] [15] |-| 1998 || Michael Isikoff || Newsweek || "Clinton–Lewinsky scandal" || [16] |-| 1999 || Sam Roe || The Toledo Blade || "Exposing a major health risk to nuclear weapons plant workers that was concealed by the U.S. government for half a century." || [17] [18] |-|rowspan=3|2000|Elizabeth Marchak, Dave Davis, and Joan Mazzolini|The Plain Dealer||[19] |-|John Barry and Evan Thomas|Newsweek||Honorable Mention|-|David Pace|Associated Press||Honorable Mention|-|rowspan=3|2001|Evan Thomas, Mark Hosenball, Martha Brant, and Roy Gutman|Newsweek||[20] |-|Staff|The Seattle Times||Honorable Mention|-|Staff|The Dayton Daily News||Honorable Mention|-|rowspan=3|2002|Sean Naylor|Army Times||[21] |-|Staff|South Florida Sun-Sentinel||Honorable Mention|-|Michael Berens|Chicago Tribune||Honorable Mention|-|rowspan=7|2003|Russell Corollo and Mei-ling Hopgood|Dayton Daily News||[22] |-|Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound|U.S. News & World Report||Honorable Mention|-|Michael Hudson|Southern Exposure magazine||Honorable Mention|-|Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landy|Knight Ridder||Honorable Mention|-|Rod Nordland and Michael Hirsh|Newsweek||Honorable Mention|-|Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau, and Michael Hirsh|Newsweek||Honorable Mention|-|Fareed Zakaria|Newsweek||Honorable Mention|-|rowspan=2|2004|Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams|The San Francisco Chronicle||[23] |-|Donald Barlett and James Steele|Time magazine||Honorable Mention|-|rowspan=3|2005|Marcus Stern and Jerry Kammer|Copley News Service||[24] |-|Staff|Time magazine||Honorable Mention|-|Russell Carollo and Larry Kaplow|Dayton Daily News||Honorable Mention|-|2006|Joan Ryan|The San Francisco Chronicle||[25] |-|2007|Paul Shukovsky, Tracy Johnson, and Daniel Lathrop|Seattle Post-Intelligencer||[26] |-|2008|Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong|The Seattle Times||[27] |-|2009|Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman|Contra Costa Times, California||[28] |-|2010|Michael Berens|The Seattle Times||[29] |-|2011|Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan, Chris Hawley|Associated Press||[30] |-|2012|Jim Morris, Chris Hamby, Ronnie Greene|The Center for Public Integrity (CPI)|Hard Labor|[31] |-|rowspan="2"|2013|Megan Twohey|Reuters|"The Child Exchange: Inside America's Underground Market for Adopted Children," |rowspan="2"|[32] [33] |-|Chris Hamby, Matthew Mosk, and Brian Ross|The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) and ABC News|"Breathless and Burdened: Dying from black lung, buried by law and medicine,"|-|rowspan="2"|2014|Gary Fields, John R. Emshwiller, Rob Barry, and Coulter Jones|The Wall Street Journal|"America's Rap Sheet"|rowspan="2"|[34] [35] |-|Carol D. Leonnig|The Washington Post|"Secret Service"|-|rowspan="2"|2015|Neela Banerjee, John Cushman Jr., David Hasemyer, and Lisa Song|Inside Climate News||rowspan="2"|[36] [37] |-|Terrence McCoy|The Washington Post||-|2016|David Fahrenthold|The Washington Post||[38] |-|rowspan=3|2017|Jason Szep, Peter Eisler, Tim Reid, Lisa Girion, Grant Smith and team |Reuters|"Shock Tactics"|[39] [40] |-|Norah O'Donnell|CBS This Morning|Sexual Assault in the Air Force Academy|Honorable Mention|-|Dan Diamond and Rachana Pradhan|Politico|Tom Price's Private Jet Travel|Honorable Mention[41] |-|2018| Joshua Schneyer, Michael Pell, Andrea Januta, and Deborah Nelson|Reuters|"Ambushed at Home"|[42] |}

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Notes and References

  1. Julia Street with Poydras the Parrot. August 1, 2010. Site Staff. New Orleans Magazine. In 1989, the Times-Picayune and Newshouse Newspapers established the Edgar A. Poe Award for journalistic excellence. Named in honor of the Picayune’s longtime Washington correspondent, who died in 1998 at the age of 92. The award is presented at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner..
  2. News: REPORTER EDGAR ALLEN POE DIES. The Washington Post. Aug 17, 1998.
  3. Web site: What's With The Edgar A. Poe Award At The WHCD?. Chris . Tognotti. April 25, 2015. Bustle.
  4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20080621211323/http://www.whca.net/poe.htm. THE EDGAR A. POE MEMORIAL AWARD. June 21, 2008. White House Correspondents' Association.
  5. Web site: WHCA ANNOUNCES KATHARINE GRAHAM AWARD FOR COURAGE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. White House Correspondents' Association . 2019.
  6. Web site: Winners. White House Correspondents' Association. Medill School of Journalism. https://web.archive.org/web/19991108220850/http://www.medill.nwu.edu/whca/1990win.html. Nov 8, 1999.
  7. News: JOURNALISM AWARDS ANNOUNCED. The Washington Post. Apr 28, 1991.
  8. News: 10 JOURNALISTS HONORED WITH REPORTING PRIZES. The Washington Post. May 10, 1992.
  9. News: 2 POST REPORTERS WIN AWARD FOR ARTICLES ON UNITED WAY. The Washington Post. May 2, 1993.
  10. Web site: Winners. White House Correspondents' Association. Medill School of Journalism. https://web.archive.org/web/20000307174956/http://www.medill.nwu.edu/whca/1994win.html. Mar 7, 2000.
  11. Web site: Winners. White House Correspondents' Association. Medill School of Journalism. https://web.archive.org/web/20000307203744/http://www.medill.nwu.edu/whca/1995win.html. Mar 7, 2000.
  12. Web site: Winners. White House Correspondents' Association. Medill School of Journalism. https://web.archive.org/web/20000307231543/http://www.medill.nwu.edu/whca/1996win.html. Mar 7, 2000.
  13. Web site: Winners. White House Correspondents' Association. Medill School of Journalism. https://web.archive.org/web/20000308013019/http://www.medill.nwu.edu/whca/1997win.html. Mar 8, 2000.
  14. Web site: Winners. White House Correspondents' Association. Medill School of Journalism. https://web.archive.org/web/20000308062803/http://www.medill.nwu.edu/whca/1998win.html. Mar 8, 2000.
  15. Web site: 34 WCPD 713 Remarks at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. May 4, 1998. GovInfo.
  16. Web site: Winners. White House Correspondents' Association. Medill School of Journalism. https://web.archive.org/web/20000412052301/http://www.medill.nwu.edu/whca/1999win.html. Apr 12, 2000.
  17. Web site: Winners. White House Correspondents' Association. Medill School of Journalism. https://web.archive.org/web/20001021114926/http://www.medill.nwu.edu/whca/2000win.html. Oct 21, 2000.
  18. Web site: The 2000 WHCA Awards . White House Correspondents' Association . April 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062008/http://whca.net/2000pressrelease.pdf . March 4, 2016 . dead . mdy-all.
  19. Web site: Smith . Mark . WHCA Names 2001 Award Winners . White House Correspondents' Association . April 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110628231725/http://whca.net/2001pressrelease.pdf . June 28, 2011 . dead . mdy-all.
  20. Web site: Smith . Mark . WHCA Names 2002 Award Winners . White House Correspondents' Association . April 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110517040803/http://whca.net/2002pressrelease.pdf . May 17, 2011 . dead . mdy-all.
  21. Web site: Smith . Mark . WHCA Names 2003 Award Winners . White House Correspondents' Association . April 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523143248/http://whca.net/2003pressrelease.pdf . May 23, 2011 . dead . mdy-all.
  22. Web site: Smith . Mike . WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' ASSOCIATION NAMES 2004 AWARD WINNERS . White House Correspondents' Association . April 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110601020623/http://whca.net/2004pressrelease.pdf . June 1, 2011 . dead . mdy-all.
  23. Web site: Mills . Doug . WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' ASSOCIATION NAMES 2005 AWARD WINNERS . White House Correspondents' Association . April 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110517055956/http://whca.net/2005pressrelease.pdf . May 17, 2011 . dead . mdy-all.
  24. Web site: Compton . Ann . WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' ASSOCIATION NAMES 2006 AWARD WINNERS . White House Correspondents' Association . April 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523153546/http://whca.net/2006pressrelease.pdf . May 23, 2011 . dead . mdy-all.
  25. Web site: Whiston . Julia . White House Correspondents' Association Names 2007 Award Winners . White House Correspondents' Association . April 25, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110517040522/http://whca.net/2007pressrelease.pdf . May 17, 2011 . dead . mdy-all.
  26. Web site: WHCA . WHCA 2008 JOURNALISM AWARDS . White House Correspondents' Association . May 1, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110502025035/http://whca.net/2008win.htm . May 2, 2011 . dead . mdy-all.
  27. Web site: WHCA . WHCA 2009 JOURNALISM AWARDS . White House Correspondents' Association . May 1, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110516120408/http://whca.net/2009win.htm . May 16, 2011 . dead . mdy-all.
  28. Web site: WHCA . WHCA 2010 JOURNALISM AWARDS . https://web.archive.org/web/20100503045416/http://www.whca.net/2010win.htm . dead . May 3, 2010 . White House Correspondents' Association . May 1, 2011.
  29. Web site: White House Correspondents' Association Announces Recipients of the 2011 Awards . White House Correspondents' Association . April 28, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120510130409/http://whca.net/2011win.htm . May 10, 2012 . dead . mdy-all.
  30. Web site: 2012 WHCA Journalism Awards . White House Correspondents' Association . April 28, 2012 . April 23, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120423223524/http://whca.net/awards.htm . dead .
  31. Web site: WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION AWARDS . www.whca.net . 2018-02-18 . February 1, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180201153556/http://www.whca.net/2013win.htm . dead .
  32. News: POLITICO, N.Y. Times take WHCA awards . POLITICO . 2018-02-18.
  33. Web site: WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION AWARDS . www.whca.net . 2018-02-18 . April 6, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180406191804/http://whca.net/2014win.htm . dead .
  34. News: WHCA Announces 2015 Award Winners - White House Correspondents Insider . 2015-04-01 . White House Correspondents Insider . 2018-02-18 . en-US.
  35. Web site: WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION AWARDS . www.whca.net . 2018-02-18 . April 6, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180406191809/http://whca.net/2015win.htm . dead .
  36. Web site: Norah O'Donnell Wins WHCA Award for Joe Biden Story . www.adweek.com . April 25, 2016 . en-US . 2018-02-18.
  37. Web site: WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION AWARDS . www.whca.net . 2018-02-18 . April 6, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180406191704/http://whca.net/2016win.htm . dead .
  38. News: 2017 Award Winners White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA). White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) . 2018-05-02 . en-US.
  39. News: 2018 Winners White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA). White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) . 2018-05-02 . en-US.
  40. Web site: Shock Tactics: Inside the Taser, the weapon that transformed policing . Reuters . en . 2018-05-05.
  41. News: Price investigation continues to roil HHS . POLITICO . 2018-05-05.
  42. Web site: WHCA JOURNALISM AWARDS HONOR REPORTING ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIS CABINET, AND POOR HOUSING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES. White House Correspondents' Association. 2019. Nov 27, 2023.

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