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The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the White House and the president of the United States. The WHCA was founded on February 25, 1914, by journalists in response to an unfounded rumor that a United States congressional committee would select which journalists could attend press conferences of President Woodrow Wilson.[4]

White House Correspondents' Association
AbbreviationWHCA
FormationFebruary 25, 1914; 110 years ago (1914-02-25)
52-0799067[1]
Legal status501(c)(3) nonprofit organization[1]
Location
Coordinates38°53′52″N 77°03′18″W / 38.89778°N 77.05500°W / 38.89778; -77.05500
Kelly O'Donnell (NBC News)[2]
Steven Thomma[2]
Revenue (2015)
$366,481[3]
Expenses (2015)$311,090[3]
Employees (2015)
0[3]
Websitewww.whca.press

The WHCA operates independently of the White House. Among the more notable issues handled by the WHCA are the credentialing process, access to the president and physical conditions in the White House press briefing rooms.[5][6] Its most high-profile activity is the annual White House Correspondents' dinner, which is traditionally attended by the president and covered by the news media. Except for Donald Trump, every president has attended at least one WHCA dinner, beginning with Calvin Coolidge in 1924.[7]

Association leadership, 2023–2024

The leadership of the White House Correspondents' Association includes:[5]

Association presidents

YearNameEmployer
1977–78Paul F. HealyDaily News
1978–79Aldo BeckmanChicago Tribune
1979–80Ralph HarrisReuters
1980–81Robert C. PierpointCBS News
1981–82Clifford EvansRKO General Broadcasting
1982–83Thomas M. DeFrankNewsweek
1983–84James R. GerstenzangAssociated Press
1984–85Sara FritzLos Angeles Times
1985–86Gary F. SchusterCBS News
1986–87Bill PlanteCBS News
1987–88Norman D. SandlerUnited Press International
1988–89Jeremiah O'LearyThe Washington Times
1989–90Johanna NeumanUSA Today
1990–91Robert M. EllisonSheridan Broadcasting
1991–92Charles BierbauerCNN
1992–93Karen HoslerThe Baltimore Sun
1993–94George E. Condon Jr.Copley News Service
1994–95Kenneth T. WalshU.S. News & World Report
1995–96Carl P. LeubsdorfThe Dallas Morning News
1996–97Terence HuntAssociated Press
1997–98Laurence McQuillanReuters
1998–99Stewart PowellHearst Newspapers
1999–2000Susan PageUSA Today
2000–01Arlene DillonCBS News
2001–02Steve HollandReuters
2002–03Bob DeansCox Newspapers
2003–04Carl M. CannonNational Journal
2004–05Ron HutchesonKnight Ridder
2005–06Mark SmithAssociated Press TV and Radio
2006–07Steve ScullyC-SPAN
2007–08Ann ComptonABC News
2008–09Jennifer LovenAssociated Press
2009–10Edwin ChenBloomberg
2010–11David JacksonUSA Today
2011–12Caren BohanReuters
2012–13Ed HenryFox News
2013–14Steven ThommaMcClatchy
2014–15Christi ParsonsTribune Media
2015–16Carol LeeWall Street Journal
2016–17Jeff MasonReuters
2017–18Margaret TalevBloomberg
2018–19Olivier Knox[8]Sirius XM
2019–20Jonathan Karl[9]ABC News
2020–21Zeke Miller[10]Associated Press
2021–22Steven Portnoy[11]CBS News Radio
2022–23Tamara KeithNPR
2023–24Kelly O'DonnellNBC News
2024–25Eugene Daniels (elect) [12]Politico
2025–26Weijia Jiang (elect) [13]CBS News

White House press room

The WHCA is responsible for assigned seating in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House.[14][15]

White House Correspondents' dinner

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The WHCA's annual dinner, begun in 1921,[16] has become a Washington, D.C. tradition, and is traditionally attended by the president and vice president. Except for Donald Trump, every president has attended at least one WHCA dinner, beginning with Calvin Coolidge in 1924.[7][4][17] The dinner is traditionally held on the evening of the last Saturday in April at the Washington Hilton.

Until 1962, the dinner was open only to men,[18] even though WHCA's membership included women. At the urging of Helen Thomas, President John F. Kennedy refused to attend the dinner unless the ban on women was dropped.[19]

Prior to World War II, the annual dinner featured singing between courses, a homemade movie, and an hour-long, post-dinner show with big-name performers.[4] Since 1983, the featured speaker has usually been a comedian, with the dinner taking on the form of a comedy roast of the president and his administration.

The dinner also funds scholarships for gifted students in college journalism programs.[20]

Many annual dinners have been cancelled or downsized due to deaths or political crises. The dinner was cancelled in 1930 due to the death of former president William Howard Taft; in 1942, following the United States' entry into World War II; and in 1951, over what President Harry S. Truman called the "uncertainty of the world situation."[21] In 1981, Ronald Reagan did not attend because he was recuperating after the attempted assassination the previous month, but he did phone in and told a joke about the shooting.[22]

During his presidency, Donald Trump did not attend the dinners in 2017, 2018, and 2019.[23] Trump indicated that he might attend in 2019 since this dinner did not feature a comedian as the featured speaker.[24] However, on April 5, 2019, he announced that he again would not attend, calling the dinner "so boring, and so negative," instead hosting a political rally that evening in Wisconsin.[25][26] On April 22, Trump ordered a boycott of the dinner, with White House Cabinet Secretary Bill McGinley assembling the agencies' chiefs of staff to issue a directive that members of the administration not attend.[27][28] However, some members of the administration attended pre- and post-dinner parties.[29]

Dinner criticisms

The WHCD has been increasingly criticized as an example of the coziness between the White House press corps and the administration.[30][31] The dinner has typically included a skit, either live or videotaped, by the sitting U.S. president in which he mocks himself, for the amusement of the press corps.[30] The press corps, in turn, hobnobs with administration officials, even those who are unpopular and are not regularly cooperative with the press.[30] Increasing scrutiny by bloggers has contributed to added public focus on this friendliness.[30]

After the 2007 dinner, New York Times columnist Frank Rich implied that the Times would no longer participate in the dinners.[32] Rich wrote that the dinner had become "a crystallization of the press's failures in the post-9/11 era" because it "illustrates how easily a propaganda-driven White House can enlist the Washington news media in its shows".[32]

Other criticism has focused on the amount of money actually raised for scholarships, which has decreased over the past few years.[20]

The dinners have drawn increasing public attention, and the guest list grows "more Hollywood".[6] The attention given to the guest list and entertainers often overshadows the intended purpose of the dinner, which is to "acknowledge award-winners, present scholarships, and give the press and the president an evening of friendly appreciation".[6] This has led to an atmosphere of coming to the event only to "see and be seen".[6] This usually takes place at pre-dinner receptions and post-dinner parties hosted by various media organizations, which are often a bigger draw and can be more exclusive than the dinners themselves.[33][34][35]

The public airings of the controversies around the dinner from the mid-2000s onward gradually focused concern about the nature of the event.[36] While interest in the event from entertainers, journalists, and political figures was high during the Obama administration, by the period of the Trump administration, interest gradually slowed in attending, especially after President Trump announced he would not attend, nor his staff.[37] Business related to the weekend event slowed considerably, including at hotels, high-end restaurants, salons, caterers, and limo companies. During the Trump administration, some media companies stopped hosting parties, while other of the roughly 25 events held during the three-day period gained more prominence as signs of social status.[36]By 2019, the dinner and associated parties had returned somewhat to their previous nature as networking and media functions, with packed houses of media industry employees and Washington political figures.[29]

After the April 30, 2022 dinner, several attendees including Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for COVID-19.[38] However, no cases of serious illness were reported as a result of the dinner.[39]

List of dinners

DatePerformer(s)Notes
May 7, 1921[40]
May 3, 1924President Coolidge becomes the first President to attend the dinner[41]
1930—Dinner canceled due to the death of former president William Howard Taft on March 8
March 15, 1941[42]
1942—Dinner canceled following the United States' entry into World War II
February 12, 1943[42]
March 4, 1944[42]Bob Hope, Fritz Kreisler, Gracie Fields, Pedro Vargas, Fred Waring, Elsie Janis, Ed Gardner, Nan Merriman, Robert Merrill, and Frank Black[43]
March 1945Frank Sinatra, Danny Thomas, Jimmy Durante, Fanny Brice, Danny Kaye, and Garry Moore[44]
March 23, 1946[citation needed]Ed Sullivan (host); featured performers included Herb Shriner, Señor Wences, Paul Draper, Larry Adler, and Sugar Chile Robinson.[45]
March 6, 1948Spike Jones[46]
March 14, 1949
1951—Dinner canceled due to what President Truman referred to as the "uncertainty of the world situation."[21]
May 1953Bob Hope[47]
c. Feb. 27, 1954Milton Berle, The Four Step Brothers,[48][49] Jaye P. Morgan, The McGuire Sisters, and Irving Berlin performed.Held at the Statler Hotel.[49] Berlin performed an original song, "I Still Like Ike," to honor President Eisenhower.[21]
March 1955Duke Ellington, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Channing Pollock[50]
May 1956James Cagney emceed; Nat King Cole, Patti Page, and Dizzy Gillespie performed.[51]
October 12, 1959[citation needed]
February 25, 1961The Peiro Brothers (jugglers), Julie London, Dorothy Provine, Mischa Elman, and Jerome Hines[52][42]
April 27, 1962Peter Sellers, Gwen Verdon, Richard Goodman, and Benny Goodman shared hosting duties.Event opened to female correspondents for the first time.[42]
May 24, 1963Merv Griffin emceed; Barbra Streisand performed.[53][42]
May 21, 1964[54]Duke Ellington, the Smothers Brothers[21]
May 11, 1968[42]Richard Pryor
May 3, 1969[55]The Disneyland Golden Horseshoe Revue[56]
May 2, 1970[citation needed]George Carlin[57][58]
May 8, 1971[59]President Nixon was in attendance; he later described the dinner as "probably the worst of this type that I have attended," and called the attendees "a drunken group; crude, and terribly cruel."[60]
1972President Nixon declined to attend and sent his wife, Pat Nixon, in his place.[61]
April 14, 1973[62]Held in the International Ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel[63]
May 4, 1974Nixon again declined to attend;[61] Vice President Ford came in his place.[64]
May 3, 1975Danny Thomas and Marlo Thomas[65]
May 1, 1976 [66]Bob Hope emceed and Chevy Chase performed.[67]When President Ford rose to speak, he pretended to fumble, and began his speech with "Good evening. I'm Gerald Ford and you're not"—a reference to Chase's catchphrase from Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update.[67]
April 30, 1977[42]
April 29, 1978President Carter declined to attend, sending press secretary Jody Powell in his place.[68]
April 28, 1979[69]
May 3, 1980Preservation Hall Jazz Band[70]
April 25, 1981[71]President Reagan did not attend because he was recuperating after the attempted assassination the previous month.[22]
April 24, 1982[42]
April 23, 1983Mark RussellRussell's stand-up bits replaces the traditional cabaret[41][42]
April 13, 1984Rich Little[a]
April 27, 1985[73]Mort Sahl[74]
April 17, 1986Dick Cavett[75]
April 22, 1987[76]Jay Leno[77]
April 21, 1988Yakov Smirnoff[78]
April 29, 1989Jim Morris (Bush impersonator)[79][80]Garry Shandling made a surprise appearance.[81]
April 28, 1990Jim Morris[82]
April 27, 1991[83]Sinbad[84]
May 8, 1992Paula PoundstonePoundstone was the first solo female host.[85]
May 1, 1993Elayne Boosler[86][87]This was the first year that the dinner was televised on C-SPAN.
April 23, 1994Al Franken[88][89]
April 29, 1995Conan O'Brien
May 4, 1996Al Franken[90][91]
April 26, 1997Jon Stewart[92][93]Norm Macdonald delivered a Weekend Update parody.
April 25, 1998Ray Romano
May 1, 1999Aretha Franklin[45]A non-comedian was chosen to host because of the recent impeachment of President Clinton.[94] NBC's Brian Williams performed a skit.
April 29, 2000Jay Leno[95]President Bill Clinton also mocked himself in the short film President Clinton: The Final Days, which depicted him as a lonely man closing down a nearly deserted White House, riding a bicycle, and learning about the Internet with the help of actor Mike Maronna.
April 28, 2001Darrell Hammond
May 4, 2002Drew Carey[96]
April 26, 2003Ray CharlesPresident George W. Bush decided to eschew a comedian that year, given the recent invasion of Iraq.[97]
May 1, 2004Jay Leno[77]
April 30, 2005Cedric the EntertainerFirst Lady Laura Bush also performed some jokes.[98][99]
April 29, 2006Stephen Colbert[100]
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Colbert performed while being in character of his television satire of a right-wing cable television pundit.[101] Colbert also screened a video featuring Helen Thomas. Several of President Bush's aides and supporters walked out during Colbert's speech, and one former aide said that the President had "that look that he's ready to blow".[102] Steve Bridges also performed a Bush impersonation.[103]
April 21, 2007Rich LittleDavid Letterman appeared by video with a Top 10 list of "favorite George W. Bush moments".[104]
April 26, 2008Craig Ferguson[105]Like his Late Late Show monologues, Ferguson appeared to go off script and started improvising new jokes. It was noted that President Bush had difficulty understanding Ferguson's Scottish accent.[106]
May 9, 2009Wanda Sykes[107]
May 1, 2010Jay Leno[108]Leno hosted for the fourth time, more than any other individual in the dinner's history.[109] Leno had been chosen several weeks before his controversial Tonight Show conflict,[110] and his use of recycled jokes was noted by critics.[111]
April 30, 2011Seth Meyers[112][113][114]Both President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates were seen laughing at Meyers' jokes about the government's apparent inability to track down Osama bin Laden, even though they were a day away from the operation to assassinate him.
President Obama and Meyers also mocked then-Celebrity Apprentice host Donald Trump's role as the face of the birther movement. Trump (who was present at the dinner) would go on to be elected President of the United States five years later in the 2016 United States presidential election. Journalists that were present at the dinner say that being mocked by President Obama and Meyers led him to decide to run for President of the United States, but Trump would later deny this, saying that he had been considering a run for the Presidency for many years prior to the dinner.[115]
April 28, 2012Jimmy Kimmel[116][117][118]
April 27, 2013Conan O'Brien[119][120][121]
May 3, 2014Joel McHale[122][123]
April 25, 2015Cecily Strong[124][125]Keegan-Michael Key made a guest appearance as President Obama's "anger translator",[126] Luther, a recurring character from the Comedy Central show Key & Peele.[127]
April 30, 2016Larry Wilmore[128][129]Wilmore delivered a controversial, searing routine targeting the president, elite media, lobbyists, politicians, and celebrities. At the end of the speech, Wilmore ended his set by thanking President Obama for having been the country's first black President and finished his speech by calling him "my nigga" on live television. This remark sparked controversy among the media, with some calling it disrespectful.[130]
April 29, 2017Hasan Minhaj[131][132]President Donald Trump did not attend the dinner.[133][134] The last time a sitting president did not attend in person was Ronald Reagan in 1981, who was recovering from an assassination attempt.[22]
The Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein presented awards and spoke about the importance of the First Amendment.[134][135]
April 28, 2018Michelle Wolf[136][137]President Trump did not attend the dinner for the second consecutive year.[138] Instead, he sent his press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.[139]
Several attendees walked out in reaction to Wolf's "brutal" comments.[140]
Wolf received both praise and criticism for her monologue. The association released a rare statement regarding the monologue.[141][142][143] After the dinner, newspaper The Hill informed the WHCA that it would no longer participate in the event, saying, "In short, there's simply no reason for us to participate in something that casts our profession in a poor light. Major changes are needed to the annual event."[144][145]
April 27, 2019Ron Chernow[146][147]President Trump did not attend the dinner for the third consecutive year.[148] Additionally, Trump ordered some of his staff and administration members to boycott the dinner.[149]

The WHCA chose historian Ron Chernow as the featured speaker instead of a comedian after Wolf's controversial set.[146]

2020—The dinner was originally scheduled for April 25, 2020, with comedian Kenan Thompson hosting and political entertainer and former WHCD host Hasan Minhaj as the featured entertainment.[150][151] On March 22 the dinner was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, without naming a substitute date.[152] On April 13 a new date of August 29 was announced.[153]
On June 23 WHCA President Jonathan Karl announced that the dinner itself would be canceled, but that the WHCA was working on a virtual presentation format to honor award winners and scholarship recipients.[154][150] On August 14 Hasan Minhaj spoke privately via Zoom with the WHCA 2020 scholarship recipients, who also attended a private online panel discussion by three veteran Washington political reporters that day.[155][156]
2021—On April 14, 2021, WHCA executive director Steven Thomma announced that improvements in the pandemic situation had not been sufficient to allow the association to proceed with a large indoor event, and that no dinner would be held in 2021.[157] However, the association still intended to select recipients for its annual journalism awards and student scholarships, and announced that it planned to go ahead with the dinner the following year, on April 30, 2022.[157]
April 30, 2022Trevor Noah[158]The dinner was held in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.[158] President Joe Biden attended the dinner, making him the first president to attend the dinner since Trump boycotted the event throughout his presidency.[159]
April 29, 2023Roy Wood Jr.[160]
April 27, 2024Colin Jost[161]

Gallery

  • President Gerald Ford (left) with White House Correspondent Helen Thomas at the 1975 Dinner.
  • President Bill Clinton (right) with television actor Mike Maronna (left) celebrating a successful online purchase in a comedic short film recorded for the 2000 Dinner.
  • President George W. Bush (left) with Bush impersonator Steve Bridges in character (right) at the 2006 Dinner.
  • President Barack Obama ending his final Correspondents' Dinner speech with a mic drop at the 2016 Dinner.

Awards

Note: Award years represent the date the work was published/broadcast, which is always one year before the prize was awarded.

The Aldo Beckman Memorial Award

Established in 1981 in memory of Aldo Beckman (1934–1980), the "late Chicago Tribune Washington bureau chief, a past president of the association.... Given annually to a Washington reporter 'who personifies the journalistic excellence as well as the personal qualities exemplified by Mr. Beckman, an award-winning White House correspondent.'"[162]Awarded for overall excellence in White House coverage.[163]

YearRecipientEmployerRef
1981Helen ThomasUPI[164]
1982Rich JaroslovskyThe Wall Street Journal[citation needed]
1983Lou CannonThe Washington Post[165]
1984David HoffmanThe Washington Post[166]
1985Robert TimbergThe Baltimore Sun[167]
1986W. Dale NelsonAssociated Press[168]
1987Gerald F. SeibThe Wall Street Journal[169]
1988
1989Ann DevroyThe Washington Post[170]
1990Kenneth T. WalshU.S. News & World Report[171]
1991Timothy J. McNultyChicago Tribune[172]
1992Thomas DeFrankNewsweek[173]
1993Jeffrey BirnbaumThe Wall Street Journal[174][175]
1994Kathy LewisThe Dallas Morning News[176]
1995John A. FarrellThe Boston Globe[177]
1996Todd PurdumThe New York Times[178]
1997Michael K. FrisbyThe Wall Street Journal[179][180]
1998John HarrisThe Washington Post[181]
1999Jeanne CummingsThe Wall Street Journal[182][183]
2000Steve ThommaKnight Ridder[184]
2001Anne E. KornblutThe Boston Globe[185]
2002Dana MilbankThe Washington Post[186]
2003David SangerThe New York Times[187]
2004Susan PageUSA Today[188]
2005Carl CannonNational Journal[189]
2006Kenneth T. WalshU.S. News & World Report[190]
2007Alexis SimendingerNational Journal[191]
2008Michael AbramowitzThe Washington Post[192]
2009Mark KnollerCBS News[193]
2010Peter BakerThe New York Times[194]
2011Scott WilsonThe Washington Post[195]
2012Ryan LizzaThe New Yorker[196]
2013Glenn ThrushPolitico[197][198]
Brianna KeilarCNN
2014Peter BakerThe New York Times[199][200]
2015Carol LeeThe Wall Street Journal[201][202]
2016Greg JaffeThe Washington Post[203]
2017Maggie HabermanThe New York Times[204]
2018McKay CoppinsThe Atlantic[205]
2019Yamiche AlcindorPBS NewsHour[206]
2020Philip Rucker The Washington Post [207]
2021Jonathan SwanAxios[208]
2022Matt ViserThe Washington Post[209]

Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure

The award was established in 1970 as the Merriman Smith Memorial Award for outstanding examples of deadline reporting.[163] (Smith died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1970.) The award was renamed in 2022 after the WHCA determined that Smith had supported excluding Black and female journalists from membership in the National Press Club and from attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner.[210][18]

YearRecipientCategoryEmployerArticle / ShowNotes & Ref
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974Douglas C. WilsonPrintThe Providence JournalResignation of President Nixon[211][212]
1975Aldo BeckmanPrintChicago Tribune"Sarah Jane Moore's assassination attempt on President Ford"[213][66]
1976
1977Michael J. Sniffen and Richard E. MeyerPrintAPBert Lance used the same stock as collateral for two different loans.[68]
1978Edward WalshPrintThe Camp David Summit Conference[214]
1979
1980John PalmerBroadcastNBC News"...the failed attempt by President Jimmy Carter’s administration to rescue the American hostages in Iran."[215][216]
Lars-Erik Nelson and Frank Van RiperPrintNew York Daily News"deadline coverage of the negotiations to free American hostages held in Iran during the Carter administration."[217]
1981
1982
1983StaffPrintNewsweek"Coverage of the bombing of Marine headquarters in Lebanon"[165]
1984David HoffmanPrintThe Washington Post"President Reagan's blaming a terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut on the 'near destruction' of U.S. intelligence during the Carter administration."[166]
1985
1986Owen UllmannPrintKnight Ridder"The Reykjavík Summit"[168]
1987Gerald F. SeibPrintThe Wall Street Journal[169]
1988
1989Norman D. SandlerPrintUPI[170]
1990Steve TaylorBroadcastUnistar Radio Networks"President Bush's trip to Saudi Arabia."[171]
Norman D. SandlerPrintUPI"1990 Helsinki summit"[171][218]
1991Susan PagePrintNewsdayGulf War[172]
1992Peter MaerBroadcastMutual-NBC RadioLive coverage of President George Bush's collapse at an official dinner in Tokyo[173]
David EspoPrintAPDeadline reporting on Election Day 1992[173]
1993Mara LiassonBroadcastNational Public Radio[175]
Terrence HuntPrintAssociated Press
1994Mara LiassonBroadcastNPR[219]
William NeikirkPrintChicago Tribune[176]
1995Mark KnollerBroadcastCBS News"Writing and broadcasting multiple breaking stories ... about a White House intruder."[177]
Peter MaerMutual/NBC Radio"Outstanding broadcast of President Clinton's attendance at the funeral of the Israeli Prime Minister."
Susan CornwellPrintReuters AmericaPresident Clinton and taxes: "For getting a scoop from an on-the-record presidential speech.... Cornwell's entry was the only one that caused second-day stories (and more) to be written. It not only covered news; it created news."[177][220][221]
1996Mara LiassonBroadcastNational Public Radio"Spot news coverage of the 1996 election campaign"; "she found time to ... deliver an insightful audio portrait of a small California town that President Clinton visited last October."[178]
Ron FournierPrintAssociated Press"An exclusive on President Clinton's new cabinet choices for the second term."[178]
1997Peter MaerBroadcastNBC Radio/Mutual News"Evocative radio account of President Clinton's visit to Little Rock Central High School, 40 years after the school was integrated."[180][179]
Ron FournierPrintAssociated Press"President Clinton's knee injury that sent him to the hospital in the middle of the night."[180][179]
1998Jodi EndaPrintKnight Ridder"President Clinton's meeting with survivors of genocide in Rwanda...."[181]
1999Gary NurenbergBroadcastKTLA-TV, Tribune Broadcasting"Monica Lewinsky Deposed"[182][183]
Jodi EndaPrintKnight Ridder Newspapers"A poignant story about an emotional day in Kosovo."[182][183]
2000Jim AngleBroadcastFox News Channel[184]
Sandra SobierajPrintAssociated Press[184]
2001Peter MaerBroadcastCBS News[185]
Ron FournierPrintAssociated Press[185]
2002Jim AngleBroadcastFox News Channel[186]
David SangerPrintThe New York Times[186]
2003Mike AllenPrintThe Washington Post[187]
2004Ron FournierPrintAssociated Press[188]
Jackie CalmesPrintThe Wall Street JournalHonorable Mention[188]
2005Terry MoranBroadcastABC News[189]
Deb RiechmannPrintAssociated Press[189]
2006Martha RaddatzBroadcastABC News[190]
David SangerPrintThe New York Times[190]
2007Ed HenryBroadcastCNN[191]
Deb RiechmannPrintAssociated Press[191]
2008David GreeneBroadcastNPR[192]
Sandra Sobieraj WestfallPrintPeople magazine[192]
2009Jake TapperBroadcastABC News[193]
Ben FellerPrintAssociated Press[193]
2010Jake TapperBroadcastABC News[194]
Dan BalzPrintThe Washington Post[194]
2011Jake TapperBroadcastABC NewsReporting that "Standard & Poor was on the verge of downgrading America's triple-A credit rating because of concerns over political gridlock in Washington"[195]
Glenn Thrush, Carrie Budoff Brown, Manu Raju and John BresnahanPrintPolitico"The deal between Barack Obama and congressional Republicans to raise the U.S. debt ceiling."[195]
2012Terry MoranBroadcastABC NewsOn-air interpretation of the Supreme Court ruling of Obama's Health Care Reform Law[196]
Julie PacePrintAssociated Press2012 Obama campaign's get-out-the-vote strategy
2013Peter MaerBroadcastCBS News"Sequestration"[197][198]
Peter BakerPrintThe New York Times"Obama Seeks Approval by Congress for Strike in Syria"
2014Jim AvilaBroadcastABC NewsCuba/Alan Gross[199][200]
Josh LedermanPrintAssociated PressFence Jumper
2015Norah O'DonnellBroadcastCBS News"60 Minutes interview with Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden on his decision not to run for president" in 2016.[201][202]
Matt ViserPrintThe Boston Globe"An Inside Look at How the Iran Talks Unfolded"
2016Edward-Isaac DoverePrintPolitico"How Obama set a trap for Raul Castro"[222]
2017Evan Perez, Jim Sciutto, Jake Tapper and Carl BernsteinBroadcastCNNIntelligence community's briefing of Obama and Trump "that Russia had compromising information about Trump."[204]
Josh DawseyPrintPolitico"Resignation of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer"
2018Ed HenryBroadcastFox NewsInterview with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt[223]
Josh DawseyPrintWashington Post
2019Alan Cullison, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Dustin VolzPrintThe Wall Street Journal"Trump Repeatedly Pressed Ukraine to Investigate Biden's Son"[224]
BroadcastCNN"FBI. Open the door."
2020Michael BalsamoPrintAssociated Press"Disputing Trump, Barr says no widespread election fraud"[225][226]
Jonathan KarlBroadcastABC NewsTrump getting COVID and being rushed to the hospital[225]
2021Zeke Miller and Mike BalsamoPrintAssociated PressCDC mask order[227]
Jonathan KarlBroadcastABC NewsJanuary 6 United States Capitol attack coverage[227]
2022Jeff MasonPrintReuters"Exclusive: Biden to waive tariffs for 24 months on solar panels hit by probe"[209]
Phil MattinglyBroadcastCNNZelensky's White House visit

Katharine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability

A $10,000 prize to "recognize an individual or newsgathering team for coverage of subjects and events of significant national or regional importance in line with the human and professional qualities exemplified by the late Katharine Graham, the distinguished former publisher of The Washington Post. Debuted in 2020.[228]

YearRecipientEmployerArticle / ShowNotes & Ref
2019ProPublica"Death in the Pacific"[206]
2020The Marshall Project, AL.com, the IndyStar, and Invisible Institute"Mauled: When Police Dogs are Weapons"[207]
2021International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Washington Post, "and media partners around the world"Pandora Papers[208]
2022Josh Gerstein and Alex WardPoliticoDecision "to report, verify and publish the draft Supreme Court opinion reversing abortion rights – and the organization’s follow-up work exploring the consequences of the decision...."[209]

Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage by Visual Journalists

$1,000 "award recognizes a video or photojournalist for uniquely covering the presidency from a journalistic standpoint, either at the White House or in the field. This could be breaking news, a scheduled event or feature coverage."[209] Debuted in 2020.

YearRecipientEmployerWorkNotes & Ref
2019Doug MillsThe New York Times"The Pelosi Clap"[206]
2020Win McNameeGetty ImagesTrump and Fauci[207]
2021Brendan SmialowskiAgence France-Presse"US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, President Joe Biden, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wait for a meeting at Villa La Grange June 16, 2021, in Geneva."[208]
2022Doug MillsThe New York Times"President Joe Biden walks between the Marine Honor Guard as he enters an event to celebrate the passage of H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022."[209]

Discontinued awards

The Edgar A. Poe Memorial Award

Named in honor of the distinguished correspondent Edgar Allen Poe (1906–1998),[229] a former WHCA president unrelated to the American fiction writer of the nearly identical name.[230] Funded by the New Orleans Times-Picayune and Newhouse Newspapers,[229] the award honored excellence in news coverage of subjects and events of significant national or regional importance to the American people.[231] The Edgar A. Poe Memorial Award was presented from 1990 to 2019, when it was replaced by the Katharine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability and the Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage by Visual Journalists.

YearRecipientEmployerArticle / ShowNotes & Ref
1989Keith EpsteinThe Plain Dealer[170]
1990Rochelle Sharpe and Marjie LundstromGannett News Service"A series of reports ... on child abuse."[171]
1991Stewart M. Powell and Charles J. LewisHearst Newspapers"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."[172]
1992Chris Drew and Mick TackettChicago Tribune"A series of articles on lobbying... [and] how the system functions."[173]
1993Richard WhittleThe Dallas Morning News[175]
1994Russell Carollo and Cheryl ReedDayton Daily News[176]
1995Joby Warrick and Pat StithThe News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)"'The Power of Pork,' their well-researched series on the pork farming business..."[177]
1996Byron AcohidoThe 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."[178]
1997Earl Lane and Andrew SmithNewsdayTheir series "The Leftovers of the Nuclear Age."[180][179]
1998Michael IsikoffNewsweek"Clinton–Lewinsky scandal"[181]
1999Sam RoeThe Toledo Blade"Exposing a major health risk to nuclear weapons plant workers that was concealed by the U.S. government for half a century."[182][183][179]
2000Elizabeth Marchak, Dave Davis, and Joan MazzoliniThe Plain Dealer[184]
John Barry and Evan ThomasNewsweekHonorable Mention[184]
David PaceAssociated PressHonorable Mention[184]
2001Evan Thomas, Mark Hosenball, Martha Brant, and Roy GutmanNewsweek[185]
StaffThe Seattle TimesHonorable Mention[185]
StaffThe Dayton Daily NewsHonorable Mention[185]
2002Sean NaylorArmy Times[186]
StaffSouth Florida Sun-SentinelHonorable Mention[186]
Michael BerensChicago TribuneHonorable Mention[186]
2003Russell Corollo and Mei-ling HopgoodDayton Daily News[187]
Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. PoundU.S. News & World ReportHonorable Mention[187]
Michael HudsonSouthern Exposure magazineHonorable Mention[187]
Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. LandyKnight RidderHonorable Mention[187]
Rod Nordland and Michael HirshNewsweekHonorable Mention[187]
Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau, and Michael HirshNewsweekHonorable Mention[187]
Fareed ZakariaNewsweekHonorable Mention[187]
2004Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance WilliamsThe San Francisco Chronicle[188]
Donald Barlett and James SteeleTime magazineHonorable Mention[188]
2005Marcus Stern and Jerry KammerCopley News Service[189]
StaffTime magazineHonorable Mention[189]
Russell Carollo and Larry KaplowDayton Daily NewsHonorable Mention[189]
2006Joan RyanThe San Francisco Chronicle[190]
2007Paul Shukovsky, Tracy Johnson, and Daniel LathropSeattle Post-Intelligencer[191]
2008Michael J. Berens and Ken ArmstrongThe Seattle Times[192]
2009Suzanne Bohan and Sandy KleffmanContra Costa Times, California[193]
2010Michael BerensThe Seattle Times[194]
2011Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan, Chris HawleyAssociated Press[195]
2012Jim Morris, Chris Hamby, Ronnie GreeneThe Center for Public Integrity (CPI)Hard Labor[196]
2013Megan TwoheyReuters"The Child Exchange: Inside America's Underground Market for Adopted Children,"[197][198]
Chris Hamby, Matthew Mosk, and Brian RossThe Center for Public Integrity (CPI) and ABC News"Breathless and Burdened: Dying from black lung, buried by law and medicine,"
2014Gary Fields, John R. Emshwiller, Rob Barry, and Coulter JonesThe Wall Street Journal"America's Rap Sheet"[199][200]
Carol D. LeonnigThe Washington Post"Secret Service"
2015Neela Banerjee, John Cushman Jr., David Hasemyer, and Lisa SongInside Climate News[201][202]
Terrence McCoyThe Washington Post
2016David FahrentholdThe Washington Post[203]
2017Jason Szep, Peter Eisler, Tim Reid, Lisa Girion, Grant Smith and teamReuters"Shock Tactics"[204][232]
Norah O'DonnellCBS This MorningSexual Assault in the Air Force AcademyHonorable Mention[204][233]
Dan Diamond and Rachana PradhanPoliticoTom Price's Private Jet TravelHonorable Mention[204][234]
2018Joshua Schneyer, Michael Pell, Andrea Januta, and Deborah NelsonReuters"Ambushed at Home"[235]

Raymond Clapper Memorial Award

Named in honor of Raymond Clapper (1892-1944) and given "to a journalist or team for distinguished Washington reporting."[236] The award was presented from 1944 to 2003, usually at the WHCA dinner[237] (although in the period 1951–1965 it was presented at the American Society of News Editors annual dinner).[238][239]

In 2004, the award passed to the Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards.[236] Under Scripps Howard, the Washington Reporting Raymond Clapper Award was presented until 2011, at which point it was discontinued.[240]

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