Foley-Medill Award given to Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders
These organizations work around the globe to protect journalists
EVANSTON, ILL. -- The Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders will be awarded the 2025 James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism. The award, given annually by Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, recognizes moral, ethical or physical courage in journalism.
Medill will award a $5,000 prize to Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists for their efforts to support journalists covering conflicts around the world.
“These are perilous times for journalists, both domestically and abroad,” said Medill Dean Charles Whitaker. “The Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders work to keep journalists safe to ensure we have a free flow of information amidst global conflicts and the devastating effects of war.
“We rely on the intrepid journalists who are willing to put themselves in harm’s way to prick the conscience of those of us who view the horrors of war from a safe distance in the hope that we might work harder to end the violence and bloodshed.”
The Foley Medill Medal will be presented Oct. 23 at Medill’s two-day conference, “Press Freedom Under Fire: Threats to Journalism and Democracy.” Journalists from around the world will address challenges to press freedom and consequences. Wendy McMahon, former president of CBS News, will give the keynote address. Please register to attend.
The James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism was established in 2011, and later named in honor of Medill alumnus James Foley who was killed while reporting in Syria in 2014.
