The Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade recognizes exemplary journalism that illuminates and advances the public’s understanding of international business and trade. The award is open to any professional journalist worldwide whose work exemplifies the highest standards of journalism and is published by a reputable news organization. This includes print, broadcast and digital journalists. This award carries a US $10,000 prize. Award winners participate in NPF’s annual awards event. The jury for this award is comprised of four distinguished journalists.
The National Press Foundation recognizes Daniel Murphy of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism as the winner of the 2025 Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade for its series on China’s hidden forced labor and its impact on the global supply chain.
“Murphy exposes an unwelcome engine fueling China as the factory of the world: coercive government programs employing Uyghurs and other minorities,” NPF judges said, praising Murphy’s diligent reporting methods, which required him to gather thousands of videos from social media and visit factories in Xinjiang.
Murphy accepted the award at NPF’s 44th Annual Awards Dinner on March 12.
The National Press Foundation recognizes The Wall Street Journal as the winner of the 2024 Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade for its series on China’s phasing out of U.S. technology.
WSJ reporters Liza Lin*, Raffaele Huang and Stu Woo created an exclusive series of stories revealing China’s ‘Delete America’ efforts to replace U.S. companies’ technology with domestic alternatives; the lengths the Chinese government went to for a Huawei resurgence in spite of U.S. trade restrictions; and an “underground network sneaking Nvidia chips into China.”
Liza Lin accepted the award at NPF’s Annual Journalism Awards Dinner on Feb. 20 at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C.
NPF judges were particularly impressed with the Wall Street Journal’s ability to obtain a 2022 Chinese government directive, called Document 79, which requires state-owned companies to replace U.S. and other foreign software in their IT systems by 2027.
The 2023 winner was Bloomberg News Staff for a series of comprehensive reporting on a variety of trade issues — from AI advancements, Brazil choosing China over the U.S. for a factory plant and an in-depth analysis on decoupling from China.
