$1,000 AWARD
Chairman’s Citation
Award Established 1996

The recipient of the Chairman’s Citation is selected at the sole discretion of the NPF chairman. It confers recognition on individuals whose accomplishments fall outside the traditional categories of excellence. The award winner participates in NPF’s annual awards event.

Evan Gershkovich, The Wall Street Journal reporter who has been wrongfully detained by Russia for nearly 300 days, has been selected for the National Press Foundation’s 2023 Chairman’s Citation.

Accepting Gershkovich’s NPF Chairman’s Citation on his behalf was colleague and assistant editor at The Wall Street Journal Paul Beckett.

“The National Press Foundation supports the cause of a free press. Evan Gershkovich‘s detention is a wrongful act against the fundamentals of journalism, and his prompt release is imperative for upholding journalistic freedom,” said NPF Chairman Amos Snead.

Gershkovich was arrested while on a reporting trip on March 29, 2023, and charged with espionage, which Gershkovich, the United States and The Wall Street Journal deny.

Previous winners include Mo News founder Mosheh Oinounou, war correspondents, past and present, CNN’s Sanjay Gupta, Report for America co-founders Charles Sennott and Steve Waldman and the late two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony Shadid.

The Chair’s Citation confers recognition on an individual or individuals whose accomplishments fall outside the traditional categories of excellence. 

Applications are not accepted for this award.