Philip Meyer Journalism Award | |
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Awarded for | Best journalism done using social science research methods |
Country | United States |
Presented by | National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting and Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication |
Reward(s) | $500 |
First awarded | 2005 |
Official website | ire.org/awards/philip-meyer-awards |
The Philip Meyer Journalism Award has been awarded since 2005 to recognize the best journalism done using social science research methods. It is a joint program of the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting and Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The award is named for Philip Meyer, a groundbreaking journalist and professor who has championed the use of scientific methods in the media. It is presented at the annual conference held by the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting.
Thomas Hargrove, Fred Schulte and David Donald are the only reporters to have won the award twice.