The Goldsmith Awards Program strives to foster a more insightful and spirited public debate about government, politics and the press, and to demonstrate the essential role of a free press in a thriving democracy.

The Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

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The Goldsmith Prize for Explanatory Reporting

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The Goldsmith Book Prize

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The Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism

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Anderson Cooper

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2025 Winner, Goldsmith Career Award

Anderson Cooper

Anderson Cooper is the winner of the 2025 Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism. Cooper will be the featured speaker at this year’s Goldsmith Awards ceremony, to be held on April 3, 2025 in the JFK Jr. Forum at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Financial support for the Goldsmith Awards Program is provided by an annual grant from the Goldsmith Fund of the Greenfield Foundation.