Awards & Prizes

The Goldsmith Career Award

About the award

The Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism is given annually for outstanding contributions to the field of journalism, and for work that has enriched our political discourse and our society.

Questions

Please contact Lindsay Underwood at the Shorenstein Center: [email protected]

2026 Winners

Winner, Goldsmith Career Award

Jeffrey Goldberg

Jeffrey Goldberg is the editor in chief of The Atlantic and is the moderator of Washington Week With The Atlantic on PBS. He joined The Atlantic in 2007 as a national correspondent and in 2016 was named editor in chief, the 15th person to serve as editor in The Atlantic’s 168-year history.

Jeffrey Goldberg, a light skinned man with short brown hair stands with arms folded wearing a navy blue button down shirt.
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Recent Announcements

April 9, 2026

Hannah Dreier and the staff of The New York Times Win the 2026 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Hannah Dreier and the staff of The New York Times are the winners of the 2026 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for their series “Exposed and Expendable,” published by The New York Times. Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs unveiled the winner of the prize live at the Goldsmith Awards Ceremony Thursday night in the JFK Jr.

March 26, 2026

Announcing the winner of the 2026 Goldsmith Prize for Explanatory Reporting

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is pleased to announce that Power Struggle: What Stalled the Northwest’s Push for Green Energy? by reporters Monica Samayoa and Tony Schick of Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is the winner of this year’s Goldsmith Prize for Explanatory Reporting.