Glenn Cunningham Agriculture Story of the Year
The Glenn Cunningham Award honors the NAAJ member who is chosen the best overall story of the year and is selected from the first-place winners in News, Spot News, Feature, Ongoing Coverage or Series, Column, Editorial, Technical, Profile and Blog NAAJ contest categories. (Please note, in 2023 the category does reflect the top story of the year which differs slightly from past years.)
2022 Writer of the Year Award:
Georgina Gustin,
Inside Climate News
The Amazon is the Planet’s Counterweight to Global Warming
“This is a great example of journalism at its best. A complex topic told well. It covers a lot of points of view and does it well by giving the reader a look at the human angle. It is a long piece but devotes enough context to a serious issue. In a conventional publication, the piece probably would have been divided into a five- or six-story series,” says Judge Myron Williams, who has a 39-year career in journalism of which 34 years were devoted to ag journalism.”
1960 – Glenn Cunningham, Des Moines Register & Tribune
1961 – Loren Osman, The Milwaukee Journal
1962 – Glenn Cunningham
1963 – Joseph R. Bianco, The Oregonian
1964 – Bill V. Durham, Houston Post
1965 – Richard Youngblood, Minneapolis Tribune
1966 – Loren Osman
1967 – Don Muhm, Des Moines Register & Tribune
1968 – Ron P. Harley, Des Moines Register & Tribune
1969 – Don Muhm 1970 – J. Alan Swegle, Cedar Rapids Gazette
1971 – David M. Skoloda, Milwaukee Journal
1972 – B.J. Noles, The Oregonian
1973 – Gary Martin, Lancaster Intelligencer-Journal
1974 – James R. Russell, Louisville Courier
1975 – David M. Skoloda 1976 – Tom Berschweiler, Oregon Journal
1977 – Gerald J. Petcher, Dairyland Agri-View
1978 – Don Muhm
1979 – James Risser, Des Moines Register
1980 – Warren Wolfe, Minneapolis Tribune
1981 – Kent Parker, Des Moines Register & Tribune
1982 – Karen Freiberg, Kansas City Star
1983 – Ann Toner, Lincoln Star & Journal
1984 – Ward Sinclair, Washington Post
1985 – Bruce Maxwell, Rochester Post-Bulletin
1986 – Lee Egerstrom, St. Paul Dispatch, Pioneer-Press
1987 – Dirck Steimel, Wichita Eagle-Beacon
1988 – Rick Richards, Gary (Ind.) Post-Bulletin
1989 – Bob Cox and Steve Painter, Wichita Eagle
1990 – Steven Lee, Dallas Morning News
1991 – Dan Looker, Des Moines Register
1992 – Sharon Schmickle, Star Tribune
1993 – Tom Webb, Wichita Eagle
1994 – Scott Kilman, Wall Street Journal
1995 – Patricia Klintberg, Farm Journal
1996 – Jane Schmucker, Youngstown Vindicator
1997 – Scott Kilman, Wall Street Journal
1998 – Jerry Perkins, Des Moines Register
1999 – David Hendee, Omaha World Herald
2000 – Ed White, Western Producer
2001 – Richard Estrada, The Modesto (Calif.) Bee
2002 – Marcia Taylor, Top Producer
2003 – Joe Carroll, Bloomberg
2004 – Scott Kilman and Roger Thurow, Wall Street Journal
2005 – Alan Bjerga, Wichita Eagle-Washington, D.C.
2006 – Chris Clayton, Omaha World-Herald
2007 – Paula LaVigne, Dallas Morning News
2008 – Catharine Richert, Congressional Quarterly
2009 – Steve Buist, Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator
2010 – DTN/The Progressive Farmer Team
2011 – Chris Clayton, DTN/The Progressive Farmer
2012 – Jim Patrico, DTN/The Progressive Farmer
2013 – Mary Wisniewski and Christine Stebbins, Thomson Reuters
2014 – Shannon VanRaes, Manitoba Co-operator
2015 – Marcia Zarley Taylor, Katie Micik and Todd Neeley, DTN/The Progressive Farmer
2016 – Patricia Callahan, Chicago Tribune
2017 – Gary Marx, David Jackson and Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune
2018 – Peter Waldman and Kartikay Mehrotra, Bloomberg
2019 – Georgina Gustin, Neela Banerjee, John H. Cushman Jr., InsideClimate News
2020 – Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch
2021 - Bart Pfankuch and Nick Lowrey, South Dakota News Watch
2022 - Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News