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Iris Molotsky Award for Excellence in Coverage of Higher Education

In 1970 the AAUP established a Higher Education Writers Award, which was presented for outstanding interpretive reporting on higher education. The award was presented annually until 1986, when its presentation was suspended. Because of AAUP’s strong belief in the importance of providing the public regularly with reliable and informed information about higher education issues, the Association is again offering the award, renamed the Iris Molotsky Award for Excellence in Coverage of Higher Education. Ms Molotsky served as the AAUP’s Director of Public Information for 19 years.

Entries for the award must have been published between January 1 and December 31 of the prior year. Entries may be single articles or a series, but editorials and columns will not be considered for the award.

Submissions may be made by media organizations or employees. Applicants may be self-nominating. Each application must be accompanied by an entry form. Download information and the application form. (.pdf)

Entriesmust be postmarked by April 15.

Please contact Robin Burns at the AAUP's Washington office for more information.

1970	Ronald J. Maselka, Buffalo Evening Times
1971	John Crowl, Chronicle of Higher Education
1972	William Trombley, Los Angeles Times
1973	Edward Weidlein, Chronicle of Higher Education
1974	Philip Semas, Chronicle of Higher Education
1975	Eric Wentworth, Washington Post
1976	William Braden and Andrew Shaw, Chicago Sun – Times
1977	Larry Van Dyne, Chronicle of Higher Education
1978	Edward Fisk and Gene Maeroff, New York Times
1979	Cynthia Parsons, Christian Science Monitor
1980	Rosemary Frawley and Charles Reid, Tampa Tribune
1981	Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Harper’s Magazine
1982	Larry Van Dyne, Washington Magazine
1983	William Boly, California Magazine
1984	Bill Barol, Newsweek on Campus
1985	Jonathan Harr, New England Monthly and Sally McDonald and Lee Moriwaki, Seattle Times
1986	Dawn Ruth, New Orleans Times – Picayne States Item
1989	Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times
1990	Roger Flaherty, Chicago Sun Times
1991	Time Fleck, Houston Press and Pat Meison, Baltimore Sun
1992	Jennifer Hyman, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY)
1993	A. L. Starnes, The Purdue Exponent
1994	Tom Philip and Lisa Lapin, The Sacramento Bee
1995	Philip Walzer, The Virginia – Pilot
1996	Angie Muhs, Lexington Herald – Leader
1997	Alice Dembner, Boston Globe
1998	Ernie Suggs, Herald – Sun
1999	Scott Wright, Community College Weekly
2000	Aaron Bernstein, Business Week
2001	Iris Molotsky, in appreciation for 19 years of service to AAUP
2002	Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor
2003	Seth Rosenfeld, San Francisco Chronicle
2004	Karen Rivedal, Wisconsin State Journal
2005	Bernard Wysocki, Wall Street Journal
2006	Ralph K. M. Haurwitz and Laura Heinauer, Austin American-Statesman
2007 2008	Jodi Upton, Steve Wieberg, Michael McCarthy, Steve Berkowitz, and Kelly Whiteside; USA Today John Hechinger and Rebecca Buckman; Wall Street Journal
2009 2011	Gadi Dechter, Baltimore Sun Beryl Lieff Benderly, Miller-McCune.
2012	Daniel Golden and Oliver Staley, Bloomberg News