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Annual Integrity & Excellence Awards

​​​​​Each year, the Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence honors two journalists — one being a DePaul graduate — whose work embodies the highest principles of journalism, including truth, accuracy, fairness and context.

Both awards are typically presented each spring. Award recipients speak at the award luncheon and also meet Advanced Reporting students to share their experiences as journalists.

2026 Integrity & Excellence Award Recipients

Amy Walter, Haley BeMiller, Rick Brown
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Amy Walter, Haley BeMiller, Rick Brown

Amy Walter, political analyst and editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, was honored with the Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University’s Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence. Haley BeMiller, a 2014 DePaul alumna, received the Distinguished Alumna Award, and former professional lecturer and advisor to Good Day DePaul Rick Brown received the Distinguished Mentor Award.​ Read the press release. The recipients received their honors at an award ceremony on April 23, 2026. Watch the alumni video and speaker remarks.

2025 Integrity & Excellence Award Recipients

Astead Herndon, Stephanie Wade
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Astead Herndon, political reporter at The New York Times and host of “The Run Up” podcast, was honored with the Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University’s Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence. Stephanie Wade, a 2016 DePaul alumna, received the Distinguished Alumna Award. Read more​.

Previous Award Recipients

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2024 Recipients

<div class="ck-content"><h2><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:&quot;Rethink Sans&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><strong>Distinguished Journalist John Quiñones</strong></span></span></h2><h2><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:&quot;Rethink Sans&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><strong>Distinguished Alumni Rachel Hinton</strong></span></span></h2><h2><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:&quot;Rethink Sans&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><strong>Distinguished Mentor Marty Wilke</strong></span></span></h2></div>

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2023 Recipients

<div class="ck-content"><h2>Distinguished Journalist Award Judy Woodruff</h2><h2>Distinguished Alumni Award Sally Ramirez</h2></div>

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2022

2022 Recipients

<div class="ck-content"><h2>Distinguished Journalist Award Bill Whitaker</h2><h2>Distinguished Alumni Award Heidi Wigdahl</h2><h2>Distinguished Mentor Award Newton Minow</h2></div>

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2021

2021 Recipients

<div class="ck-content"><h2>Distinguished Journalist Award Ron Magers</h2><h2>Distinguished Alumni Award Jeremy Gorner</h2></div>

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2019

2019 Recipients

<div class="ck-content"><h2>Distinguished Journalist Award Dean Baquet</h2><h2>Distinguished Alumni Award Lourdes Duarte</h2></div>

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2018

2018 Recipients

<div class="ck-content"><h2>Distinguished Journalist Award Jane Pauley</h2><h2>Distinguished Alumni Award &nbsp;Ann Pistone</h2></div>

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2017

2017 Recipiets

<div class="ck-content"><h2>Distinguished Journalist Award Lester Holt</h2><h2>Distinguished Alumni Award Ben Welsh</h2></div>