NABJ and NAHJ Honorees

UNC Hussman students, alumni and faculty have regularly been recognized with NABJ awards, and Associate Professor Paul Cuadros has been an NAHJ honoree. Some award-winners are listed below.

National Association of Hispanic Journalists Award

Paul Cuadros, associate professor

Online News Award, 2002

National Association of Black Journalists Awards

Landon Bost '21

Visual Task Force Scholarship, 2020

Jacqueline Charles ’94, Miami Herald (pictured)

Journalist of the Year, 2011 and 2022 (the award's first two-time winner)

Salute to Excellence (Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – International), 2019

Linda Florence Callahan ’74, N.C. A&T State University

Journalism Educator of the Year, 2014

Nikole Hannah-Jones ’03 (M.A.), The New York Times Magazine

Journalist of the Year, 2015

Averi Harper ’13 - ABC News

Student Journalist of the Year, 2014

Giulia Heyward '21 (M.A.), The New York Times

Student Journalist of the Year, 2021

Doni Holloway ’18, Bloomberg News

Student Journalist of the Year, 2018

Trevy McDonald '92 (M.A.), '95 (Ph.D.)

Outstanding Book Award, 2019

Rochelle Riley ’81, Detroit Free Press

Ida B. Wells Award, 2017

Salute to Excellence (Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Commentary), 2019

John C. Watson ’06 (Ph.D.), American University 

Ida B. Wells Award, 2018