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Change-Maker Awards and Founder Message
GWEN IFILL
STUDENT OF THE YEAR
Alysa Baltimore
Pierre Thomas
Alysa Baltimore, a junior at Station Camp High
School in Gallatin, Tennessee, is a serious and
thoughtful student who is deeply concerned about
issues of equality and racial justice, said her AP
English teacher Stephanie Jones, who nominated
her for the award. “I feel like this [winning the award]
has helped me grow, and it has solidified my idea
for what I want to be in the future,” Baltimore said.
Pierre Thomas, senior justice correspondent for ABC
News, has covered some of the biggest stories of
our time and has been an active participant in NLP’s
work from its founding. He was one of NLP’s first
volunteer journalism fellows and participated in the
in-person classroom program. He also has been
featured at various NLP events and serves as a charter
member of NLP’s National Leadership Council. “To
be named the News Literacy Project’s John S. Carroll
Journalist of the Year means the world to me. I’m
humbled by it. The organization, I believe, is helping
to make journalism and our democracy healthier.”
Read more about Alysa and watch her story here.
About the award
Gwen Ifill was a trailblazing journalist — and longtime
NLP supporter and board member — who died in
2016. The award in her honor is presented to female
students of color who represent the values she
brought to journalism. Ifill was the first Black woman
to host a national political talk show on television as
moderator of Washington Week and was a member
(with Judy Woodruff) of the first female co-anchor
team of a network news broadcast on PBS NewsHour.
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JOHN S. CARROLL
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Annual Report FY22
Read more about Pierre and watch his story here.
About the award
Named for one of the most revered newspaper editors
of his generation, the John S. Carroll Journalist of
the Year Award is given annually to journalists who
have contributed significantly to NLP and its mission.
During an acclaimed journalism career, Carroll was the
editor of the Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader, The
Baltimore Sun and the Los Angeles Times. He was a
founding member of NLP’s board and served as its chair
for four years until shortly before his death in 2015.
