Professional honors & awards

Alumni of the College of Media have distinguished themselves in their professions in numerous ways. A few have been awarded the highest honors for their work, and among those are the following:

Pulitzer Prize

• Barry Bearak, MS '75 JOURN
  2002 for International Reporting for his coverage of daily life in war-ravaged Afghanistan
• Roger Ebert, '64 JOURN
  1975 for Criticism (first ever awarded in this category) for his work as a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times
• Paul Ingrassia, '72 JOURN
  1993 for Beat Reporting for coverage fo management turmoil at General Motors Corp.
• James B. "Scotty" Reston, '32 JOURN
  1945 and 1957 as a reporter for the New York Times
• Abe Zaidan, '53 JOURN
  1971 for Beat Reporting as a staff member of the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal

Peabody Award

• Rick Sallinger, '71 ADV, MS '72 ADV
  2006 as a reporter for KCNC-TV Denver for his series of television broadcast investigative reports on improprieties in U.S. Army recruiting