Celebrating the power of the press: Reporters Committee announces 2026 Freedom of the Press Award winners

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press announced the recipients of the 2026 Freedom of the Press Awards, which recognize the accomplishments of leaders in the news media and legal fields whose work embodies the values of the First Amendment.

The 2026 honorees are:

• Norman Pearlstine, journalist
• Michele Norris, senior contributing editor, MS NOW; founding director, The Race Card Project; host, Your Mama’s Kitchen podcast
• The Marshall Project
• trina reynolds tyler, data director, Invisible Institute
• David A. Schulz, director, Yale Law School Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic

“This year’s honorees demonstrate the powerful impact of reporting that is ethical, bold and rigorous, and of the legal support that makes great journalism possible,” said Reporters Committee Chairman Stephen J. Adler. “Each one has done extraordinary work to keep the public informed and hold people in power to account — and our democracy is stronger for it.”

Click here to read more.