Edward Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting

The oldest of the Institute’s annual public affairs activities, the Weintal Fund awards scholarships to MSFS students and bestows prizes for diplomatic reporting. These programs were endowed by the late Edward Weintal, a Polish diplomat and diplomatic correspondent for Newsweek Magazine. The Edward Weintal Prize is presented to one or more journalists for distinguished reporting on foreign policy and diplomacy. The award is open to journalists in both print and broadcast media. Read more about Edward Weintal.

The Weintal Trust also provides two-year scholarships for graduate students in the Master of Science in Foreign Service program.

Past Recipients

  • 2016 – Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief, The Atlantic, following his reporting on the foreign policy ethos of President Barack Obama (full ceremony here). Read more about Jeffrey Goldberg’s work here.
  • 2013 – Tom Brokaw, NBC News Special Correspondent (full ceremony here). Read more about Tom Brokaw’s work here.
  • 2011
    • John Pomfret, Foreign Correspondent for The Washington Post, recognized for his reporting on American-Chinese relations. Read more about John Pomfret’s work here.
    • Dexter Filkins, Staff Writer for The New Yorker, recognized for his work reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan with The New York Times. Read more about Dexter Filkins’ work here.
    • ForeignPolicy.com & Susan Glasser, Editor-in-Chief of Foreign Policy, Founding Editor of Politico Magazine. Read more about Susan Glasser’s work here.
  • 2010
    • Steve Coll, President of The New America Foundation, Visiting Senior Editor at The Economist. Read more about Steve Coll’s work here.
    • Martha Raddatz, Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent for ABC News, co-anchor of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” Read more about Martha Raddatz’s work here.
  • 2009 (full ceremony here)
    • Deborah Amos, International Correspondent on the Middle East for NPR. Read more about Deborah Amos here.
    • Jane Mayer, Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Read more about Jane Mayer’s work here.
    • Carol Giacomo, Chief Editor of Arms Control Today, Foreign Affairs Member of the Editorial Board for The New York Times between 2007 and 2020. Read morea bout Carol Giacomo’s work here.
    • H.D.S. Greenway, Columnist for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Correspondent for Time Magazine and the Washington Post, and Served as Foreign Editor, National Editor, and Opinion Page Editor of the Boston Globe. Read more about H.D.S. Greenway’s work here.
  • 2008 (full ceremony here)
    • Trudy Rubin, Foreign Affairs Columnist and a Member of Editorial Board for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Read more about Truly Rubin’s work here.
    • Margaret Warner, Senior Correspondent for The PBS NewsHour. Read more about Margaret Warner’s work here.
      Special Citation:
    • Walter Pincus, Reporter for The Washington Post. Read more about Walter Pincus’s work here.
  • 2007
    • Carlotta Gall, Senior Correspondent for  The New York Times. Read more about Carlotta Gall’s work here.
    • Anthony Shadid, Islamic Affairs Correspondent for The Washington Post. Read more about Anthony Shadid’s work here.
      Special Citations:
    • Jonathan Landay & Warren Strobel, Senior National Security Correspondent and Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers
    • Martin Smith, Senior Producer at PBS’s FRONTLINE. Read more about Martin Smith’s work.
  • 2006
    • Anne Garrels, Foreign Correspondent for National Public Radio. Read more about Anne Garrels’s work here.
    • George Packer, Staff Writer for The Atlantic, Staff Writer for The New Yorker from 2003 to 2018. Read more about George Packer’s work here.
    • Special Citations:
      • Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent for CNN, Host of Nightly Interview Program Amanpour on CNN International, The Amanpour Hour on CNN, and Amanpour & Company on PBS. Read more about Christiane Amanpour’s work here.
      • Garry Trudeau, Cartoonist, Creator and Executive Producer Alpha House. Read more about Garry Trudeau’s work here.
  • 2005
    • John F. Burns, Chief of Baghdad Bureau and chief foreign correspondent for The New York Times. Read more about John F. Burns’ work here.
    • Seymour Hersh, investigative journalist and contributor to The New Yorker, following his article on human rights abuses at Abu Ghraib. Read more about Seymour Hersh’s work here.
    • Special Citations:
      • David Ignatius, Associate Editor and Columnist for The Washington Post. Read more about David Ignatius’ work here.
      • Bernard Kalb, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Former Spokesman for the U.S. State Department, Correspondent for CBS, NBC and The New York Times. Read more about Bernard Kalb’s work here.
  • 2004
    • David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent for The New York Times, recognized for his reporting in Iraq and Korea. Read more about David Sanger’s work here.
    • Steven Weisman, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent for The New York Times, recognized for his work reporting on the lead-up to the Iraq war. Read more about Steven Weisman’s work here.
    • Special Citation:
      • Daniel Schorr, Senior News Analyst for NPR. Read more about Danie Schorr’s work here.
  • 2003
    • Karen DeYoung, Associate Editor and Senior National Security Correspondent for The Washington Post, following her reporting on the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq. Read more about Karen DeYoung’s work here.
    • Carla Anne Robbins, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Co-host of The World Next Week Podcast, News Editor for The Wall Street Journal. Read more about Carla Anne Robbins’ work here.
  • 2002
    • Daniel Pearl (Posthumously), South Asia Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal. Read more about Daniel Pearl’s work here.
    • Lois Raimondo, Staff Photographer for The Washington Post.
  • 2001 (full ceremony here)
    • Peter Jennings, Anchor of World News Tonight. Read more about Peter Jennings’ work here.
    • Robin Wright, Contributing Author and Columnist for The New Worker, Former Diplomatic Correspondent for The Washington Post, Fellow of the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson Center. Read more about Robin Wright’s work here.
  • 2000 (full ceremony here)
    • Betsy Hiel, Foreign Correspondent for The Pittsburg Tribune-Review.
    • Jim Wooten, Foreign Correspondent for ABC News.
  • 1999
    • Tom Fenton, London Bureau Chief of CBS News. Read more about Tom Fenton’s work here.
    • Jim Mann, Diplomatic Correspondent and Foreign Affairs Columnist for The Los Angeles Times.
    • Special Citation:
      • Kenneth W. Thompson, Director of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. Read more about Kenneth W. Thompson’s work here.
  • 1998 (full ceremony here)
    • Peter Arnett, Foreign Correspondent for CNN. Read more about Pater Arnett’s work here.
    • Christopher Dickey, Foreign Correspondent and Chief of Mexico and Central America Bureau for The Washington Post, World News Editor for The Daily Beast. Read more about Christopher Dickey’s work here.
    • Alessandra Stanley, Co-chief of Moscow Bureau for The New York Times. Read more about Alessandra Stanley’s work here.
    • Special Citation:
      • Benjamin Welles, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.
  • 1997 (full ceremony here)
    • Thomas L. Friedman, Foreign Affairs Columnist for The New York Times. Read more about Thomas L. Friedman’s work here.
    • Bob Simon, Senior Foreign Correspondent for CBS’s 60 Minutes. Read more about Bob Simon’s work.
  • 1996 (full ceremony here)
    • Barry Schweid, Diplomatic Correspondent for The Associated Press. Read more about Barry Schweid here.
    • Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent for CNN, Host of Nightly Interview Program Amanpour on CNN International, The Amanpour Hour on CNN, and Amanpour & Company on PBS. Read more about Christiane Amanpour’s work here.
    • Mike Hanna, Middle East Bureau Chief for CNN, and former Johannesburg Bureau Chief. Read more about Mike Hanna’s work here.
    • Special Citation:
      • David D. Newsom, United States Ambassador to Libya from 1965 to 1969, the United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1969 to 1974, the United States Ambassador to Indonesia from 1973 to 1977, and the United States Ambassador to the Philippines from 1977 to 1978; Columnist for The Christian Science Monitor. Read more about David D. Newsom’s work here.
  • 1995 (full ceremony here)
    • Barrie Dunsmore, Fellow at the Center for the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University, Foreign Affairs Correspondent for ABS News. Read more about Barrie Dunsmore’s work here.
    • Daniel Southerland, Former Beijing Bureau Chief for The Washington Post. Read more about Dan Southerland’s work here.
    • Special Citation:
      • Peter F. Krogh, Dean of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, White House Fellow, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State. Read more about Peter F Krogh’s work here.
  • 1994 (full ceremony here)
    • R. W. Apple, Jr., Washington Bureau Chief of The New York Times. Read more about R.W. Apple Jr.’s work here.
    • Ralph Begleiter, World Affairs Correspondent for CNN. Read more about Ralph Begleiter’s work here.
  • 1993
    • Don Oberdorfer, President of the Overseas Writers Association, and diplomatic, White House, and Northeast Asia correspondent for The Washington Post. Read more about Don Oberdorfer’s work here.
    • Sylvia Poggioli, Senior European Correspondent for NPR. Read more about Sylvia Poggioli’s work here.
  • 1992
    • Peter Gumbel, Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Read more about Peter Gumbel’s work here.
    • Gerald Seib, Political Editor for The Wall Street Journal, recognized for his coverage of the Gulf War. Read more about Gerald Seib’s work here.
    • Robert MacNeil, Anchor and co-founder of PBS NewsHour. Read more about Robert MacNeil’s work here.
    • James Lehrer, Anchor and co-founder of PBS NewsHour. Read more about James Lehrer’s work here.
    • Special Citation:
      • James Reston, Executive Editor and Senior Columnist for The New York Times. Read more about James Reston’s work here.
  • 1991
    • Peter Jennings, Anchor of World News Tonight. Read more about Peter Jennings’ work here.
    • Caryle Murphy, Cairo Bureau Chief of The Washington Post, for her work reporting from Iraqi-occupied Kuwait. Read more about Caryle Murphy’s work here.
  • 1990
    • Vitaly Korotich, Editor-in-Chief of Ogonyok Magazine, for work promoting press freedom in the former USSR. Read more about Vitaly Korotich’s work here.
    • Ted Turner, Founder of CNN. Read more about Ted Turner’s work here.
    • Special Citation:
      • Paul H. Nitze, Former Secretary of Defense, for his work as Special Advisor to President Reagan on Arms Control. Read more about Paul Nitze here.
  • 1989
    • Linda Cavanaugh, Anchor of KFOR-TV, for reporting from the Soviet Union on  the amount of the Oklahoma wheat crop which was ending up on Russian tables. Read more about Linda Cavanaugh here.
    • Dana Fowler, Executive Producer of KFOR-TV.
    • Tony Stizza, Photographer for KFOR-TV.
    • James H. McCartney, Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent and Columnist for Knight Ridder. Read more about James H. McCartney here.
    • Special Citation:
      • Allen Neuharth, Founder of USA TODAY. Read more about Allen Neuharth here.
  • 1988
    • Elizabeth Drew, Washington Correspondent for The New Yorker. Read more about Elizabeth Drew here.
    • Cokie Roberts, Contributor to PBS NewsHour. Read more about Cokie Roberts here.
    • John Walcott, National Security Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Read more about John Walcott here.
    • Judy Woodruff, Chief Washington Correspondent for PBS NewsHour. Read more about Judy Woodruff here.
    • Special Citation:
      • John P. Wallach, Foreign Editor of Hearst Newspapers. Read more about John Wallach here.
  • 1987
    • Alan Berlow, Freelance Journalist
    • Bill Buzenberg, Vice President of News for NPR. Read more about Bill Buzenberg here.
    • Jon M. Sawyer, Staff Reporter for The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Read more about Jon Sawyer here.
    • Special Citation:
      • Bernard M. Gwertzman, Author of Fulbright: The Dissenter. Read more about Bernard Gwertzman here.
  • 1986 (full ceremony here)
    • Ted Koppel, Anchor on Nightline. Read more about Ted Koppel’s work here.
    • Doyle McManus, Washington Columnist for The Los Angeles Times. Read more about Doyle McManus’ work here.
    • Robert C. Toth, Moscow Correspondent for The Los Angeles Times. Read more about Robert Toth’s work here.
    • Special Citation (Posthumously):
      • Joseph Kraft, Foreign Affairs and National Security Correspondent for The Los Angeles Times. Read more about Joseph Kraft’s work here.
    • Special Citation:
      • Cord Meyer, Columnist for The Washington Times. Read more about Cord Meyer’s work here.
  • 1985
    • Tom Brokaw, Anchor of NBC Nightly News. Read more about Tom Brokaw’s work here.
    • Bryant Gumbel, Anchor of The Today Show. Read more about Bryant Gumbel’s work here.
    • John Hart, Correspondent for NBC Nightly News. Read more about John Hart’s work here.
    • Marvin Kalb, Moderator of Meet the Press. Read more about Marvin Kalb’s work here.
    • Garrick Utley, News Anchor of Sunday Today. Read more about Garrick Utley’s work here.
    • David Ignatius, Reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Read more about David Ignatius here.
    • Special Weintal Certificate:
      • Strobe Talbott, Correspondent on Soviet-American Relations for Time Magazine. Read more about Strobe Talbott here.
  • 1984 (full ceremony here)
    • Dusko Doder, Foreign Correspondent for The Washington Post, recognized for his reporting from Moscow.
    • Bernard M. Gwertzman, Foreign Correspondent for The New York Times. Read more about Bernard Gwertzman here.
    • Special Weintal Certificate of Respect:
      • Georgie Anne Geyer, Foreign Affairs Reporter for The Chicago Daily News. Read more about Georgie Geyer here.
    • Distinguished Diplomat Award:
      • Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Former U.S. Secretary of State. Read more about Secretary Haig here.
  • 1983
    • William Beecher, Columnist for The Boston Globe, recognized for his reporting on the nuclear arms race. Read more about William Beecher’s work here.
    • Andrew Stern, Founder of  UC Berkeley’s journalism school and PBS documentary producer. Read more about Andrew Stern’s work here.
  • 1982 (full ceremony here)
    • Don Oberdorfer, Diplomatic Correspondent for The Washington Post. Read more about Don Oberdorfer’s work here.
    • Henry Trewhitt, Diplomatic Correspondent for The Baltimore Sun. Read more about Henry Trewhitt’s work here.
    • Special Citation:
      • John Chancellor, Anchor of NBC Nightly News. Read more about John Chancellor’s work here.
  • 1981
    • John Carson-Parker, Financial Correspondent for Businessweek, for his reporting on the debt economy.
    • G. Thomas Gibson
    • Geoffrey Godsell, Overseas News Editor for The Christian Science Monitor, recognized for his reporting on the Iran-Iraq war. Read more about Geoffrey Godsell here.
    • David K. Willis, Author of Klass: How Russians Really Live.
    • Special Citation
      • Gerard C. Smith, Former North American Chairman of the Trilateral Commission. Read more about Gerard Smith here.
  • 1980
    • Karen Elliott House, Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal. Read more about Karen House’s work here.
    • Jonathan Randal, Foreign Correspondent for The United Press, The Press Herald, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Read more about Jonathan Randal’s work here.
    • Strobe Talbott, Correspondent on Soviet-American Relations for Time Magazine. Read more about Strobe Talbott’s work here.
    • John P. Wallach, Foreign Editor for Hearst Newspapers. Read more about John Wallach’s work here.
    • Special Citation:
      • Henry A. Kissinger, Former U.S. Secretary of State. Read more about Henry Kissinger here.
  • 1979
    • Richard Dudman, Chief Washington Correspondent for The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, recognized for his reporting in Vietnam. Read more about Richard Dudman’s work here.
    • Joseph Harsch, Reporter for The Christian Science Monitor. Read more about Joseph Harsch’s work here.
  • 1978
    • Flora Lewis, Foreign and Diplomatic Correspondent for The New York Times. Read more about Flora Lewis’ work here.
    • Keyes Beech, Foreign Correspondent for The Los Angeles Times. Read more about Keyes Beech’s work here.
    • Special Citations:
      • Eric Sevareid, Reporter for CBS News. Read more about Eric Sevareid’s work here.
      • C. L. Sulzberger, Foreign Correspondent for The New York Times. Read more about C. L. Sulzberger’s work here.
  • 1977
    • John Midgley, Washington Correspondent for The Economist. Read more about John Midgley’s work here.
    • Adelbert de Segonzac, Washington Correspondent for France-Soir. Read more about Adelbert de Segonzac’s work here.
    • Werner Imhoof, Chief Washington Correspondent for Neue Zurcher Zeitung. Read more about Werner Imhoof’s work here.
  • 1976 – Peter Lisagor, Washington Bureau Chief of The Chicago Daily News. Read more about Peter Lisagor’s work here.
  • 1975 – Chalmers Roberts, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent for The Washington Post. Read more about Chalmers Roberts’ work here.