Houston Chronicle Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==People== ===Awards=== *2000: Houston's [[M. D. Anderson Cancer Center]] gave the ''Chronicle'' its ''[[Joseph T. Ainsworth Volunteer Community Award]]'' for making the newspaper available at a "greatly reduced rate" to the hospital and its patients.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www3.mdanderson.org/news/ainsworth.html|title=Mdanderson.org}}</ref> *2002: [[Holocaust Museum Houston]] awarded the ''Chronicle'' its "Guardian of the Human spirit" award. The presenter, Janis Goldstein, said the award was given "because the ''Houston Chronicle'' embraces the causes most dear to it with a depth and scope that goes well beyond what is expected." Also, that "the ''Chronicle'' gives of itself to build a community that will embrace tolerance, understanding, and diversity and will speak out against prejudice and unfairness of any kind."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hmh.org/article.asp?id=9|title=Holocaust Museum Houston|website=hmh.org}}</ref> ===Individual awards=== * 1963: William Porterfield won an Ernie Pyle Award.<ref name ="Atlantic" /> * 1989–1997: Carlos Antonio Rios, a ''Chronicle'' photographer since 1978, has repeatedly been honored for his photojournalism by the [[National Association of Hispanic Journalists]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www-new.latinosandmedia.org/jawards/awards-nahj-year.html|title=New.latinosandmedia.org}}</ref> * 2003: James Howard Gibbons received third place in the "Hearst Distinguished Journalism Awards", an internal contest held between Hearst's newspapers, for his editorial piece "When Will the U.S. Liberate Texas?"<ref>[http://www.hearstcorp.com/newspapers/property/news_distinguished.html Hearstcorp.com]</ref> * [[Leon Hale]], a long-time columnist and author of 11 books, recently received the Lon Tinkle Award for Excellence Sustained Throughout a Career from the Texas Institute of Letters, of which Hale is a member.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.winedalebooks.com/books/hale.html|title=Winedale - Leon Hale|website=www.winedalebooks.com}}</ref> * Jason Witmer won first place in the 48 Hour–Web category of the National Press Photographers Association's annual Best of Photojournalism in 2010 for his piece, "Too Manly for Quilt Show".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bop.nppa.org/2010/tv_and_web_video/news_photography/winners/?cat=48W |title=BOP.nppa.org |access-date=March 6, 2010 |archive-date=October 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021192731/http://bop.nppa.org/2010/tv_and_web_video/news_photography/winners/?cat=48W |url-status=dead }}</ref> Whitmer won second place in the News Feature–Web category for "Suddenly homeless in Houston".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bop.nppa.org/2010/tv_and_web_video/news_photography/winners/index.php?cat=NFW&place=2nd&group= |title=BOP.nppa.org |access-date=March 6, 2010 |archive-date=May 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510101933/http://bop.nppa.org/2010/tv_and_web_video/news_photography/winners/index.php?cat=NFW&place=2nd&group= |url-status=dead }}</ref> ===Pulitzer Prize=== * [[2022 Pulitzer Prize|2022]]:[[Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing]].[[Lisa Falkenberg]], Michael Lindenberger, Joe Holley and Luis Carrasco * [[2015 Pulitzer Prize|2015]]: [[Pulitzer Prize for Commentary]]. Lisa Falkenberg — 2015 winner for commentary. "For vividly-written, groundbreaking columns about grand jury abuses that led to a wrongful conviction and uncovered other egregious problems in the legal and immigration systems."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2015|title=2015 Pulitzer Prizes|website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref> The newspaper and its staff have several times been Pulitzer finalists: * Dudley Althaus – 1992 finalist in international reporting: "For his articles on the causes of the cholera epidemic in [[Peru]] and [[Mexico]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/1992|title=1992 Pulitzer Prizes |website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref> * Tony Freemantle – 1997 finalist in international reporting: "For his reporting from [[Rwanda]], [[South Africa]], [[El Salvador]] and [[Guatemala]] on why crimes against humanity go unstopped and unpunished."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/1997|title=1997 Pulitzer Prizes|website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref> * [[Nick Anderson (cartoonist)|Nick Anderson]] – 2007 finalist for editorial cartooning: "For his pungent cartoons on an array of issues, and for his bold use of animation."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2007|title=2007 Pulitzer Prizes |website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref> Anderson won the Pulitzer in 2005 when working for ''The Courier-Journal'', Louisville, Ky.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2005|title=2005 Pulitzer Prizes|website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref> * Staff – 2009 finalist for breaking news coverage: "For taking full advantage of online technology and its newsroom expertise to become a lifeline to the city when Hurricane Ike struck, providing vital minute-by-minute updates on the storm, its flood surge and its aftermath."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2009|title=2009 Pulitzer Prizes |website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref> * Staff - 2017 finalist for public service. "For exposing the grave injustice of arbitrary cost-cutting by the State of Texas that denied tutoring, counseling and other vital special education services to families, hindering the futures of tens of thousands of children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/houston-chronicle|title=Finalist: Houston Chronicle}}</ref> * Joe Holley and Evan Mintz – 2017 finalist for editorial writing. "For editorials on gun laws, gun culture and gun tragedies that combined wit, eloquence and moral power in a fine brew of commonsense argumentation."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/joe-holley-and-evan-mintz |title=Finalist: Joe Holley and Evan Mintz of Houston Chronicle}}</ref> * Staff – 2018 finalist for breaking news. "For comprehensive and dynamic coverage of Hurricane Harvey that captured real-time developments of the unprecedented scale of the disaster and provided crucial information to its community during the storm and its aftermath."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/staff-houston-chronicle|title=Finalist: Staff of Houston Chronicle |website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref> ===Other notable people=== * Fernando Dovalina, Jr. (former assistant managing editor) * [[Maxine Mesinger]] (gossip columnist) * [[Leon Hale]] (columnist) * [[Richard Justice (sports journalist)|Richard Justice]] (sports writer) * [[Heidi Van Horne]] (automotive columnist) * Ken Hammond (editor, Texas Magazine, Chronicle Sunday Edition) * Sunny Nash (contributor, columnist, photographer, [[Bigmama Didn't Shop At Woolworth's|author]]) * [[Marjorie Paxson]] (influential [[women's page]] editor) * [[Julie Mason]], newspaper and radio journalist * Alison Cook (James Beard Award-Winning Restaurant Critic) * Joy Sewing, first Black columnist in the newspaper's history<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Mariam |date=December 26, 2023 |title=Houston Chronicle taps Sewing as news columnist |url=https://talkingbiznews.com/media-moves/houston-chronicle-taps-sewing-as-news-columnist/ |access-date=December 27, 2023 |website=Talking Biz News |language=en-US}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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