Robert W. McChesney - Awards

Awards

• Named a “visionary” as one of Utne Reader magazine’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World” 2008
• 2012. Winner, C. Edwin Baker Award for the Advancement of Scholarship on Media, Markets and Democracy, Presented by the Communications Law and Policy and the Philosophy of Communications Divisions of the International Communication Association.
• 2011. Winner, for The Death and Life of American Journalism, Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research, to the most notable book addressing issues of communications policy published during the previous year. http://www.fordham.edu/academics/office_of_research/research_centers__in/donald_mcgannon_comm/book_award_33998.asp
• 2011. “Communication Research as an Agent of Change” career achievement award, International Communication Association, presented at ICA Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass., 28, May.
• 2011. Professional Freedom and Responsibility Award, Cultural and Critical Studies Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
• 2010. “Editor’s Choice: Nonfiction, Arts & Literature” for 2010, Booklist, for The Death and Life of American Journalism. One of five selections. http://link.ixs1.net/s/ve?eli=01192136&si=0438137603&cfc=3html
• 2010. “Best Book of 2010,” Ruth Conniff, The Progressive magazine, for The Death and Life of American Journalism.
• 2010. “Most Important Media Policy Book of the Year,” Technology Liberation Front, for The Death and Life of American Journalism.
• 2010. “One of Best 100 Books of 2010,” Kansas City Star, awarded for The Death and Life of American Journalism.
• 2010. “Outstanding Academic Title,” Choice magazine, list of best books of the year, for The Death and Life of American Journalism.
• 2010. Inductee, University of Washington Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame
• 2010. Herbert Block Freedom Award, awarded by the U.S. Newspaper Guild, for career contributions to freedom of the press.
• 2010. Dallas Smythe Award, “the highest honor given by the Union for Democratic Communications. It is awarded to researchers and activists who, through their research and/or production work, have made significant contributions to the study and practice of democratic communication.”
• 2008. ICA Fellows Book Award, for Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times.
• 2008. Victor Stone Award for Lifetime Achievement in Supporting Civil Liberties, Annual Award Presented by American Civil Liberties Union, Illinois chapter.
• 2007. Awarded Edward William Gutgsell and Jane Marr Gutgsell Endowed Professorship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• 2000. Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha research award for 1999 for Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times. Awarded for the best research-based journalism and mass communication book published during 1999.
• 2000. Goldsmith Book Prize for 1999 for Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times. Awarded by the Joan Shorenstein Center for Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University. (Awarded to book "that best contributes to the improvement of the quality of government or politics through an examination of the press or the intersection of press and politics in the formation of public policy.")
• 1994. Winner, Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communication Policy Research, for Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy: The Battle for the Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935. Award presented April 21, 1994.
• 1990. Winner, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Nafziger-White Dissertation Award for the best dissertation in the field of mass communication research.