2017 Tully Award for Free Speech
Daphne Caruana Galizia
Maltese Journalist
Galizia was a writer and investigative journalist who dedicated her career to exposing government corruption and organized crime in Malta. For decades, she refused to give up on her reporting despite facing threats, harassment, attacks, and 47 libel lawsuits. She was assassinated in a car bomb in October 2017.
Past Recipients
2018
Maria Ressa
Journalist
2016
Jason Rezaian
Washington Post reporter
2015
Kathy Gannon
Senior correspondent for The Associated Press
2014
Alan Rusbridger
Editor of The Guardian
2013
Idrak Abbasov
Journalist
2012
Lamees Dhaif
Independent Bahraini journalist and human rights activist
2011
Umar Cheema
Journalist and investigative reporter
2010
Lydia Cacho
Journalist, feminist and human rights activist
2009
Frank Chikowore
Freelance reporter
2009
Barry Bearak
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
2008
