Tully Award for Free Speech
The Tully Award is given annually to a journalist who has shown courage in facing a free speech threat. Nominees are identified by an international panel of journalists and lawyers, and winners are chosen by a group of faculty and students. The awardee visits campus to attend the award program, accept the $2,500 award and meet with students.
Recipients
2018
Maria Ressa
Journalist
2017
Daphne Caruana Galizia
Maltese 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