Awards
David Burke Awards
The David Burke Distinguished Journalism Awards recognize the courage, integrity, and professionalism of journalists from each of the USAGM networks. The awards are named after the founding chairman, David Burke. To learn more about our distinguished winners, visit our Burke Awards page.
External Awards
Explore more of our award-winning work below.
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Network: RFA
Project: Seeing the Beauty and Sorrow of the Island (2023)
Winner: Mai Xiaotian
Presented by: Overseas Mandarin Media Reporting Awards

Network: RFA
Project: Taiwan Volunteer Army: We Resist Together with Ukraine (2023)
Winner: Mai Xiaotian
Presented by: Overseas Mandarin Media Reporting Awards

Network: RFA
Project: The Young People Who ‘Ran’ out of China, Are Their Dreams Coming True? (2023)
Winner: 歪脑 | WHYNOT
Presented by: Online News Association

Network: RFA
Project: Is China Polluting North Carolina with Hog Waste? (2023)
Winner: 歪脑 | WHYNOT
Presented by: Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA)

Network: VOA
Project: De frontera a frontera (From border to border) (2023)
Winner: Celia Mendoza
Presented by: Society of Professional Journalists

Network: VOA
Project: Mayan rapper Pat Boy (2023)
Winner: Veronica Villafañe
Presented by: Society of Professional Journalists

Network: RFA
Project: In-depth Analysis of Trafficking of Women in China (2023)
Winner: RFA Mandarin Service
Presented by: Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards


Network: VOA
Project: Alaska’s Full 180 in the Arctic (2023)
Winner: VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb and videographer Mike Burke
Presented by: The Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcaster association (CAPBA) Awards

Network: VOA
Project: The Inside Story’s “Alaska: America’s Strategic Frontier (2023)
Winner: VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb
Presented by: The Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcaster association (CAPBA) Awards

Network: VOA
Project: (2023)
Winner: VOA Midwest correspondent Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: The Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcaster association (CAPBA) Awards

Network: VOA
Project: (2023)
Winner: VOA Midwest correspondent Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: The Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcaster association (CAPBA) Awards

Network: VOA
Project: NYC Jammin (2023)
Winner: Senior correspondent Carolyn Presutti, anchor Steve Miller and videographer Adam Greenbaum
Presented by: The Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcaster association (CAPBA) Awards


Network: VOA
Project: The Artemis Generation: An Interview with NASA Astronaut Victor Glover (2023)
Winner: VOA Midwest correspondent Kane Farabaugh and VOA videographer Adam Greenbaum
Presented by: Peter Lisagor Awards

Network: VOA
Project: The Inside Story: Flight of the Translators (2023)
Winner: VOA staff Kane Farabaugh, Adam Greenbaum, Carolyn Presutti, Saqib Ul Islam, Jean Michel Mathurin, Steve Redisch, Brian Allen and David Futrowsky
Presented by: Peter Lisagor Awards

Network: VOA
Project: Survivors Search for Answers as Chicago Area Mourns Mass Shooting Victims (2023)
Winner: VOA Midwest correspondent Kane Farabaugh
Presented by: Peter Lisagor Awards

Network: RFA
Project: Surviving Online Abuse (2023)
Winner: 歪脑 | WHYNOT
Presented by: Human Rights Press Awards
