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# List of recipients of Berry, Brubaker awards
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/list-of-recipients-of-berry-brubaker-awards/
- Published: 2021-11-15T20:51:49.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-15T20:51:49.000Z
- Author: IowaWatch staff
- Tags: Investigate Midwest News, iowawatch, Bill Monroe, Brian Cooper, Carol Hunter, Chris Mudge, Harold Hammond, Iowa history, Iowa open records law, Kathleen Richardson, Keith Luchtel, Margaret Johnson, Michael Gartner, Pam Jochum, Polly Carver-Kimm, Randy Brubaker, Randy Brubaker Free Press Champion Award, Randy Evans, Stephen Berry, Stephen Berry Free Press Champion Award, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

**STEPHEN BERRY FREE PRESS CHAMPIONS**

**(For current journalist or journalism educator)**

2021: Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch

2020: No awards due to COVID-19 pandemic

2019: Carol Hunter, Des Moines Register

2018: Herb Strentz, Drake University

2017: Randy Evans, Iowa Freedom of information Council

2016: Clark Kauffman, Des Moines Register

2015: Mary Mason and Jim Compton, The Spotlight (Muscatine, IA)

2014: Brian Cooper, The Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA)

2013: Kathleen Richardson, Iowa Freedom of Information Council and Drake University

**RANDY BRUBAKER FREE PRESS CHAMPIONS**

**(For attention to free press principles outside of journalism)**

2021: Polly Carver-Kimm, former spokesperson for Iowa Department of Public Health

2020: No awards due to COVID-19 pandemic

2019: Margaret Johnson, Iowa Public Information board executive director

2018: Bill Monroe, Iowa Newspaper Association

2017: Chris Mudge, Iowa Newspaper Association

2016: Harold Hammond (post-humously)

2015: Keith Luchtel, first Iowa Public Information Board executive director, governor’s open government liaison, long-time media lobbyist

2014: Michael Gartner, Iowa Cubs president

2013: State Sen. Pam Jochum, Dubuque