AWARDS & HONORS

Staff at McClatchy's Washington Bureau celebrate the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting on the Panama Papers

Staff at McClatchy’s Washington Bureau celebrate winning the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting for their work on the Panama Papers investigation.

 

OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB, Feature Photography Award 2021, “The Last Living Comfort Women of the Philippines”

The jury was immediately moved by Cheryl Diaz Meyer’s powerful and emotional work documenting the survivors of World War II sexual enslavement. She captured heartbreak, humanity and healing in the expressions of this incredible community of survivors. This body of work is the perfect example of an impactful story amplified through the caring and intentional eye of the photographer.

PULITZER PRIZE FOR EXPLANATORY REPORTING 2017, McClatchy Investigative Team (photo above), Panama Papers”

PULITZER PRIZE FOR BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY 2006, The Dallas Morning News Photo Staff, “Hurricane Katrina”

PULITZER PRIZE FOR BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY 2004, Cheryl Diaz Meyer and David Leeson, “Iraq War”

VISA POUR L’IMAGE 2003, Visa D’Or Daily Press Award, “Operation Iraqi Freedom”

2021

Editing Awards at the Star Tribune

  • Best of Photojournalism – Second Place, Newspaper Picture Editor of the Year: Team, Star Tribune
  • Best of Photojournalism – First Place, Newspaper Front Page, No beds anywhere
  • Best of Photojournalism – Second Place, Newspaper Feature Story, Looking to the future
  • Best of Photojournalism – Honorable Mention, Newspaper Contemporary Issues Story, George Floyd’s search for salvation
  • Pictures of the Year – Finalist, Photo/Video Team of the Star Tribune

2020

  • White House News Photographers Association – Sports Picture Story – First Place, Manny Pacquiao: The Boxer, the Senator…and Future President 
  • White House News Photographers Association – News Picture Story – Second Place, Hurricane Dorian: The Aftermath
  • White House News Photographers Association – International News – Second Place, Hurricane Dorian: The Aftermath
  • White House News Photographers Association – Feature Picture Story – Third Place, The Last Living Comfort Women of the Philippines
  • Northern Short Course – International Picture Story – First Place,  The Last Living Comfort Women of the Philippines
  • Northern Short Course – Portrait/Personality – First Place and Honorable Mention,  The Last Living Comfort Women of the Philippines
  • Northern Short Course – International Picture- Second Place, Hurricane Dorian: The Aftermath

2019

  • Pulitzer Grant for The Last Living Comfort Women of the Philippines
  • White House News Photographer Association Grant for The Last Living Comfort Women of the Philippines

2018

  • White House News Photographers Association – International News – First Place, Second Place, Third Place, 2 Honorable Mentions, Rohingya Crisis
  • Yunghi Kim Grant for The Last Living Comfort Women of the Philippines

2016

  • Investigative Reporters and Editors, Innovative and Investigative Journalism 2016 (large market), “Panama Papers”
  • McClatchy President’s Award, 2016, “Panama Papers”

2015

  • McClatchy President’s Award 2015, “Irradiated: The Hidden Legacy of 70 Years of Atomic Weaponry”

2010

  • Association for Women in Communications, Dallas Communicator Award, 2010
  • McClatchy President’s Award 2015, “Irradiated: The Hidden Legacy of 70 Years of Atomic Weaponry”

2008

  • Overseas Press Club, Honorable Citation
  • Best of Photojournalism, Photographer of the Year, Honorable Mention
  • Best of Photojournalism, Investigative Issue Picture Story, Third Place
  • Women in Photojournalism Photo Contest, Best of Show

2006

  • Asian American Journalists Association Photo Contest, “Unlimited Subject Matter” Winner

2004

  • Best of Photojournalism, Photographer of the Year, Honorable Mention
  • Asian American Journalists Association Photo Contest, “Unlimited Subject Matter” Winner
  • Independence Day in the Philippines, Honoree of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
  • Philippine Press Association, Iraq War presentation
  • National Association of Minority Media Executives, Pulitzer Winners of Color Honoree
  • Association for Women Journalists, Vivian Castleberry Award for Photography, War in Iraq
  • Philippine American Foundation, Friendship Award

2003

  • The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Photography Competition, Best Portfolio, Honorable Mentio 
  • Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce, Journalist of the Year
  • Press Club of Dallas, Katie Award Spot News Photography

2002

  • Overseas Press Club, John Faber Award, War in Afghanistan
  • Best of Photojournalism – International News Picture Story, Honorable Mention
  • Photographer of the Year International- News Picture Story, Third Place
  • Asian American Journalists Association Photo Contest – Unlimited Subject Matter, Winner
  • Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Photo Contest – First Place

2001

  • Association for Women Journalists, Vivian Castleberry Award for Photography – “Hidden Wars: Guatemalan Reconciliation”

 

 

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