The $25,000 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, [1] founded in 1995, is presented each year to a reporter with courage and integrity for cumulative professional accomplishments. The prize honors the legacy of pioneering television correspondent and longtime NBC News anchor John Chancellor.

The nomination deadline is Apr 25, 2025.

To be entered for consideration, journalists must be nominated. The recipient of the John Chancellor Award is selected each year by a distinguished panel of journalists who look across the media landscape to identify a reporter who may not be widely known by the public but who is highly respected within the profession for the caliber of his or her work.