Paul Anderson Establishes Journalism Prize
• Paul B. Anderson, Principal & CEO of Seattle-based Workhouse Media, has established The Shaufler Prize in Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. These annual prizes will recognize the best journalism in the country which advances the understanding of stories and issues related to marginalized people in society, such as communities of color, immigrants and LGBTQ+.
Anderson (right) established the prize in honor of his late friend, Ed Shaufler (left), who died late last year. Shaufler cared deeply about promoting understanding of underrepresented people. “Ed was a great observer of human behavior, both individually and in groups,” says Anderson. “He and I spent years just talking about journalism and stories and society. Ed loved that intellectual engagement around journalism, and I thought we should put his name to something that may have immediate and lasting impact for a journalist.”
Anderson’s gift will support a total of four awards for The Shaufler Prize — First, second and third-place cash awards of $10K, $3K and $2K, respectively, will honor work by professional journalists, and another $5K prize will honor the work of a student enrolled at an accredited journalism program in the U.S. The first awards will be presented in spring 2022.
“Great, thoughtful storytelling matters in journalism,” Anderson said. “I’m humbled to be able to create and support annual multi-tier journalism awards to honor my late friend, Ed Shaufler. The four annual awards will honor in-depth journalism that sheds light on issues affecting LQBTQ+, immigration and communities of color.”
Anderson added, “I spent months researching how best to go about this, including conversations with executives and journalists at the New York Times, the LA Times, the Seattle Times and the very thoughtful David Bornstein (also a NYT columnist) at Solutions Journalism Network + my friend Paula Boggs, the former general counsel of Starbucks whose thoughtful insights helped guide my thinking. Thank you also to Lucy Mohl, my trusted SVP of Strategy at Workhouse whose own storied career in journalism provided invaluable direction to me and the Cronkite School at ASU. Impact is the aspiration. Ed would have reveled in this quest.” [Photo courtesy of Andrew Greenwood]
