The Al Neuharth Free Spirit Awards recognizes top high school journalism seniors who are free spirits as well as other free-spirited individuals. The award program was established in 1999 by the Freedom Forum to honor Al Neuharth, the founder of the Freedom Forum, Newseum and USA TODAY.
Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship and Journalism Conference Program
The Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship and Journalism Conference Program recognizes outstanding high school seniors who have demonstrated an interest in journalism and an abundance of free sprit. Each fall, hundreds of students from across the nation compete for scholarships and the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C., in the spring to meet with journalists and newsmakers during the Free Spirit Scholarship and Journalism Conference Program. To apply, the application form must be completed and mailed to the Freedom Forum.
View the list of the 2009 Free Spirit Scholars.
Al Neuharth Free Spirit of the Year Award
Each year since 1992, the Freedom Forum has honored one or more individuals for accomplishments that have stirred the public’s hearts and souls by demonstrating the human capacity to dream, dare, do. A free spirit can be a risk-taker, a visionary, an innovator, an entrepreneur or a courageous achiever who accomplishes great things beyond his or her normal circumstances. Past Free Spirit honorees include Aung San Suu Kyi, Barbara Bush, Terry Anderson, Chuck Yeager, Supreme Court Justices Thurgood Marshall and William J. Brennan, Greg Mortenson, Brian Lamb, Eileen Collins, Bob Schieffer and Cathie Black.
The Free Spirit program culminates at an award ceremony in the Newseum to recognize the Free Spirit honorees and the 102 high school students for their exemplary abilities as free spirits who dream, dare and do.
To learn more about the Al Neuharth Free Spirit Awards, please click a link below:
A message from Al Neuharth, founder of the Freedom Forum.
For more information, please contact:
Chris Wells, senior vice president
Diana Leckie, manager/Free Spirit Program and International Initiatives
The Freedom Forum
555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
Telephone: 202/292-6261
Fax: 202/292-6265
E-mail: freespirit@freedomforum.org
