The purpose of the Goldsmith Book Prize is to recognize works that "improve government through an examination of the intersection between press, politics, and public policy." The prize is awarded to the book published in the previous year that best exemplifies the fulfillment of this goal. The first such prize was awarded in 1993.
The Goldsmith Awards Program, launched in 1991, is based at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, a part of Harvard University. The program includes two separate book prizes, the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, and the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism.
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2010
Academic
Matthew Hindman
The Myth of Digital Democracy
Trade
John Maxwell Hamilton
Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting
2009
Academic
Markus Prior
Post-Broadcast Democracy: How Media Choice Increases Inequality in Political Involvement and Polarizes Elections
Trade
Jane Mayer
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
2008
Academic
John G. Geer
In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns
Trade
Ted Gup
Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life
2007
Academic
Diana C. Mutz
Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative versus Participatory Democracy
Trade
Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff
The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle and the Awakening of a Nation
2006
Academic
James A. Stimson
Tides of Consent: How Public Opinion Shapes American Politics
Trade
Geoffrey R. Stone
Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism
2005
Academic
Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini
Comparing Media Systems: Three Models of Media and Politics
Trade
Paul Starr
The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications
2004
Academic
Scott L. Althaus
Collective Preferences in Democratic Politics: Opinion Surveys and the Will of the People
Paul M. Kellstedt
The Mass Media and the Dynamics of American Racial Attitudes
Trade
Bill Katovsky and Timothy Carlson
Embedded: The Media at War in Iraq
2003
Academic
Doris Graber
Processing Politics: Learning from Television in the Internet Age
Trade
Leonard Downie Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser
The News About the News: American Journalism in Peril
2002
Academic
Robert M. Entman and Andrew Rojecki
The Black Image in the White Mind
Trade
Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel
The Elements of Journalism
2001
Lawrence R. Jacobs & Robert Y. Shapiro
Politicians Don't Pander: Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness
2000
Robert McChesney
Rich Media, Poor Democracy
1999
James Hamilton
Channeling Violence: The Economic Market for Violent Television Programming
1998
Richard Norton Smith
The Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick, 1880–1955
1997
No award given
1996
Stephen Ansolabehere and Shanto Iyengar
Going Negative: How Political Advertisements Shrink and Polarize the Electorate
1995
William Hoynes
Public Television for Sale: Media, the Market and the Public Sphere
1994
Cass R. Sunstein
Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech
1993
Greg Mitchell
Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California and the Birth of Media Politics
Academic
John G. Geer
In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns
Trade
Ted Gup
Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life
2007
Academic: Diana C. Mutz, Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative versus Participatory Democracy
Trade: Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff, "The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle and the Awakening of a Nation"
2006
Academic: James A. Stimson, Tides of Consent: How Public Opinion Shapes American Politics
Trade: Geoffrey R. Stone, Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism
2005
Academic: Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini, Comparing Media Systems: Three Models of Media and Politics
Trade: Paul Starr, The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications
2004
Academic: Scott L. Althaus, Collective Preferences in Democratic Politics: Opinion Surveys and the Will of the People
Paul M. Kellstedt, The Mass Media and the Dynamics of American Racial Attitudes
Trade: Bill Katovsky and Timothy Carlson, Embedded: The Media at War in Iraq
2003
Academic: Doris Graber, Processing Politics: Learning from Television in the Internet Age
Trade: Leonard Downie, Jr. and Robert Kaiser, The News About the News: American Journalism in Peril
2002
Academic: Robert M. Entman and Andrew Rojecki, The Black Image in the White Mind
Trade: Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, The Elements of Journalism
2001
Lawrence R. Jacobs & Robert Y. Shapiro, Politicians Don't Pander: Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness
2000
Robert McChesney, Rich Media, Poor Democracy
1999
James Hamilton, Channeling Violence: The Economic Market for Violent Television Programming
1998
Richard Norton Smith, The Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick, 1880-1955
1997
No award given
1996
Stephen Ansolabehere and Shanto Iyengar, Going Negative: How Political Advertisements Shrink and Polarize the Electorate
1995
William Hoynes, Public Television for Sale: Media, the Market and the Public Sphere
1994
Cass R. Sunstein, Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech
1993
Greg Mitchell, Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California and the Birth of Media Politics