The Robert P. Knight Multicultural Recruitment Award

1987 - Pittsburgh (Pa.) Black Media Federation
1988 - Craig Trystad, Youth Communication
1989 - George Curry, Chicago Tribune
1990 - Robert P. Knight, University of Missouri- Columbia
1991 - Thomas E. Engleman, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund
1992 - Richard Lee, South Dakota State University
1993 - Alice Bonner, The Freedom Forum
1994 - Mary Arnold, The University of Iowa
1995 - Diane Hall, Florida A&M University
1996 - Barbara B. Hines, Howard University
1997 - San Diego Chapter, California Chicano News Media Association
1998 - Lucy Ganje, University of North Dakota
1999 - Marie Parsons, University of Alabama
2000 - Linda Waller, Dow Jones Newpaper Fund
2001 - Doris J. Giago, South Dakota State University
2002 - Walt Swanston, Senior Project Director for Diversity and Education Programs, Radio and Television News Directors Foundation
2003 - Vanessa Shelton, University of Iowa
2004 - Diana Mitsu Klos , AEJMC High School Journalism Senior Project Director
2005 - Chris Strudwick-Turner, Director of the Student Journalism Program for the Los Angeles Times