The Fund for American Studies will present John Tierney of City Journal with the Kenneth Y. Tomlinson Award for Courageous Journalism and Mary Anastasia O’Grady of The Wall Street Journal with the Thomas L. Phillips Career Achievement Award
The awards will be given at the 32nd Annual TFAS Journalism Forum + Awards Dinner in New York City on Nov. 11, 2025.
Tierney receives his award for his excellence in reporting and determination to present the truth. He spent two decades at The New York Times as a reporter, columnist and magazine writer.
Tierney is a veteran journalist and bestselling author known for challenging media-driven narratives and exposing the unintended consequences of public policy. At City Journal, he has written extensively on the politicization of science, government overreach during the COVID-19 pandemic and the long-term damage of fear-based policymaking.
O’Grady writes The Journal’s weekly “Americas” column and is a member of the Journal’s editorial board. She joined the newspaper in 1995.
O’Grady has spent nearly three decades at the Journal advocating for economic freedom and democratic values in Latin America and Canada. Her award-winning column is renowned for its fearless analysis of authoritarian regimes and flawed U.S. policies. She is a recipient of the Bastiat Prize for Journalism and TFAS’s Walter Judd Freedom Award.
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