EGF Accelerator’s Eddie Prize
Honoring journalism that furthers the national conversation about low-income college completion.
About the Eddie Prize
The journalism prize from the EGF Accelerator recognizes the best work on the challenges low-income students face getting into and/or completing college. The EGF Accelerator invests in programs that inspire young people to achieve their personal best while contributing to a stronger, more compassionate society.
The foundation’s mission is to reduce the achievement gap by empowering motivated yet underserved students through support of programs that provide academic remediation, enrichment, and leadership life skills resulting in their entrance to and graduation from college.
Past Winners
2022
The Enduring Gap
Camille Phillips, Fernando Ortiz Jr., Dan Katz & Jacob Rosati
Texas Public Radio
2021
What the System Requires
Eric Hoover
The Chronicle for Higher Education
2020
A Year Interrupted
Elizabeth Rich and Brooke Saias
Education Week
2019
The Valedictorians Project
Malcolm Gay, Meghan Irons and Eric Moskowitz
The Boston Globe
2018
Minimally Adequate: How South Carolina’s Schools Fail Too Many Students.
Paul Bowers, Glenn Smith, Seanna Adcox, Jennifer Berry Hawes and Thad Moore
Charleston Post and Courier
2017
The Long, Difficult Journey to College
Eric Hoover
The Chronicle of Higher Education
2017
Shadow Class: College DREAMers in Trump’s America
Sasha Aslanian, Catherine Winter, Emily Hanford, and Stephen Smith
The APM Reports/American Public Media
2016
Education’s Broken Promise to Native Students
Kelly Field
The Chronicle of Higher Education
2015
Higher-Ed Hustle
Michael Vasquez
The Miami Herald
2014
Lower Education
Molly Hensley-Clancy
BuzzFeed
