NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATIVE CORRESPONDENTS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
June 9, 2021
Contact: Cathy Woodruff (518) 852-9450
WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER WINS LCAA AWARD
ALBANY, N.Y. Jimmy Vielkind, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has won the Walter T. Brown Legislative Correspondents Alumni Association (LCAA) 2021 Award for excellence in coverage of New York state government and politics.
Vielkind had previously won the award in 2015 while working for POLITICO New York, then known as Capital New York. He also worked for the New York Observer and the Albany Times Union before joining the Wall Street Journal in 2018. He lives with his wife and two daughters in the Albany suburb of Delmar.
The past year has presented unprecedented challenges to news gathering, said newly elected LCAA president Cathy Woodruff.
Albany reporters performed a true public service in the diligence with which they covered the pandemic, allegations of gubernatorial misconduct and a contentious relationship with the federal government, plus the usual fare of state government and politics. It is a special tribute to Jimmy that his work stood out in this exceptionally strong field of award entrants for its breadth and its insight, Woodruff said.
The LCAA Award is judged by a panel of former state Capitol reporters. It carries a $500 prize and the winners name is inscribed on a plaque on permanent display in the Legislative Correspondents Room on the third floor of the State Capitol. The award has been presented annually since 1947.
LCAA Walter T. Brown Award winners:
1947 Raymond I. Borst, The Buffalo Evening News.
1948 John Mooney, Albany Knickerbocker News.
1949 Kirtland I. King, United Press.
1950 Leo W. OBrien, Albany Times-Union.
1951 Leo Egan, New York Times.
1952 Harry ODonnell, The Associated Press.
1953 Edward W. Bates, N.Y. Herald-Tribune.
1954 Kirtland I. King, United Press.
1955 Raymond I. Borst, Buffalo Evening News.
1956 Emmet N. OBrien, Gannett News Service.
1957 - Walter V. MacDonald, New York World-Telegram & Sun.
1958 Arvis Chalmers, Albany Knickerbocker News.
1959 Charles W. Dumas, The Associated Press.
1960 John M. Greene, Long Island Daily Press.
1961 Warren Weaver, Jr., The New York Times.
1962 John L. Considine, United Press International.
1963 David H. Beetle, Gannett News Service.
1964 Robert T. Gray, The Associated Press.
1965 Charles W. Dumas, The Associated Press.
1966 James Desmond, The New York Daily News.
1967 Victor Ostrowidzki, Albany Times-Union.
1968 Robert S. Balme, The Buffalo Evening News.
1969 Arvis Chalmers, Albany Knickerbocker News.
1970 Charles W. Dumas, The Associated Press.
1971 Richard C. Mathieu, The New York Daily News.
1972 Charles R. Holcomb, Gannett News Service.
1973 Jerry Allan, The Buffalo Evening News.
1974 William S. Stevens, United Press International.
1975 Peter J. Walsh, Gannett News Service.
1976 Victor Ostrowidzki, Albany Times Union.
1977 Clarence (Chuck) Bassett, United Press International.
1978 Dick Zander, Newsday.
1979 Arvis Chalmers, Albany Knickerbocker News.
1979 Peg Breen & Dave Hepp, WMHT-Schenectady, Inside Albany.
1980 Arthur Greenspan, The New York Post.
1981 Judy Watson, United Press International.
1982 Frederic U. Dicker, Albany Times-Union.
1983 Alison Mitchell, Newsday.
1984 David E. Dawson, Gannett News Service.
1985 Miriam Pawel, Newsday.
1986 Marc Humbert, The Associated Press.
1987 Frederic U. Dicker, New York Post.
1988 Jeffrey Schmalz, The New York Times.
1989 Jon Sorensen, Ottaway News Service.
1990 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Times.
1991 Carl Campanile, Staten Island Advance.
1992 Kevin Sack, The New York Times.
1993 Karen M. De Witt, New York Public Radio.
1994 David Bauder, The Associated Press.
1995 James Dao, The New York Times.
1996 Marc Humbert, The Associated Press.
1997 Jay Gallagher, Gannett News Service.
1998 Jon Sorensen, New York Daily News.
1999 Richard Perez-Pena, The New York Times.
2000 Paul Ertelt, The Watertown Times.
2001 Jordan Rau, Newsday.
2002 Matthew Cox, Bloomberg News.
2003 James M. Odato, Albany Times Union.
2004 Kyle Hughes, CapitolWire.com.
2005 Frederic U. Dicker, New York Post.
2006 James M. Odato, Albany Times Union.
2007 Marc Humbert, The Associated Press.
2008 Frederic U. Dicker, New York Post.
2009 Danny Hakim, The New York Times.
2010 Ken Lovett, New York Daily News.
2011 Danny Hakim, The New York Times.
2012 Danny Hakim, The New York Times.
2013 Danny Hakim, The New York Times.
2014 Ken Lovett, New York Daily News.
2015 Jimmy Vielkind, Capital New York (now POLITICO).
2016 Casey Seiler, Albany Times Union.
2017 Jon Campbell, Gannett/USA Today.
2018 Jon Campbell, Gannett/USA Today.
2019 - Vivian Wang, The New York Times.
2020 Michael Gormley, Newsday.
2021 Jimmy Vielkind, The Wall Street Journal.
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