Harry Chapin Media Awards — 1997

The Awards were presented at a ceremony in New York City on June 25, 1998.

• First Prize: Myth of the Welfare Queen, David Zucchino (Scribner, 1997)
• Second Prize: Our America: Life and Death and the South Side of Chicago, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman with David Isay (Scribner, 1997)

• First Prize: "Welcome to Poverty Hollow," Linda Friend, Producer and Reporter, Wisconsin Public Television, Feb. 11, 1997.

• First Prize: "Poverty, Hunger, and Development: Global Challenges -- and Innovative Solutions," Robin Wright, The Los Angeles Times, 1997.
• Second Prize: "Everyday Killers," Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, Jan. 8-9, 1997.

• First Prize: Welfare Reform Coverage by Jason DeParle in The New York Times Magazine, 1997.
• Second Prize: "A Special Report: Cleaning HUD’s House," Kim Nauer and Andrew White, City Limits, October, 1997 - January, 1998.

• First Prize: "Orphans of Addiction," Clarence Williams, The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 16, 1997.
• Second Prize: "The Human Toll of the Immigration War," Todd Bigelow, Black Star Photo Agency, The New York Times Magazine, May 11, 1997.

• "The Worst Thing Bill Clinton Has Done," Peter Edelman, The Atlantic Monthly, March, 1997.