The Peter F. Collier Awards for Ethics in Journalism celebrate acts of journalism by student and professional journalists that meet the highest ethical standards in the face of pressure or incentives to do otherwise. The awards are administered by the Ethics and Journalism Initiative at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. Founded in 2024, the award is granted annually.
“The Collier Award is grounded in the belief that a greater focus on ethics—on rigorous, factual reporting, transparency, humility, and fairness—can help journalists become more effective and more trustworthy, and therefore more valuable to their audiences and to the broader community,” said Stephen J. Adler, Ethics and Journalism Initiative director.
Nathan S. Collier, founder and chairman of the Collier Companies, is sponsoring the award in honor of his great grand uncle, Peter F. Collier, who emigrated from Ireland in 1866, became a book publisher, and founded the renowned magazine, Collier’s Weekly, in 1888.