1.   In April, Cherkasov was awarded an American journalism prize named after the late investigative journalist Artyom Borovik.

2.   Instead of being fined for this behavior, these reporters are often congratulated, promoted and awarded prestigious journalism prizes.

3.   Meciar pursued the attack last week by awarding a top journalism prize to an anti-Semitic magazine that regularly runs cartoons of Soros wearing a yarmulke.

4.   The documentary raked in journalism prizes, but many critics still accuse the filmmaker of exaggerating mundane meetings.

5.   Boston Globe reporter John A. Farrell has won a journalism prize for a series on then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush and capital punishment.

6.   The ITAR-Tass news agency announced Thursday that it was establishing an annual journalism prize for the best Russian and international reporting from the Middle East.