{"id":62293,"date":"2022-06-07T15:19:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T15:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/06\/07\/defense-news-naval-reporter-wins-ford-foundation-journalism-prize\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:37:18","slug":"defense-news-naval-reporter-wins-ford-foundation-journalism-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2022\/06\/07\/defense-news-naval-reporter-wins-ford-foundation-journalism-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense News naval reporter wins Ford Foundation journalism prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Defense News\u2019 naval warfare reporter has been selected to receive a prestigious defense journalism award for her coverage of everything from U.S. shipyard modernization to the Ukrainian navy\u2019s effort to rebuild and prepare for its war against Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Megan Eckstein will be awarded the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation\u2019s Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense, the <a href=\"https:\/\/geraldrfordfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2021-Journalism-Award-Winners-Press-Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">foundation announced Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m deeply honored that the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation has recognized my work in this way,\u201d Eckstein said. \u201cDefense News has afforded me a string of excellent reporting opportunities over the past year, and I\u2019ve worked hard to make the most of them and bring back the best stories and context for my readers. I look forward to continuing to explain the Navy and Marine Corps\u2019 story to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Tuesday\u2019s release announcing the award, the Ford Foundation praised Eckstein for her \u201cinsightful reporting [that] reveals a keen analytic sense for the early identification of soon-to-emerge issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEckstein\u2019s extensive sourcing and research, sharpened by her desire to be on the scene, is a sterling example of reportorial values and excellence that the Gerald R. 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Her gripping report describes the tense scene with four Russian warships lurking nearby, and the confrontation that ensued when one Russian ship contacted the Ross and demanded it leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She followed it up with a visit to Odesa, Ukraine, for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2021\/08\/09\/after-2014-decimation-ukrainian-navy-rebuilds-to-fend-off-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\">deeply detailed report<\/a> on how Ukraine sought to rebuild its navy after Russia\u2019s 2014 annexation of Crimea, in which it also seized 75% of Ukraine\u2019s fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Megan-Eckstein-Naval-Air-Station-North-Island.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-116823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Megan-Eckstein-Naval-Air-Station-North-Island.jpg.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Megan-Eckstein-Naval-Air-Station-North-Island.jpg.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Megan-Eckstein-Naval-Air-Station-North-Island.jpg.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Megan-Eckstein-Naval-Air-Station-North-Island.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Megan-Eckstein-Naval-Air-Station-North-Island.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Megan-Eckstein-Naval-Air-Station-North-Island.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Defense News naval warfare reporter Megan Eckstein at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, in September 2020. (Courtesy of Megan Eckstein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And last November, Eckstein visited the 222-year-old Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine and wrote about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2021\/12\/09\/how-a-221-year-old-shipyard-is-leading-the-us-navys-shipyard-modernization-effort\/\" target=\"_blank\">innovative practices it adopted<\/a> that are paving the way for the Navy to modernize how it repairs ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMegan takes readers with her when she travels,\u201d Defense News editor Marjorie Censer wrote in her letter nominating Eckstein for the award. \u201cIn 2021, she went to Ukraine, Maine and Florida, among other trips, and used her visits to illuminate and illustrate her pieces. She doesn\u2019t get bogged down in defense policy and acquisition; she uses the people, sights and sounds of an experience to better tell the story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt Viser, the White House reporter for the Washington Post, also was honored by the Ford Foundation for distinguished reporting on the presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense News previously won the foundation\u2019s national defense award in 1989 and 1998. Andrew deGrandpre, a former senior editor for sister publication Military Times who is now at the Washington Post, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2016\/05\/09\/military-times-earns-journalism-honors-for-investigative-series-on-betrayed-marines\/\" target=\"_blank\">received the prize in 2015<\/a>. DeGrandpre\u2019s investigative series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/special-projects\/task-force-violent\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTask Force Violent: The unforgiven\u201d<\/a> exposed how elite Marines were wrongfully accused of war crimes in Afghanistan and cleared their names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eckstein is a University of Maryland graduate who has covered military news since 2009. She began writing for Defense News in May 2021, and was previously deputy editor for USNI News. 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