Farfesa Jennifer Rowe da Carol J. Loomis, ƙwararrun malamai, tare da Farfesa Heather Isherwood da mai kula da ɗakin labarai Ellie Newberry-Wortham, na Makarantar Aikin Jarida ta Jami'ar Missouri, ne suka sa ido kan yanke hukunci. "Ayyukan da marubutan balaguro suka samar a wannan shekara ya cika da farin ciki da mamakin balaguron balaguro," in ji ta, "yayin da ya rage a yanzu. Shigarwar sun kasance, bi da bi, 'mai wasa' ko 'daukar sha'awa,' duk da haka kuma suna nuna buƙatun matafiya masu sanin yakamata."
Haɗin ɗan adam jigo ne a cikin duk abubuwan da aka shigar. Wani alƙali ya lura cewa labarun “tunani ne na dalilin da ya sa muke tafiya.” A cikin taimaka wa masu sauraro saduwa da mutane, bincika wurare kuma su koyi tarihi, marubutan balaguro suna bayyana mutane suna rayuwa a ciki kuma su fahimci duniyarmu.
Kyautar Zinariya ga Lowell Thomas Travelan Jarida na Shekara ta tafi Natalie Compton daga The Washington Post. "Wannan shigarwar ita ce girmamawa ga ikon tunani wajen gano labarai na musamman a duniya da kuma a bayan gidanmu," in ji alkalan. "Ana amfani da ra'ayin mutum na farko wajen ciyar da labari gaba, ba nunawa ba…. Wannan shigarwa ce da ke ba da darussa da yawa don ba da labari mai ban mamaki.
Amanda Finnegan, editan By the Way da ƙungiyar editan tafiye-tafiye a The Washington Post ta lashe zinari don Taimakon Tafiya na Jarida. Alkalan sun ce: “Post din yana gano aljihu na dabarun kirkirar labari kuma ya kai su inda ba a zata ba. Labarun suna da salo da kuma na asali, suna ɗaukar tafiye-tafiye rubuce-rubuce ta hanyar ba da mamaki ga masu sauraro sannan kuma daɗa nau'ikan bincike da dalla-dalla don haɗa karatu mai gamsarwa da gamsarwa."
Mujallar AFAR, karkashin jagorancin babban editan, Julia Cosgrove, ta lashe Zinare don Mujallun Balaguro na shekara ta biyu a jere. "AFAR na tafiya mai nisa ta hanyar ba da labari wanda ke canzawa tsakanin aikace-aikace da kuma masu wuce gona da iri, ko jagorantar masu karatu a bakin kogin Rhine ko kuma kwadaitar da su zuwa cikin 'Tafiya da ke Canza ku," in ji alkalan. "Haɗin daukar hoto mai ban sha'awa, ƙira mai ban sha'awa da rahotanni masu hankali sun sa AFAR ta zama kanti guda ɗaya don matafiya na zamani - kuma masu sanin al'umma."
Mujallar waje tare da Mary Turner, darektan kula da balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguro a cikin Mujallu na gabaɗaya. Kuma marubutan mujallar sun sami ƙarin kyaututtuka tara a fannoni daban-daban, ciki har da lambar yabo ta Azurfa a cikin Kyautar Robert Haru Fisher don Kiwon Lafiyar Balaguro / Tsaro da Tsaro da kuma a cikin nau'ikan balaguron balaguron balaguro, da kuma Zinare a Rubutun Al'ummomi daban-daban.
Membobin SATW a wannan shekara sun nuna tsokoki na rubuce-rubuce, suna karɓar kyaututtuka 30, gami da lambar yabo ta Azurfa a cikin Short Narrative, Ayyukan Abokin Ciniki na Sabis da Labari na Instagram da Zinare a Bidiyon Balaguro na Kasa da Minti Biyu, Blog ɗin Balaguro da Rubutun Jagora. Kyautar Azurfa da Girmamawa ga ɗan Jarida na Balaguro na Shekara ta tafi ga membobin SATW Jill Robinson da Larry Bleiberg, bi da bi.
Gasar Jarida ta Balaguro ta Lowell Thomas ta farko ta yi bikin ayyukan balaguro da aka kammala a cikin 1984. Tun daga wannan lokacin, Gidauniyar ta ba da fiye da dala 630,000 ga waɗanda suka yi nasara a fafatawar, mafi girman daraja a aikin jarida na balaguro na Arewacin Amurka.
"The Lowell Thomas Awards ba su da wani ajanda sai don tallafawa, murna da kuma ci gaba da kwarewa a aikin jarida," in ji Catharine Hamm, shugabar Cibiyar SATW. Ba ya haɓaka kowane takamaiman makoma ko samfurin balaguro; ba shi da wani buƙatun zama memba ga 'yan jarida su shiga; kuma babbar jami'a a babbar makarantar aikin jarida ta Amurka ce ke yin hukunci da kanta. Muna kuma godiya ga tallafin da Hukumar Gudanarwarmu ta ba mu da kuma gudummawar da ke taimakawa wajen bayar da waɗannan kyaututtukan”.
An ba da lambar yabo ga Lowell Thomas, mashahurin ɗan jaridar watsa labarai, marubuci mai ƙwazo kuma mai binciken duniya a cikin shekaru arba'in a aikin jarida.
Dorewar gasar shekara-shekara yana yiwuwa ta hanyar gudummawa mai karimci daga Gold Supporter Carnival Corp., babban kamfanin jirgin ruwa na duniya tare da tarin kayayyaki. Gudunmawar ta na taimakawa wajen sa kyaututtukan ya yiwu kuma yana tallafawa makomar kafofin watsa labaru masu inganci.
Cikakkun jerin wadanda suka yi nasara a bana nan.