Tom Arnold-Forster Wins Book Prize from American Historical Association

The RAI congratulates Tom Arnold-Forster on winning the 2026 Eugenia M. Palmegiano Prize in the History of Journalism from the American Historical Association. 

Tom is a fellow at the RAI and won the prize for his recent book, Walter Lippmann: An Intellectual Biography (Princeton, 2025). The prize “is awarded annually to the author of the most outstanding book published in English on any aspect of the history of journalism, concerning any area of the world, and any period.” 

Walter Lippmann: An Intellectual Biography provides a new historical account of a leading political writer who shaped American liberalism and democratic theory across the twentieth century. You can find out more about the book here.