George Polk Awards

The George Polk Awards in Journalism are American journalism awards given every year by Long Island University in the U.S. state of New York. A writer for a PBS group blog named the awards as "one of only a couple of journalism prizes that means anything".[1][2][3][4]

DescriptionTo honor excellence in print and broadcast journalism

In 1949, Long Island University started the awards in memory of CBS journalist George Polk.[5] Polk was murdered in 1948 while reporting on the Greek Civil War.[5] In 2009, former New York Times editor John Darnton was named curator of the George Polk Awards.[6][7]

List of award recipients

References

  1. ↑ Faint Praise for Citizen Journalism Misses Point.
  2. ↑ theguardian.com, Journalists who broke NSA story in Guardian receive George Polk Awards, 17 February 2014, accessed 26 January 2015
  3. ↑ Kelley Bouchard, Glenn Reporter Colin Woodard earns prestigious award, pressherald.com, 18 February 2013, accessed 26 January 2015
  4. ↑ Glenn Greenwald ’94 to receive George Polk Award for national security reporting, New York University School of Law, 19 February 2014, accessed 26 January 2015
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hershey, Edward. A History of the George Polk Awards in JournalismLong Island University. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Former Times Editor Will Oversee Polk Awards", The New York Times. April 16, 2009
  7. ↑ LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES 68th ANNUAL GEORGE POLK AWARDS IN JOURNALISM (21 February 2017)Long Island University. Retrieved 21 February 2017.