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George Polk Awards

The George Polk Awards in Journalism are a series of
George Polk Awards in
American journalism awards presented annually by Long Island
Journalism
University in New York in the United States. A writer for Idea
Lab, a group blog hosted on the website of PBS, described the
award as "one of only a couple of journalism prizes that means
anything".[1][2][3][4] The award is described as follows:

For 75 years, LIU has been the proud home of the

Awarded To honor excellence in
George Polk Awards in Journalism, the first major award
for print and broadcast
of its kind to recognize reporting across all media. This
journalism
prestigious honor focuses on the intrepid, bold, and
influential work of the reporters themselves, placing a Country United States
premium on investigative work that is original, Presented Long Island University
resourceful, and thought-provoking.[5] by
First 1949
awarded
History Website www.liu.edu/polk/ (http
s://www.liu.edu/polk/)

20th century
The awards were established in 1949, in memory of George Polk, a CBS News correspondent who was
murdered in March 1948 while covering the Greek Civil War.

21st century
In 2008, Josh Marshall's blog, Talking Points Memo, was the first blog to receive the Polk Award in
recognition of its reporting on the 2006 U.S. Attorneys dismissal scandal.[6]

In 2009, John Darnton, a former editor with The New York Times, was named curator of the George
Polk Awards.[7][8]

In 2024, The New York Times was awarded three Polk Awards for the newspaper's "unsurpassed
coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas".[9][10] Steven Thrasher criticized the issuance of the
awards to the New York Times, saying that the newspaper's article, "Screams Without Words", had
been discredited.[11]

List of award recipients

Award categories
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Foreign reporting
Radio reporting
Photojournalism
Economics reporting
Business reporting
Labor reporting
Legal reporting
National reporting
Internet reporting
Magazine reporting
Military reporting
State reporting
Education reporting
Local reporting
Television reporting
Documentary Film (introduced in 2014)
In addition, the George Polk Career Award is given in recognition of an individual's lifelong
achievements.

References
1. Gillmor, Dan (February 24, 2010). "Faint Praise for Citizen Journalism Misses Point" (http://medias
hift.org/2010/02/faint-praise-for-citizen-journalism-misses-point055/). PBS. Retrieved June 13,
2022.
2. Pengelly, Martin (February 17, 2014). "Journalists who broke NSA story in Guardian receive
George Polk Awards" (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/16/guardian-nsa-snowden-ge
orge-polk-awards). The Guardian. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
3. Bouchard, Kelley (February 18, 2013). "Reporter Colin Woodard earns prestigious award" (https://
www.pressherald.com/2013/02/18/reporter-colin-woodard-earns-prestigious-award_2013-02-18/).
Portland Press Herald. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
4. "Glenn Greenwald '94 to receive George Polk Award for national security reporting" (https://www.l
aw.nyu.edu/news/Glenn-Greenwald-Polk-Award). New York University School of Law. February
19, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
5. "The George Polk Awards" (https://www.liu.edu/polk/). Long Island University. Retrieved April 2,
2024.
6. Strupp, Joe (February 19, 2008). "Slain Editor Bailey Among George Polk Award Winners" (https://
web.archive.org/web/20080226203911/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_dis
play.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003712141). Archived from the original (http://www.editorandpublisher.c
om/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003712141) on February 26, 2008.
Retrieved April 16, 2014.
7. "Former Times Editor Will Oversee Polk Awards" (https://web.archive.org/web/20090419105643/ht
tps://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/former-times-editor-will-manage-polk-awards/). The
New York Times. April 16, 2009. Archived from the original (https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20
09/04/16/former-times-editor-will-manage-polk-awards/) on April 19, 2009.
8. "Long Island University Announces 68th Annual George Polk Awards in Journalism" (http://liu.edu/
Polk/Articles/2016-Winners). Long Island University. February 21, 2017. Retrieved February 21,
2017.
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9. McCordick, Jack (March 2, 2024). "New York Times Under Fire For "Racially Targeted Witch Hunt"
Into Leaks Over Israel Coverage" (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/nyt-under-fire-leaks-israel-cov
erage). Vanity Fair. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
10. Katie Robertson (February 19, 2024). "The New York Times Wins 3 Polk Awards" (https://www.nyti
mes.com/2024/02/19/business/media/polk-award-winners.html). The New York Times. Retrieved
April 27, 2024.
11. Thrasher, Steven W. (February 27, 2024). "As Journalists Are Murdered in Gaza Their
Counterparts Lose Jobs in America" (https://lithub.com/as-journalists-are-murdered-in-gaza-their-c
ounterparts-lose-jobs-in-america/). Literary Hub. Retrieved March 18, 2024.

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