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The George Polk Awards in Journalism are a series of American journalism awards presented annually by Long Island University in New York in the United States. PBS described it as "one of only a couple of journalism prizes that means anything."[1]
The awards were established in 1948 in memory of George Polk, a CBS correspondent who was murdered while covering the Greek Civil War. In 2009, John Darnton was named curator of the George Polk Awards.[2]
See List of George Polk Award winners for the recipients of the award.[3]
Josh Marshall's blog, Talking Points Memo, was the first blog to receive the Polk Award in 2008 for their reporting on the US Attorney Scandal.[4]
Categories[edit]
- Foreign Reporting
- Radio Reporting
- Photojournalism
- Economics Reporting
- Business Reporting
- Labor Reporting
- Legal Reporting
- National Reporting
- Internet Reporting
- Magazine Reporting
- State Reporting
- Education Reporting
- Local Reporting
- Television Reporting
In addition, the George Polk Career Award is given in recognition of an individual's lifelong achievements.