George Polk Awards
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. 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". History The awards were established in 1949 in memory of George Polk, a CBS correspondent who was murdered in 1948 while covering the Greek Civil War (1946–49). In 2009, former New York Times editor John Darnton was named curator of the George Polk Awards. Josh Marshall's blog, Talking Points Memo, was the first blog to receive the Polk Award in 2008 for its reporting on the 2006 U.S. Attorneys scandal. List of award recipients Categories 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 George Polk Award recipients American journalism awards Awards established in 1949 Career awards 1949 establishments in New York (state)