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. The awards were established in 1948 in memory of George Polk, a CBS correspondent who was killed covering the Greek Civil War. In 2009, John Darnton was named curator of the George Polk Awards. See List of George Polk Award winners for the recipients of the award. Josh Marshall's blog, Talk... More

Awards

Winners:

Year Award Winner Winning work Notes/Description
  • 2004
  • expose on Veterans Hospital
  • 1990
  • 2004
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