The George Polk Awards is an American journalism award. It was established by Long Island University in 1949 to memorialize George Polk, a CBS correspondent slain covering the Greek civil war. It is awarded in the following categories Long Island University is a private university with its primary campus in Brooklyn, New York. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. ...

• Foreign Reporting
• Radio Reporting
• Photojournalism
• Economics Reporting
• Business Reporting
• Labor 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.

Notable recipients of the Polk Award include Christiane Amanpour, James Baldwin, Jimmy Breslin, Walter Cronkite, Thomas Friedman, Fred Friendly, Anne Garrels, Henry Louis Gates, David Halberstam, five-time winner Seymour Hersh, Peter Jennings, Ted Koppel, Charles Kuralt, Norman Mailer, Bill Moyers, Edward R. Murrow, Morley Safer, Harrison Salisbury, Diane Sawyer, Daniel Schorr, William Shawn, Susan Sontag, I.F. Stone, and Nina Totenberg. Jump to: navigation, search Christiane Amanpour Christiane Amanpour (born January 12, 1958) is chief international correspondent for CNN. Based out of CNNs London bureau, Amanpour is one of the most recognized and highly distinguished international correspondents on American television. ... James Baldwin can refer to different people: James Baldwin: a writer (1924-1987) James Baldwin: a baseball player James T. Baldwin: an industrial designer, author, educator (1934- ) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jimmy Breslin (born October 17, 1930) is a columnist who has appeared regularly in various newspapers in New York City, where he lives. ... Jump to: navigation, search Walter Cronkite Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search Thomas L. Friedman (born July 20, 1953) is an American journalist, columnist, and author, currently working as an Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times. ... Fred W. Friendly (October 30, 1915–March 3, 1998) is the former president of CBS News and the creator, with Edward R. Murrow of the documentary television program See It Now. ... Jump to: navigation, search Anne Garrels is a foreign correspondent for National Public Radio in the United States. ... Henry Louis Gates Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search David Halberstam (born April 10, 1934), American journalist and author, was born in New York City. ... Seymour Hersh Seymour Myron (Sy) Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American investigative journalist and author who contributes regularly to The New Yorker on military and security matters. ... Jump to: navigation, search Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) was the lead news anchor for the ABC network from the 1980s to the 2000s. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ted Koppel on Nightline in 1995. ... Charles Kuralt (10 September 1934 – 4 July 1997) was an award-winning American journalist. ... Jump to: navigation, search Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American writer and innovator of the nonfictional novel. ... Jump to: navigation, search William Daniel Moyers (born June 5, 1934) is an American journalist and public commentator. ... Jump to: navigation, search Edward R. Murrow, U.S. newscaster, pioneer in Broadcast journalism Edward R. Ed Murrow, (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow), (April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American journalist, whose radio news broadcasts during World War II were followed by millions of listeners in the United States... Jump to: navigation, search Morley Safer (born November 8, 1931 in Toronto, Canada) is a reporter and correspondent for CBS News. ... Harrison Salisbury, American journalist, was the first regular New York Times correspondent in Moscow after World War II. Vietnam War Opposition During the Vietnam War, Harrison was the first mainstream, well known and respected journalist to oppose the war after visiting Saigon in 1966 (as opposed to the constantly criticized... Diane Sawyer Diane Sawyer (born December 22, 1945) is a television journalist for the U.S. network ABC News and co-anchor of ABCs Good Morning America along with Charles Gibson and Robin Roberts. ... Daniel Schorr (born August 31, 1916) is a journalist who has covered the world for more than 60 years. ... Jump to: navigation, search William Shawn (August 31, 1907-December 8, 1992) was an American magazine editor who edited The New Yorker from 1952 until 1987. ... Jump to: navigation, search Susan Sontag Susan Sontag (January 28, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was a well-known American essayist, novelist, left-leaning intellectual, and activist. ... Isador Feinstein Stone (better known as I.F. Stone) (December 24, 1907 – July 17, 1989) was an iconoclastic American investigative journalist best known for his influential political newsletter, . Stone was born in Philadelphia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Nina Totenberg is National Public Radios legal affairs correspondent. ...

External link

• George Polk Awards website