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The George Polk Awards are a series of American journalism awards issued annually by Long Island University in Brooklyn. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Long Island University ( LIU) is a private, Coeducational, Nonsectarian institution of Higher education in the State of New York Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. They were established in 1949 to remember George Polk, a CBS correspondent slain covering the Greek civil war. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Polk (17 October 1913 Fort Worth, Texas - May 1948 was an American Journalist for CBS who disappeared in Greece CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. They are awarded in categories, which change annually and may include:

In addition, the George Polk Career Award is given in recognition of an individual's lifelong achievements.

Recipients of the Polk Award include Eddie Adams, Christiane Amanpour (multiple winner), James Baldwin, Erik Barnouw, Donald Bartlett (multiple winner), Larry Bensky, Ed Bradley, Jimmy Breslin, Robert Brustein, Walter Cronkite, Thomas Friedman, Fred Friendly, Anne Garrels, Henry Louis Gates, Amy Goodman, Adam Gopnik, Michael R. Gordon, Philip Gourevitch, Roy Gutman, David Halberstam, Seymour Hersh (multiple winner), Peter Jennings, Pauline Kael, Matthew Kauffman, Ted Koppel, Charles Kuralt, Joseph Lelyveld (multiple winner), Norman Mailer, Mary Ellen Mark, Jim McKay, Chris Mortensen, Bill Moyers (multiple winner), Edward R. Murrow, Lisa Myers, Allan Nairn, John Bertram Oakes (multiple winner), Gayle Reaves, Morley Safer, Harrison Salisbury, Diane Sawyer, Daniel Schorr, William Shawn, Susan Sontag, James Steele (multiple winner), Joe Stephens (three-time winner), I.F. Stone, Studs Terkel, and Nina Totenberg. Christiane Amanpour, CBE, (born January 12, 1958) ( کریستین امان‌پور is the chief international correspondent for CNN. James Arthur Baldwin ( August 2, 1924 – November 30, 1987) was an American Novelist, Writer, Playwright Erik Barnouw (1908 &ndash July 19, 2001) was a US historian of radio and television broadcasting Larry Bensky (born May 1, 1937) is a literary and political journalist with more than forty years experience in both print and Edward Rudolph Bradley Jr ( June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American Journalist, best known for 26 years Jimmy Breslin (born October 17, 1930) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Columnist and Author. Robert Sanford Brustein (born April 21, 1927 in New York City) is an American theatrical Critic, producer, Playwright Walter Leland Cronkite Jr (born November 4 1916) is a retired American broadcast journalist, best known as Anchorman for the Thomas Lauren Friedman (born July 20, 1953) is an American journalist columnist and author Fred Friendly should not be confused with Ed Friendly. Fred W Anne Garrels (born July 2, 1951) is a foreign correspondent for National Public Radio in the United States. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, educator scholar writer editor and Public intellectual Amy Goodman (born April 13 1957 in Bay Shore / New York) is an American broadcast journalist, Syndicated columnist and Author Adam Gopnik, (born August 24, 1956) an American Writer, Essayist and Commentator. Michael R Gordon is the chief military correspondent for The New York Times. Philip Gourevitch (born 1961 an American -Jewish author and journalist is the editor of " The Paris Review " and a longtime staff writer of The Roy Gutman (born March 5, 1944, New York City) is an American journalist and author David Halberstam ( April 10 1934 – April 23 2007) was an American Pulitzer Prize -winning Journalist Seymour (Sy Myron Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American Pulitzer Prize winning investigative Journalist and Author Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29 1938 &ndash August 7 2005 was a Canadian-American Journalist and News anchor. Pauline Kael (June 19 1919 &ndash September 3 2001 was an American Film critic who wrote for The New Yorker magazine from 1968 to 1991 Matthew Kauffman (b October 5, 1961 in Princeton New Jersey) is an American investigative Journalist and Pulitzer Prize Edward James "Ted" Koppel (born February 8, 1940) is an American journalist, best known as the former anchor for the Charles Kuralt ( 10 September 1934 &ndash 4 July 1997) was an award-winning American journalist Joseph Lelyveld (born April 5, 1937) was executive editor of the New York Times from 1994 to 2001 is a Pulitzer Prize -wining journalist Norman Kingsley Mailer ( January 31, 1923 &ndash November 10, 2007) was an American Novelist, Journalist, Mary Ellen Mark (born March 20, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American Photographer, known for her images James Kenneth McManus ( September 24 1921 – June 7 2008) better known by his professional name of Jim McKay, was an American Chris "Mort" Mortensen (born on November 7, 1951) an award-winning journalist provides reports for ESPN 's Sunday NFL Countdown Bill Moyers (born June 5, 1934, as William Donald "Billy Don" Moyers) is an American Journalist and public commentator Edward R Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25 1908 &ndash April 27 1965) was an American journalist Lisa Myers is the senior investigative correspondent for NBC Nightly News. Allan Nairn (born 1956 is an award-winning US investigative journalist who became well-known when he was imprisoned by the Indonesian military while John Bertram Oakes ( April 23, 1913 &ndash April 5, 2001) was an Iconoclastic and influential U Gayle Reaves is a Pulitzer Prize - and George Polk Award -winning journalist currently the managing editor of the Fort Worth Weekly Alternative Morley Safer (born November 8, 1931) is a Reporter and Correspondent for CBS News. Harrison Evans Salisbury ( November 14, 1908 &ndash July 5, 1993) an American Journalist, was the first regular Lily Diane Sawyer (born December 19, 1945) is a Television Reporter for ABC and co-anchor of its morning news show For the actor see Dan Shor Daniel Louis Schorr (born August 31, 1916) is an American Journalist who has covered William Shawn ( August 31, 1907 – December 8, 1992) was an American magazine editor who edited The New Yorker Susan Sontag ( January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American Literary theorist, Philosopher, James B Steele (born January 3, 1943) is an American Investigative journalist and author Joe Stephens (born January 28 1973, in Riverside California) is an American professional Basketball player Isidor Feinstein Stone ( December 24 1907 &ndash June 18 1989; born Isidor Feinstein, better known as I Louis "Studs" Terkel (born May 16, 1912) is an American author, historian actor and broadcaster based in Chicago. Nina Totenberg (born January 14, 1944) is the legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR

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. Joshua Micah Marshall (born February 15, 1969 in St Louis Missouri) is an American Polk Award -winning journalist who founded Talking A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of Talking Points Memo (or TPM) is a liberal web-based Political journalism organization created and run by Josh Marshall. The [1]

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