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	The Polk Conspiracy: Murder and Cover-Up in the Case of CBS News Correspondent George Polk
		The Polk Conspiracy: Murder and Cover-Up in the Case of CBS News Correspondent George Polk Review: The first hot battle of the Cold War, the global war between the forces of freedom and the forces of Soviet-controlled communism, was fought in Greece.
		The Polk Conspiracy: Murder and Cover-Up in the Case of CBS News Correspondent George Polk Review: In May 1948, George Polk, a foreign correspondent for CBS news, was murdered in Greece.
		The Polk Conspiracy: Murder and Cover-Up in the Case of CBS News Correspondent George Polk
	www.textkit.com /0_0374135533.html (1096 words)

	Entertainment News 'Primetime' Nets Journalism Award
		The George Polk Awards, organized by Long Island University, will be handed out during an April 21 luncheon at the Hyatt Regency in Manhattan.
		Retired PBS/CBS journalist Bill Moyers will be honored with the career award; Moyers won a George Polk Award in 1980 for political reporting.
		The awards are named for a slain CBS News correspondent killed during the Greek civil war in 1948.
	www.entertainment-news.org /breaking/20735/primetime-nets-journalism-award.html (263 words)

	CNN's Pratap gets Chameli Devi award
		In 1996, she won the 1996 George Polk award together with Christine Amanpour of CNN for their special feature Battle for Afghanistan.
		NEW DELHI, MARCH 31: The 1997 Chameli Devi Jain Award was awarded to Anita Pratap, South Asia Bureau chief of CNN, for her outstanding contribution to media at a function at the India International Centre Auditorium on Monday evening.
		Reading the award citation, B G Verghese, chairman of the Media Foundation, said Pratap had the ability to depict the human and social condition with remarkable sensitivity and skill.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980401/09150404.html (316 words)

	Television-Radio Awards
		Long Island University honors the memory of CBS reporter George Polk, slain in Greece in 1948 while trying to reach insurgent leaders for an interview.
		This award is an annual $25,000 cash award to print or electronic journalists whose work supports people's involvement in the life of their community.
		Christopher Awards are presented to the producers, directors and writers of books, motion pictures and television specials which affirm the highest values of the human spirit.
	www.tvrundown.com /tvawards.htm (1374 words)

	WINNER: Anthony Shadid
		In 2003, Shadid was awarded the George Polk Award for foreign reporting for a series of dispatches from the Middle East.
		Early on, he described the ambivalence many Iraqis felt towards the United States and he was one of the first journalists to highlight Muqtada Sadr, the young Shiite cleric who would become a leader of Iraqi insurgents.
		In displaying both physical and intellectual courage in his reporting from Iraq, Shadid embodied the fearless expression and pursuit of truth and was the unanimous choice as the first winner the Michael Kelly Award.
	www.kellyaward.com /mk_award_popup/shadid_a.html (897 words)

	Schuyleriana: The Work and Life of George Schuyler
		George Samuel Schuyler was born in 1895 in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of a chef, and grew up in Syracuse, New York.
		George S. Schuyler was, simply, the greatest black journalist this country has ever produced.
		We live in a time in which pygmies are celebrated as giants, and giants are either blacked out of history or their stories revised beyond recognition.
	schuyleriana.blogspot.com (3256 words)

	The George Polk Awards for Journalism
		The George Polk Career Award – F. Gilman Spencer, former editor of The Denver Post, New York Daily News, Philadelphia Daily News and The Trentonian, whose unflinching style and electric energy inspired and nurtured some of this generation’s finest editors, reporters and columnists.
	www.brooklyn.liu.edu /polk/polk.html (491 words)

	BBC Press Office - George Polk Awards - BBC win
		The September 11 attack on America and its aftermath was the subject matter covered by four of the 13 winners of the George Polk Awards for the year 2001, announced on Wednesday 20 February by Long Island University.
		BBC World and BBC World Service have won one of this year’s George Polk Awards for excellence in journalism.
		The awards, announced in New York, saw the BBC’s 24-hour international news and information television channel and its radio counterpart share the prize.
	www.bbc.co.uk /pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/02_february/26/polkaward.shtml (445 words)

	Juan-derful! Newser Wins High Award
		His columns chronicling inner-city woes, race relations and the labor movement have won him numerous awards, including the 1998 George Polk Award for commentary.
		Daily News columnist Juan D. Gonzalez will be honored next month with a prestigious Hispanic Heritage Award at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington.
		Gonzalez, who captured the Leadership Award, has been a journalist for 25 years.
	www.virtualboricua.org /Docs/daily_news35.htm (117 words)

	ABC News: Hersh, AP Among 2004 Polk Award Winners
		NEW YORK Feb 21, 2005 — Seymour Hersh of The New Yorker won his fifth George Polk Award for his accounts of prisoner abuse in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, making him the most-honored individual in the history of the awards.
		Walt Bogdanich of the Times won the national reporting category, his fourth Polk award, for his series on how railroad companies were able to sidestep regulations.
		Hersh won the magazine reporting prize for his Abu Ghraib stories 35 years after winning the Polk award for coverage of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.
	abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=519867 (368 words)

	Louisville, Burlington win 2002 George Polk Awards (February 28, 2003)
		The Courier-Journal at Louisville and The Burlington Free Press have won 2002 George Polk Awards.
		Long Island University created the Polk awards in 1949 in memory of CBS Reporter George Polk, who died covering Greece's civil war.
		Louisville, Burlington win 2002 George Polk Awards (February 28, 2003)
	www.pni.com /go/newswatch/2003/february/nw0228-2.htm (311 words)

	Printer Friendly Version - Ex-News editor wins top award
		Long Island University announced the 2003 George Polk Awards, which honor journalists nationwide in a wide range of media and topics.
		Gilman Spencer, former editor of the Daily News, was honored yesterday with the prestigious George Polk Career Award.
		Long Island University created the Polk awards in 1949 in honor of the CBS reporter killed while covering the Greek civil war.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/local/v-pfriendly/story/165577p-144982c.html (194 words)

	Asbestos in King George
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		The "Asbestos in King George" websites serve as a resource to members of the public to enable them to increase their buying power.
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	www.1st-asbestos.com /153/Asbestos-in-King-George.html (278 words)

	Borzoi Reader Authors Michael T. Kaufman
		He has won a George Polk Award for his journalism and was a Guggenheim Fellow.
		The first biography of George Soros written with his cooperation--a dramatic story of the capitalistic genius who has become the leading philanthropist of our time.
		"George Soros's story is full of drama and determination, personal growth and bold action, idealism and big money, failures and soaring successes.
	www.randomhouse.com /knopf/authors/kaufman (312 words)

	John B. Oakes Award
		He received the George Polk Award in 1966 for bringing to the Times's editorial page "a brilliance, an intensity and a perceptiveness" that made it "the most vital and influential journalistic voice in America."
		Oakes's father, George Washington Ochs-Oakes, was mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee, editor of the Philadelphia Ledger, and publisher of Current History magazine.
		The award that bears his name was founded in 1993 by his family, friends, and colleagues.
	www.jrn.columbia.edu /events/oakes/about.asp (630 words)

	NPR'S Anne Garrels Wins Prestigous Polk Award
		WASHINGTON-NPR's Anne Garrels is the recipient of the George Polk Award for Radio Reporting in recognition of her outstanding coverage of the war in Iraq.
		Founded by the University in 1949, the George Polk Awards memorialize the CBS correspondent slain covering a civil war in Greece and rank among America's most coveted journalism honors.
		On Friday, April 2, Long Island University will present the George Polk Awards at a luncheon at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.
	www.npr.org /about/press/040219.garrels.html (419 words)

	Polk Award Winner, Robert Knight is Fired from WBAI
		Robert Knight received the George F. Polk Award, one of the most prestigious journalism awards, for radio reporting on the 1989 US intervention of Panama.
		Robert Knight received the George F. Polk Award for radio reporting on the 1989 U.S. intervention of Panama.
		Amy Goodman, who has won the top awards in U.S. broadcast journalism for her reporting in East Timor and Nigeria, was fired by Leid as co-host of Wake-Up Call in March.
	www.wbaiaction.org /events/01-07-26rknight.html (823 words)

	Plimpton_George_ny
		In 1968, he was an author honored at the George Polk Memorial Journalism Award luncheon.
		George Ames Plimpton was born in New York City on March 18, 1927.
		Plimpton was a recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award of the University of Southern California.
	www.ncteamericancollection.org /litmap/plimpton_george_ny.htm (688 words)

	Ed Bradley biography
		Bradley was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award grand prize and television first prize for "CBS Reports: In the Killing Fields of America" (January 1995), a three-hour documentary about violence in America, which he co-anchored and reported.
		In 1995, he won his 11th Emmy Award for a 60 Minutes report on the cruel effects of nuclear testing in the town of Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, a report that also won him an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award in 1994.
		In 1983, two of Bradley's reports for 60 Minutes won Emmy Awards: "In the Belly of the Beast," an interview with Jack Henry Abbott, a convicted murderer and author, and "Lena," a profile of singer Lena Horne.
	www.topblacks.com /literature/ed-bradley.htm (649 words)

	Boston Globe / Spotlight / Abuse in the Catholic Church
		He was granted the 2003 award for coverage of clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, the 2004 award for coverage of the election of an openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church USA, and the 2005 award for coverage of parish closings in the Archdiocese of Boston.
		The team also won a media award from the Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sex Abusers and the Spirit Award for Media Responsibility from Jane Doe Inc., a Massachusetts coalition against sexual assault and domestic violence.
		Since January 2002, Paulson has spent much of his time writing about the crisis in the Catholic Church, and he co-authored a book, "Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church," which was published in hardcover in June 2002 and in paperback in March 2003.
	www.boston.com /globe/spotlight/abuse/bios/paulson.htm (369 words)

	Columbia News ::: J School Announces 2005 Mike Berger Award
		He shared a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for investigative reporting in a series of articles about Rhode Island's court system for The Providence Journal-Bulletin and shared a George Polk Award in 1992 while at the same publication.
		The award committee, members of Journalism faculty, cited examples of Barry's columns over the course of 2004.
		Past winners of the award include Jimmy Breslin, the late Helen Dudar, Matt Pacenza writing for City Limits, Jennifer Gonnerman of theVillage Voice, and Ray Sanchez of New York Newsday.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/news/05/05/mikeBerger_award.html (368 words)

	Columbia News ::: Frontline's Fanning Wins Journalism Award, To Speak at J-School Ceremony, May 19
		He also won a George Polk Award in 1978 for his Post stories on nuclear weapons.
		The prize is the highest honor awarded by the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism faculty and recognizes singular journalistic performance in the public interest.
		Upon accepting the 2004 Columbia Journalism Award, Fanning will share some of his experiences and insights with master's degree candidates at the Journalism School's May 19 commencement ceremony.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/news/04/05/davidFanning.html (437 words)

	Knox College News - Barry Bearak Wins Polk Award for Reporting
		The 2001 George Polk Awards, announced in February 2002, were established by Long Island University in 1949 to memorialize a CBS correspondent who was killed while covering a civil war in Greece.
		He was a roving national correspondent based in Miami and later New York, writing in-depth stories on the American labor movement, low-income housing and homelessness.
		"This award is one of the most prestigious awards a journalist can receive," Lawrence Breitborde, Dean of the College, said.
	deptorg.knox.edu /newsarchive/news_events/2002/bearak_polk_award.html (419 words)

	news_022205.html
		Moderated by Bill Moyers, the winner of the George Polk Career Award, a panel of Polk Award winners will discuss “The Fallout of War: Soldier Stories.” Cosponsored by the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University’s Journalism Department and the Center for Communication, the Seminar is free and open to the public.
		The George Polk Awards memorialize the CBS correspondent slain covering a civil war in Greece in 1948.
		Walt Bogdanich of The New York Times is the winner of the George Polk Award for National Reporting for “Death on the Tracks.” His series revealed that, despite hundreds of fatalities caused by railroad accidents, politically connected railroad companies evaded costs and regulations by manipulating evidence, government officials and public opinion.
	www.hearstcorp.com /news/news_022205.html (1559 words)

	Henry Louis Gates
		Honors granted to him include the Zora Neale Hurston Society Award for Cultural Scholarship, the Norman Rabb Award of the American Jewish Committee, the George Polk Award for Social Commentary and the Tikkun National Ethics Award.
		He is also general editor of the The Norton Anthology of African American Literature, co-editor of Transition magazine, a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of essays, reviews and profiles in other magazines, scholarly periodicals and newspapers.
		He has been a Mellon Fellow at Cambridge and the National Humanities Center, a Ford Foundation National Fellow and a MacArthur Prize Fellow.
	aalbc.com /authors/henry.htm (1249 words)

	National Security Archive Staff and Fellows
		She received her master's degree in history with a focus on Latin American and Caribbean studies from Howard University and is currently a Ph.D. candidate on Latin American and Caribbean Studies with a focus on the Dominican Republic.
		In 1977, she was awarded the John E. Rovensky Fellowship in Business and Economic History to complete her dissertation on J.C. Penney.
		A Russian citizen, she has won several fellowships and awards during her graduate studies, including a prestigious dissertation fellowship from the Institute for the Study of World Politics.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/nsa/arc_staff.html (4308 words)

	ASNE - Los Angeles Times reporter wins Selden Ring Award
		Ellisâ work by giving her the George Polk Award for investigative journalism last month.
		The primary requirement for the award is that the work leads to some sort of resolution or change in the subject it covers.
		Ring was inspired to create such an award by the investigative journalism that uncovered the Watergate scandal.
	www.asne.org /2001reporter/thursday/seldon5.html (915 words)

	Center for Public Integrity Wins Polk Award
		WASHINGTON, DC, February 19, 2004 --The Center for Public Integrity has been awarded the first George Polk Award for Internet Reporting, Long Island University announced today.
		Those companies donated more money to the presidential campaign of George W. Bush--a little over $500,000--than to any other politician over the last dozen years.
		The Center won the award for its report, "Windfalls of War," a six-month investigation of American postwar contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
	www.baltimorechronicle.com /feb04_PolkAward.html (175 words)

	Royce Carlton - Robert Krulwich ABC News Correspondent
		He is a correspondent on the PBS investigative series, Frontline, where he won a Dupont Award for his coverage of campaign finance in the 1992 presidential campaign, a national Emmy for his investigation of privacy on the Internet, and a George Polk Award for an investigation on the savings and loan scandal.
		He has received numerous awards for his reporting, including four consecutive Gainsbrugh Awards from the Economics Broadcasting Association, a Champion Award from the Amos Tuck Business School and PBS's special award for Programming Excellence.
		In 1995, the group performed at the White House at the invitation of President and Mrs.
	www.roycecarlton.com /speakers/krulwich_bio.html (498 words)

	Los Angeles Times Writer Sonia Nazario to Discuss George Polk Award Series, 'Enrique's Journey'
		The George Polk Awards were established in 1949 by Long Island University in honor of the CBS correspondent who was murdered covering the civil war in Greece.
		The Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists' featured guest speaker Thursday evening, March 6, 2003, Sonia Nazario, is this year's George Polk Award winner in International Reporting.
		Nazario, along with Times photographer Don Bartletti, won the award for their six-part series, "Enrique's Journey." She will discuss at Thursday's meeting how she dealt with Enrique and other Honduran boys who cross Mexico in search of their parents in the United States.
	www.forrelease.com /D20030304/nytu148.P2.03042003155504.22270.html (220 words)

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