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".[1][2][3][4] The award is described as follows:
For 75 years, LIU has been the proud home of the George Polk Awards in Journalism, the first major award of its kind to recognize reporting across all media. This prestigious honor focuses on the intrepid, bold, and influential work of the reporters themselves, placing a premium on investigative work that is original, resourceful, and thought-provoking.[5]
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.[6][7]