The Polk Awards submission portal will open October 15, 2020 - January 8, 2021 for work completed in 2020.
Honoring the 71st Polk Award Winners
Long Island University’s 71st Annual George Polk Awards recognized the winners of the prestigious honor in a video ceremony. The presentation hosted by award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault introduced videos submitted by the winners about their award-winning journalistic pieces. This year, the George Polk Awards is honoring 15 winning entries in 14 categories for outstanding work done in 2019.
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Curator John Darnton Introduces the Winners of the 71st George Polk Awards
Curator John Darnton Introduces the Winners of the 71st George Polk Awards
71st Annual Polk Award Winners
National Reporting
Lomi Kriel
Houston Chronicle
International Reporting
Staff
The New York Times
Local Reporting
Brian M. Rosenthal
The New York Times
Metropolitan Reporting
Bill Dedman
Keith Herbert
Olivia Winslow
Newsday
Military Reporting
Craig Whitlock
The Washington Post
Business Reporting
Dominic Gates
Mike Baker
Steve Miletich
Lewis Kamb
The Seattle Times
Television Reporting
John Sudworth
BBC News
Special Award
Nikole Hannah-Jones
and Contributors
Magazine Reporting
Lizzie Presser
ProPublica
Published in The New Yorker
Environmental Reporting
Helena Bottemiller Evich
Politico
Justice Reporting
Lisa Gartner
The Philadelphia Enquirer
Financial Reporting
Noah Buhayar
Caleb Melby
David Kocieniewski
Bloomberg News
Political Reporting
Luke Broadwater and Staff
The Baltimore Sun
Foreign Reporting
Azam Ahmed
The New York Times
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The George Polk Awards
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