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George Polk Award Winners Named

By Neal on February 19, 2008 2:10 PM

0219bailey.JPGThe winners of this year’s George Polk Awards for Journalism were announced earlier this morning. Naturally, congratulatory pieces were published by media outlets like the Wall Street Journal, ABC News and Talking Points Memo.

But the most bittersweet award was won by Chauncey Bailey, the dedicated Oakland Post editor who was gunned down in the line of duty while uncovering the Your Black Muslim Bakery scandal. Meanwhile, the Oakland Post‘s website has been down for more than a week.

Here’s a list of the winners:

  • George Polk Career Award: John McPhee, The New Yorker
  • George Polk Award for Television Reporting: Jim Sciutto, Angus Hines and Tom Murphy, ABC World News
  • George Polk Award for Political Reporting: Barton D. Gellman, Jo Becker, Washington Post
  • George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting: Leila Fadel, McClatchy
  • George Polk Award for Environmental Reporting: Shai Oster, Wall Street Journal
  • George Polk Award for Medical Reporting: Charles A. Duhigg, New York Times
  • George Polk Award for Legal Reporting: Joshua Micah Marshall, Talking Points Memo
  • George Polk Award for Consumer Reporting: Chicago Tribune
  • George Polk Book Award: Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army
  • George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting: Joshua A. Kors, The Nation
  • George Polk Award for Financial Reporting: Edward Chancellor, Institutional Investor
  • George Polk Award for Economic Reporting: The Charlotte Observer
  • George Polk Award for State Reporting: Jerry W. Jackson, Jackson Clarion-Ledger (MS)
  • George Polk Award for Local Reporting: Chauncey W. Bailey, Jr., Oakland Post

    More info is available at TVNewser.

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