The 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.
Amanda Ernst
