LIU George Polk Awards

HONORING INTREPID JOURNALISM

New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks near the front lines in Libya in 2011.

Photo: John Moore, Getty Images

HONORING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

The devastating 2013 factory collapse in Bangladesh. Jim Yardley of the Times uncovered the causes.

HONORING EXPOSÉS

Michael Hastings’ Rolling Stone profile of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, commander in Afghanistan, led to his dismissal.

U.S Navy photo: Petty Officer 1st Class Mark O’Donald.

HONORING INSIGHTS

A series by the Times’ Andrea Elliott captured the life of Dasani Coates, an 11-year-old homeless girl.

Photo: Ruth Fremson, The New York Times

HONORING STORIES THAT PROBE BENEATH THE NEWS

Eli Saslow of The Washington Post chronicled the desperation of Americans living on food stamps.

Photo: Michael Williamson, The Washington Post

Nominations for the 2014 George Polk Awards are now closed.

Nominations for The George Polk Awards may be submitted by news organizations, journalists, readers and/or viewers. The Polk Committee at Long Island University will be accepting submissions for the 2014 George Polk Awards from November 1, 2014 through January 15, 2015.

Awards Ceremony

An historic celebration of outstanding journalism from around the world.

Event Recap

2013 Polk Laureates

See a full list of this year's winners and read their influential works.

View List of Winners

Honoring Intrepid Reporters

The George Polk awards are conferred annually to honor special achievement in journalism. Winners are chosen from newspapers, magazines, television, radio and online news organizations. Judges place a premium on investigative work that is original, requires digging and resourcefulness, and brings results.

Legacy of George Polk

In May 1948, while covering the civil war in Greece between the authoritarian government and the communists, CBS correspondent George Polk's body turned up floating in a bay, hands and feet bound, shot at point-blank range in the head.

Who is George Polk?

About the Awards

An insider's view of the historic 2013 George Polk Awards in Journalism

Panel of Advisors

John Darnton, Curator
Ralph Engelman, Faculty Coordinator

Lawrence Altman
Larry Bensky
Bergman Lowell
Carl Bernstein
Donald Bird
Ralph Blumenthal
C.J. Chivers
Stephen Engelberg
Karen Frillman
Juan Gonzalez

Martin Gottlieb
Bob Herbert
Seymour Hersh
Edward Hershey
Len Hollie
Alex Jones
Abby Kenigsberg
Jennifer 8. Lee
Joseph Levyveld
Charles Lewis

Elizabeth Llorente
David S.C. Liu
John Marshall
Jane Mayer
Melvin McCray
David Medina
Peter Osnos
Jennifer Rauch
Frank Rich
Gene Roberts

Robert Rosenthal
Paul Salopek
Ellen Schultz
Rhonda Schwartz
Adam Seesel
Stephen B. Shepard
E.R. Shipp
Curtis Stephen
Ray Suarez
A.C. Thompson

About Submissions:

Attn: Ralph Engelman
The George Polk Awards
718-488-1009
Ralph.Engelman@liu.edu

Event Information:

Nancy Livingstone
Special Events Coorinator
516-299-3766
Nancy.Livingstone@liu.edu