For over 60 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. Among the many journalism greats who are Polk laureates are Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Walter Cronkite, Edward R. Murrow, Christiane Amanpour, Peter Jennings, Norman Mailer, Diane Sawyer, Seymour Hersh, Glenn Greenwald, and more.
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.
"LIU’s George Polk Awards highlights the continued relevance of high-quality journalism and how those individuals seek to improve communities and impact the daily lives of many. The Long Island University community is honored to recognize the skilled and dedicated journalists who create endless opportunities to access information and news from around the globe."
Eric Krasnoff, chairman of the Board of Trustees
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.
John Darnton, Curator
Ralph Engelman, Faculty Coordinator
Attn: Ralph Engelman
The George Polk Awards
718-488-1009
Ralph.Engelman@liu.edu
