Horace Greeley Award
The Horace Greeley Award is a New England award for public service journalism.[1]
History
It is an annual and regional American journalism award that recognizes excellence in the print media of New England and is named in honor of prominent 19th-century editor and publisher Horace Greeley. It is administered by the New England Press Association in Boston, Massachusetts, and awarded occasionally.[2] The first award was given in 1966 to the Revere Journal.[3][4]
Winners
- Revere Journal (1966) [3]
- Maura J. Casey of the New London Day[1]
References
- ^ a b Suzette Martinez Standring (2007). The Art of Column Writing. Marion Street Press. ISBN 978-1-933338-26-2.
The Horace Greeley Award, New England's highest award for public service journalism, ...
- ^ "Horace Greeley Award". Editor & publisher. 1990.
Horace Greeley Award for distinguished service is conferred occasionally by the New England Press Association
- ^ a b Robert F. Karolevitz (1985). From quill to computer.
In 1966 the Revere (Massachusetts) Journal won the first Horace Greeley Award of the New England Press Association for achieving a change in the town government in the face of intense opposition, including an advertising boycott. ...
- ^ "Maura J. Casey". The oped project. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
... While at The Day of New London, Conn., she won the Horace Greeley Award for public service journalism for her editorials on weaknesses in Connecticut laws affecting children.