The winners of the 2014 George Polk Awards — which honor special achievement in journalism — have been announced. The New York Times was represented well, and we were excited to see The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates win for his moving essay “The Case For Reparations.”
Below is the complete list of Polk Award winners, who will be honored at the Roosevelt Hotel on April 10.
International Reporting
Rukmini Callimachi of The New York Times
“Paying Ransoms, Europe Bankrolls Qaeda Terror”
Health Reporting
Adam Nossiter, Norimitsu Onishi, Ben Solomon, Dr. Sheri Fink, Helene Cooper, and Daniel Berehulak of The New York Times
“Dying of Ebola at the Hospital Door”
“How Ebola Roared Back”
Foreign Reporting
Rania Abouzeid – Politico Magazine
“The Jihad Next Door: The Syrian Roots of Iraq’s Newest Civil War”
Carol Leonnig of The Washington Post
“Secret Service Fumbled Response after Gunman Hit White House Residence in 2011”
“White House Fence-jumper Made it Far Deeper into Building than Previously Known”
Local Reporting
Tim Novak, Chris Fusco, and Carol Marin of The Chicago Sun-Times
“The Killing of David Koschman”
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