Josh Marshall wins Polk Award
Somehow I missed this bit of news from last week, but the NY Times catches us up today: Blogger, Sans Pajamas, Rakes Muck and a Prize.
Of the many landmarks along a journalist’s career, two are among those that stand out: winning an award and making the government back down. Last week, Joshua Micah Marshall achieved both.
On Tuesday, it was announced that he had won a George Polk Award for legal reporting for coverage of the firing of eight United States attorneys, critics charged under political circumstances. The “tenacious investigative reporting sparked interest by the traditional news media and led to the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales,” the citation read. ...
Marshall does not belong to any traditional news organization. Instead, he is creating his own. His Web site, Talking Points Memo (www.talkingpointsmemo.com), is the first Internet-only news operation to receive the Polk (though in 2003, an award for Internet reporting was given to the Center for Public Integrity), and certainly one of the most influential political blogs in the country. ...
For those not in the biz, the Polk Award is one of the most prestigious awards in all of journalism.
Congrats, Josh, well deserved.
February 25, 2008 in Citizen media, New media | Permalink
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