The prestige of
the George Polk Award has grown through the years with the list
of winners, which follows, with the most recent first (1969-1960).
[1969] [1968] [1967]
[1966] [1965] [1964]
[1963] [1962] [1961]
[1960] |
1969 (top
of page) |
| Foreign Reporting |
|
Henry Kamm, The New York Times |
| National Reporting |
|
Walter Rugaber, The New York
Times |
| Metropolitan Reporting |
|
William Federici, New York
Daily News |
| National TV Reporting |
|
Tom Pettit, National Broadcasting
Co. |
| Local TV Reporting |
|
Lee Hanna, WCBS - TV News |
| Magazine Reporting |
|
William Lambert, Life |
| News Photography |
|
Stephen Dawson Starr, The Associated
Press |
| Book |
|
Richard Ellmann, Editor, "The
Artist as Critic - Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde" |
| Special Award |
|
Wes Gallagher, The Associated
Press |
| Special Award |
|
Seymour M. Hersh |
1968 (top
of page) |
| International Reporting |
|
David Kraslow and Stuart H.
Loory, The Los Angeles Times |
| National Reporting |
|
Bernard D. Nossiter, The Washington
Post |
| Regional Reporting |
|
James K. Batten and Dwayne
Walls, The Charlotte Observer |
| Community Service |
|
David Burnam, The New York
Times |
| Political Reporting |
|
Martin Arnold, The New York
Times |
| Television Reporting |
|
NBC News, CBS News, ABC News |
| Magazine Reporting |
|
Norman Mailer, Harper's Magazine |
| News Photography |
|
Edward T. Adams, The Associated
Press |
| Criticism |
|
John Simon, The New Leader |
| Book |
|
Charles Rembar, "The End
Of Obscenity" |
1967 (top
of page) |
| Foreign Reporting |
|
R.W. Apple, Jr., The New York
Times |
| National Reporting |
|
Clayton Fritchey, Newsday Specials |
| Local Reporting |
|
J. Anthony Lukes, The New York
Times |
| Community Service |
|
Newsday |
| Television Documentary |
|
ABC News |
| Magazine Reporting |
|
The Paris Review |
| News Photography |
|
Catherine Leroy |
| Criticism |
|
Saul Maloff, Newsweek |
| Book |
|
Alan F.Westin, "Privacy
and Freedom" |
1966 (top
of page) |
| Foreign Reporting |
|
Harrison E. Salisbury, The
New York Times |
| National Reporting |
|
Richard Harwood, The Washington
Post |
| Local Reporting |
|
Cal Olston, The Fargo (North
Dakota) Forum |
| Interpretive Reporting |
|
Murray Kempton, New York Post |
| Magazine Reporting |
|
Ramparts |
| Criticism |
|
Alfred Kazin |
| Book |
|
Wilson Follett, "Modern
American Usage" |
| News Photography |
|
Horst Faas, The Associated
Press |
| Special Award |
|
Arnold Gingrich, Esquire |
| Special Award |
|
Time Essay, Time Magazine |
1965 (top
of page) |
| Foreign Reporting |
|
Dan Kurzman, The Washington
Post |
| Editorial Comment |
|
John B. Oakes, The New York
Times |
| Metropolitan Reporting |
|
Barry Gottehrer, New York Herald
Tribune |
| Interpretive Reporting |
|
Bernard B. Fall |
| Criticism |
|
Susan Sontag |
| Television Documentary |
|
Beryl Fox, Canadian Broadcasting
Corp. |
| News Photography |
|
James A. Bourdier, The Associated
Press |
| Television News |
|
Morley Safer, Columbia Broadcasting
System |
| Caricature |
|
David Levine, New York Review
of Books |
1964 (top
of page) |
| Foreign Reporting |
|
Malcolm W. Browne, The Associated
Press |
| National Reporting |
|
Paul Hope and John Barron,
The Washington Star |
| Metropolitan Reporting |
|
A.M. Rosenthal, The New York
Times |
| Community Service |
|
Samuel F. Marshall, Cleveland
Plain Dealer |
| Criticism |
|
Robert Brustein, The New Republic |
| Radio Reporting |
|
Edward P. Morgan, American
Broadcasting Co. |
| Television Reporting |
|
Ted Yates, National Broadcasting
Co. |
| Special Award |
|
Oron J. Hale |
1963 (top
of page) |
| Foreign Reporting |
|
David Halberstam, The New York
Times |
| National Reporting |
|
American Broadcasting Co.,
Columbia Broadcasting System, National Broadcasting Co. |
| Metropolitan Reporting |
|
Norman C. Miller, The Wall
Street Journal |
| Magazine Reporting |
|
Gilbert A. Harrison, The New
Republic |
| Criticism |
|
New York Review of Books |
| News Photography |
|
Roger Asnong, The Associated
Press |
| Special Award |
|
A.H. Raskins, The New York
Times |
| Special Award |
|
WNEW (Radio) |
| Special Award |
|
Peter Lyon |
1962 (top
of page) |
| Foreign Reporting |
|
Dana Adams Schmidt, The New
York Times |
| National Reporting |
|
Mary McGrory, The Washington
Star |
| Local Reporting |
|
Kitty Hanson, New York Daily
News |
| Magazine Reporting |
|
James Baldwin, The New Yorker |
| Television Reporting |
|
WNDT-TV |
| News Photography |
|
Hector Rondon, La Republica,
Caracas |
| Special Award |
|
"The Other America"
by Michael Harrington |
| Special Award |
|
Morton Mintz, The Washington
Post |
| Special Award |
|
Theodore E. Kruglak |
1961 (top
of page) |
| Foreign Reporting |
|
Morris H. Rubin, The Progressive |
| National Reporting |
|
Gerard Piel, Scientific American |
| Local Reporting |
|
Laurence Stern, The Washington
Post |
| Radio & Television
Reporting |
|
Robert Young and Charles Dorkins,
National Broadcasting Co. |
| News Photography |
|
Anonymous Photographer, The
Associated Press |
| Community Service |
|
Arnold Brophy and Joseph S.
Gelmis, Newsday |
| Special Award |
|
Jules Feiffer |
1960 (top
of page) |
| Foreign Reporting |
|
James Morris, The Guardian
(Manchester) |
| National Reporting |
|
John T. Cunniff, The Associated
Press |
| Metropolitan Reporting |
|
William R. Clark, and Alexander
Milch, Newark (N.J.) |
| Radio & Television
Reporting |
|
Albert Wasserman and Robert
Young, National Broadcasting Co. |
| News Photography |
|
Yasushi Nagao, Mainichi Newspapers,
Japan |
| Community Service |
|
The Village Voice |
| Special Award |
|
Douglass Carter, The Reporter |