To: ravenseye who wrote (454 ) 3/1/2006 3:15:00 PM From: StockDung Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 5673 CONGRATS TO DAVID EVANS FOR WINNING YET ANOTHER INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AWARD. New York Times, Washington Post Lead in Polk Journalism Awards Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The New York Times and Washington Post took the most prizes in the George Polk Awards in Journalism, winning two awards each. The Times was cited for excellence in commentary and business reporting, according to a statement issued by Long Island University, which administers the awards. The Washington Post won awards for national and foreign reporting. The 14 awards were given for coverage of issues including the Central Intelligence Agency's interrogation techniques and the 1964 murders of three civil rights activists in Mississippi. The prizes, created in 1949, honor the CBS correspondent who was murdered while covering the civil war in Greece in 1948. ``The caliber of work produced by this year's Polk Award winners reminds us that investigative journalism is vital to our democracy and society,'' Long Island University President David Steinberg said in the statement. Bloomberg News won the health reporting prize for its coverage of the U.S. clinical trial system that exploited poor, mostly minority citizens, the statement said. The stories led to a federal review of human testing and to the resignation of top executives at a private testing center. The Jackson, Mississippi-based Clarion-Ledger won the justice reporting award for investigating the 1964 murders of the civil rights activists. The international reporting honor was given to the Chicago Tribune for an investigation of a massacre of 12 Nepalese men in Iraq. ABC News won the television reporting award for uncovering CIA interrogation techniques used in secret detention facilities which many experts consider to be torture, the statement said. Career Award Other winners include the San Diego Union-Tribune for political reporting, the New Orleans Times-Picayune for metropolitan reporting and the San Francisco Bay Guardian for local reporting. Independent radio producer JoAnn Mar won for radio reporting based on her one-hour documentary about the privatization of the prison system. The George Polk Career Award was given to documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, whose works include ``High School'' and ``Titicut Follies.'' The Nation magazine publisher emeritus Victor Navasky won the book award for his memoir, ``A Matter of Opinion.'' Dana Priest of the Washington Post won the national reporting award for a series of 10 articles uncovering the existence of secret CIA-run prisons. Joe Stephens and David Ottaway, also at the Washington Post, won foreign reporting honors for documenting claims that the U.S. reconstruction process in Afghanistan was a sham. The following is a list of Polk Award recipients: Career Award Frederick Wiseman Documentary filmmaker International Reporting Cam Simpson, Jose More Chicago Tribune Television Reporting Brian Ross and Richard Esposito ABC News National Reporting Dana Priest The Washington Post Foreign Reporting Joe Stephens, David Ottaway The Washington Post Business Reporting Barry Meier New York Times Commentary Frank Rich New York Times Metropolitan Reporting The Times-Picayune Justice Reporting Jerry Mitchell The Clarion-Ledger Health Reporting David Evans, Michael Smith, Liz Willen Bloomberg News Political Reporting Marcus Stern, Jerry Kammer Copley News Service Dean Calbreath The San Diego Union-Tribune Local Reporting Adam Clay Thompson The San Francisco Bay Guardian Book Award Victor S. Navasky ``A Matter of Opinion'' Radio Reporting JoAnn Mar Independent producer To contact the reporter on this story: Aimee Picchi in New York at apicchi@bloomberg.net. Last Updated: February 21, 2006 14:39 EST Advertisement: A shocking prediction by Ken Fisher - Get his forecast here