Three Chronicle reporters win Polk award for coverage of coronavirus outbreak on Navy ship
Chronicle staff report
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A photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows Capt. Brett Crozier, then commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, addressing his crew during the aircraft carrier’s operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Nov. 15, 2019.Nicholas Huynh / New York Times
Three Chronicle reporters were named winners of the prestigious George Polk Award for military reporting for their coverage of the coronavirus outbreak on the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt and the plea for help sent by the commanding officer, Capt. Brett Crozier.
Chronicle staff writers Matthias Gafni, Joe Garofoli and Tal Kopan won the award, announced Wednesday by Long Island University in New York, which since 1949 has honored investigative reporters across media platforms.