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university, the sponsor, and in particular could in particular, the allied you president for her support. i want to thank my friend and , ourague ralph engelman faculty coordinator. as many of you know, our awards were established in 1949 to commemorate george polk. the correspondent assassinated the year before during the greek civil war. year, now in our 71st 3125g bestowed as of today prizes. in keeping with his legacy, our judges honor reporters whenever possible and not just their news organizations. who are doggedse in their investigations, resourceful in their tactics, and intrepid in overcoming the odds, whether it is sending dispatches from a battlefield or exposing corruption at city hall. we like stories that hold power to account, that reveal things that deserve to be revealed, and that carrie and impact that carry an impact. received 561 submissions. mary. with big stories in syria, afghanistan, and libya. the uprising in hong kong, china s repression of the
university announced winners for the annual george polk awards in journalism. they talked about the challenges reporting during wartime domestically and internationally. this runs one hour. good afternoon and welcome. i am john darnton the curator of the george polk awards and it is my pleasure to announce the winners for the most outstanding works of journalism in 2019. i would like to express my gratitude to long island university, the sponsor of the klein, li kimberly you president, for her unflagging support. i would like to thank my friend and colleague, ralph engleman, our faculty coordinator. as many of you know our awards were established in 1949 to commemorate george polk, the cbs correspondent assassinated the year before during the greek civil war. yeare now in our 71st having bestowed, as of today, 3125 prizes. legacy,ng with polk s our judges on a reporters whenever possible and not just their news organizations. dogged out those who are in their investigations
let s raise a glass to those who keep telling amazing stories and we must don t care. your jobs require more knowledge, more skill than ever, the well-being of our itizens depends on your success. so as you know, the u.s. military believes it should ever send an officer on a difficult mission without proper training. hey don t say, as we foreign correspondents were once told, after you go, you ll figure it out. and file before you land. [laughter] are, as mindyists said, in a fight for their life and they deserve all the support we can possibly muster to help them over an ever more complex world. nps is doing to help. the national press foundation s sole mission is educating d journalists. they launched a direct number of teaching ays in 2019 it tooksts from a to z, reporters on the pacific ocean to learn about climate change. deep dive onters a dementia care. up on news about vaccines and infectious diseases. how food gets from farm to the table. looked at flaws and refo
talk about reporting during wartime, both domestically and internationally. john: good afternoon and welcome. i m john darnton, the curator of the george polk awards. it is my pleasure to announce the winners for the most outstanding works of journalism in 2019. i would like to express my gratitude to long island university, the sponsor, and in particular, dr. kimberly klein, liu president, for her unflagging support. i want to thank my friend and colleague ralph engelman, our faculty coordinator. as many of you know, our awards were established in 1949 to commemorate george polk. the cbs correspondent assassinated the year before during the greek civil war. we are now in our 71st year, having bestowed as of today 3125 prizes. in keeping with his legacy, our judges honor reporters whenever possible and not just their news organizations. we seek out those who are dogged in their investigations, resourceful in their tactics, and intrepid in overcoming the odds, whether it is se