Award name: The George Polk Award

The George Polk Award 1969

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best reporting, any medium, requiring exceptional courage and enterprise abroad “The story of Company A” by Associated Press team Peter Arnett and Horst Faas had impact far beyond its page one presentations. The piece, which told of exhausted soldiers rejecting an order to go into battle in Vietnam, caused repercussions in the U.S. military and…

The George Polk Award 1966

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AWARD DATE: 1966 AWARD NAME: The George Polk Award AWARD RECIPIENT:  Ron Nessen, Vo Huynh and You Young San AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: NBC News AWARD HONORED WORK: “Plain of Reeds” Report from Vietnam Ron Nessen and his cameramen Vo Huynh and You Young Sang won this award for reel two of their “Plain of Reeds” report from…

The George Polk Award 1968

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Best Reporting, Any Medium, Requiring Exceptional Courage And Enterprise Abroad AWARD DATE: 1968 AWARD NAME: The George Polk Award AWARD RECIPIENT: Peter Rehak AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: The Associated Press Peter Rehak of the Associated Press was the right man in the right place, when Soviet troops crossed the border of Czechoslovakia last August 20 while a collaborator cut off…

The George Polk Award 1967

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AWARD DATE: 1967 AWARD NAME: George Polk Award AWARD RECIPIENT: Eric Pace AWARD HONORED WORK: Coverage of developments in Cairo Eric Pace of the New York Times merited the OPC George Polk Memorial Award for 1967, the judges decided unanimously, for an episode that particularly fitted the tradition associated with the namesake of the award. In brief, he worked…

The George Polk Award 1957

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When he penetrated the
natural fortress of Fidel Castro deep in Cuba’s Sierra Maestra last year,
Herbert L. Matthews of The New York Times had fifty-seven years, three wars
and more than a quarter of a century of writing on  foreign affairs behind
him.