Yankee Quill Award

The Yankee Quill Award is a regional American journalism award that recognizes a lifetime contribution toward excellence in journalism in New England. The award is bestowed annually by the Academy of New England Journalists, and administered by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. It is considered the highest individual honor awarded by fellow journalists in the region.

Recent recipients

2008^[1]

Nelson Benton, editorial page editor, The Salem News
Ann Smith Franklin (posthumous), American colonialist almanac printer, Newport, Rhode Island
John Howe, editor and general manager, The Citizen, Laconia, New Hampshire
Al Larkin, retired executive vice president, The Boston Globe

2007^[2]

Michael Donoghue, sportswriter at The Burlington Free Press in Burlington, Vermont, and executive director of the Vermont Press Association.
Larry McDermott, publisher of The Republican in Springfield, Massachusetts, and president of the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association
Eileen McNamara, professor of journalism at Brandeis University
James Taricani, investigative reporter for WJAR TV in Providence, Rhode Island
Barbara Walsh (journalist), reporter at The Eagle-Tribune in North Andover, Massachusetts

2006^[3]

David B. Offer, Executive editor, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine, and the Morning Sentinel, Waterville, Maine
Gary Lapierre, Managing editor, WBZ Radio, Boston
Chris Powell, Managing editor and VP for news, the Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Connecticut
Walter Robinson, Assistant managing editor/Spotlight Team, The Boston Globe

1992

John P. Reilly, Executive editor, The Hour, Norwalk, Connecticut^[4]

Here is the list of winners from 1960 through 2009:

1960

George F. Booth, Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Sevellon Brown, Providence Journal-Bulletin
Minnie Ryan Dwight, Holyoke Transcript-Telegram
James B. Morgan, Boston Globe
Norris G. Osborn, New Haven Courier-Journal

1961

Herbert Brucker, Hartford Courant
Erwin D. Canham, Christian Science Monitor
Waldo L. Cook, Springfield Republican
Henry Beetle Hough, Vineyard Gazette
Arthur G. Staples, Lewiston Journal

1962: David Brickman, Medford Mercury/Malden News

Guy P. Gannett, Guy P. Gannett Newspapers

James M. Langley, Concord Monitor

William J. Pape, Waterbury Republican and American

David Patten, Providence Journal-Bulletin

1963: Paul S. Deland, Christian Science Monitor; Louis M. Lyons, Nieman Foundation; Henry W. Minott, United Press International

1964: John R. Herbert, Quincy Patriot Ledger; Leslie Moore, Worcester Telegram & Gazette; Laurence L. Winship, Boston Globe

1965: Gordon N. Converse, Christian Science Monitor

Rudolph F. Elie, Boston Herald-Traveler

Francis R. Murphy, Associated Press

1966: Thomas K. Brinkley, Fall River Herald-News; William Dwight, Holyoke Transcript-Telegram; Edward A. Weeks, Atlantic Monthly

1967: Charles E. Gallagher, Lynn Item; Lawrence K. Miller, Berkshire Eagle; John R. Reitemeyer, Hartford Courant

1968: Arch M. MacDonald, WBZ-TV; Michael J. Ogden, Providence Journal-Bulletin; Forest W. Seymour, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

1969: Harry Bryant Center, Boston University; Alexander J. Haviland, Boston Globe; Edgar M. Mills, Christian Science Monitor

1970: C. Edward Holland, Boston Record-American

Charles J. Lewin, New Bedford Standard-Times

David M. White, Boston University

1971: Barnard L. Colby, The Day; J. Edward DeCourcy, Newport Argus-Champion; Francis E. Whitmarsh, WBZ-TV

1972: Thomas J. Murphy, Waltham News-Tribune; Thomas Winship, Boston Globe

1973: John N. Cole, Maine Times; Thomas W. Gerber, Concord Monitor; Abraham A. Michaelson, Berkshire Eagle

1974: Robert C. Achorn, Worcester Telegram & Gazette; Bob Eddy, Hartford Courant; Kingsley R. Fall, Berkshire Eagle

1975: Robert J. Leeney, New Haven Register and Journal-Courier; G. Prescott Low, Quincy Patriot Ledger; William L. Plante, Essex County Newspapers; J. Russell Wiggins, Ellsworth American

1976: Joseph L. Doherty, Boston Globe; Loren F. Ghiglione, Southbridge Evening News; Elliot Norton, Boston Herald-American

1977: John Hughes, Christian Science Monitor; Cornelius F. Hurley, Associated Press; John B. Hynes, WCVB-TV; Marjorie Mills, Boston Herald

1978: Dwight E. Sargent, Boston Herald-American; George A. Speers, Northeastern University; Charles L. Whipple, Boston Globe

1979: Everett S. Allen, New Bedford Standard-Times; Judith Brown, New Britain Herald; Ernest W. Chard, Portland Press Herald; Philip Weld, Essex County Newspapers

1980: John C.A. Watkins, Providence Journal-Bulletin; William J. Clew, Hartford Courant

1981

Alton H. Blackington, Boston Herald/WBZ

Richard C. Garvey, Springfield Daily News

Donald Murray, University of New Hampshire

W. Davis Taylor, Boston Globe

1982: George B. Merry, Christian Science Monitor; Richard C. Steele, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

1983: Stephen A. Collins, Danbury News-Times; Robert H. Estabrook, Lakeville Journal; Brooks W. Hamilton, University of Maine

1984: John C. Quinn, USA Today; Kenneth J. Botty, Worcester Telegram & Gazette; Deane C. Avery, The Day

1985: Leonard J. Cohen, Providence Journal-Bulletin; George Esper, Associated Press; Sidney B. McKeen, Worcester Telegram & Gazette; George W. Wilson, Concord Monitor

1986: Roger Allen, WRKO

Stanton J. Berens, United Press International

Raymond A. Brighton, Portsmouth Herald

K. Prescott Low, Quincy Patriot Ledger

1987: John S. Driscoll, Boston Globe; James D. Ewing, Keene Sentinel; James Thistle, Boston University

1988: William B. Ketter, Quincy Patriot Ledger; James Ragsdale, New Bedford Standard-Times; Daniel Warner, Lawrence Eagle-Tribune

1989: Irving Kravsow, Hartford Courant; Caryl Rivers, Boston University; James V. Wyman, Providence Journal-Bulletin

1990: Carmen Fields, WGBH-TV; Charles McCorkle Hauser, Providence Journal-Bulletin; Carter H. White, Meriden Record-Journal

1991: No awards presented

1992: Edward S. Bell, Associated Press; Arnold S. Friedman, Springfield Newspapers; Warren F. Gardner, Meriden Record-Journal

1993: Betty J. Brighton, Portsmouth Herald; Bernard Caughey, Quincy Patriot Ledger

Robert W. Mitchell, Rutland Herald

Hugh Mulligan, Associated Press

John P. Reilly, The Norwalk Hour

1994: Steve Riley, Guy Gannett Publishing Co.; Norman Runnion, Brattleboro Reformer; David Starr, Springfield Newspapers; William O. Taylor, Boston Globe

1995: Leonard I. Levin, Providence Journal-Bulletin; Reid MacCluggage, The Day; Kathie Neff Ragsdale, Lawrence Eagle-Tribune; Bernard S. Redmont, Boston University

1996: Katherine Fanning, Christian Science Monitor; Stan Grossfeld, Boston Globe; Kenneth E. Grube, The Day

1997: Natalie Jacobson, WCVB-TV; C. Michael Pride, Concord Monitor; Matthew Storin, Boston Globe

1998: William Breisky, Cape Cod Times; Michael Short, Associated Press; Rod Doherty, Foster’s Daily Democrat

Irving Rogers Jr., Lawrence Eagle Tribune

1999

William J. Pape II, Waterbury Republican-American
Morley L. Piper, New England Newspaper Association
John F. Henning, WBZ-TV
Linda Lotridge Levin, University of Rhode Island

2000: Elizabeth S. Ellis, Journal-Inquirer; Sarah-Ann Shaw, WBZ-TV; David Nyhan, Boston Globe; Robert Foster, Foster’s Daily Democrat

2001: Philip Balboni, New England Cable News; Thomas Kearney, The Keene Sentinel; Morgan McGinley, The Day; Alan Lupo, Boston Globe

2002: Patrick J. Purcell, Boston Herald/Community Newspaper Co.; Joseph W. McQuaid, Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News; Clark Booth, WCVB-TV; Ken Hartnett, New Bedford Standard-Times

2003: Paul LaCamera, WCVB-TV; Stephen A. Kurkjian, Boston Globe; James H. Smith, Record-Journal; Harry T. Whitin, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

2004

Benjamin Edes, Boston Gazette

Elaine N. Hooker, Associated Press

Jonathan F. Kellogg, Republican-American

Joel P. Rawson, Providence Journal

R.D. Sahl, New England Cable News

2005: John Burke, Boston Globe; George Geers, New England Newspaper Association; Thomas Heslin, Providence Journal; Emily Rooney, WGBH-TV; George Stone, The Day

Isaiah Thomas, Worcester Gazette

2006: Gary Lapierre, WBZ; David Offer, Kennebec Journal; Chris Powell, Manchester Journal Inquirer; Walter Robinson, Boston Globe; William Lloyd Garrison

2007: Michael Donoghue, Burlington Free Press; Larry McDermott, The Republican, Springfield; Eileen McNamara, The Boston Globe; Jim Taricani, WJAR, Providence; Barbara Walsh, Portland Press Herald

2008: Nelson Benton, Salem, Mass., News; John Howe, The Citizen, Laconia, N.H.; Al Larkin, The Boston Globe.

2009: James Campanini, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.; James Foudy, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; Sam Fleming, WBUR radio, Boston; George Krimsky, AP, Center for Foreign Journalists, and the Republican-American newspapers, Waterbury, Conn.

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Elected posthumously

References

^ "Four New England journalists, including a pioneer from the Colonial-era, will receive the Yankee Quill Award this fall for their contributions to the betterment of journalism in the region". .iconocast.com. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Five journalists honored with Yankee Quill Award", Boston Globe. April 10, 2007.
^ "Academy of New England Journalists Announces 2006 Yankee Quill Award". allbusiness.com. August 30, 2006. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
^ Hour's Reilly attends 50th anniversary of Yankee Quill awards Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, Newspapwer, accessed November 14, 2010.

[1] "Four New England journalists, including a pioneer from the Colonial-era, will receive the Yankee Quill Award this fall for their contributions to the betterment of journalism in the region". .iconocast.com. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13. ^{[dead link‍]}

[2] "Five journalists honored with Yankee Quill Award", Boston Globe. April 10, 2007.

[3] "Academy of New England Journalists Announces 2006 Yankee Quill Award". allbusiness.com. August 30, 2006. Retrieved 2008-11-16.

[4] Hour's Reilly attends 50th anniversary of Yankee Quill awards Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, Newspapwer, accessed November 14, 2010.

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