Yankee Quill
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For more than 50 years the New England Academy of Journalists has been honoring our region’s most extraordinary journalists for their contributions to a free press and their efforts to improve the communities they serve. Other journalism associations bestow awards for individual and team accomplishments, but the Yankee Quill recognizes the lifetime achievement of those who have had a broad influence for good, both inside and outside the newsroom. The Academy, which is comprised of all Quill winners and representatives of various New England journalism organizations, gathers annually under the auspices of the New England Society of Newspaper Editors Foundation to select the honorees. Winners are selected from among nominees that represent newspapers, broadcasting and academia.
2011 Yankee Quill Winners
Jack Authelet
Foxboro Reporter
Foxboro, MA
Leah Lamson
Worcester's Telegram & Gazette
Worcester, MA
Irwin Gratz
NPR “Morning Edition”
Portland, ME
Kendall Wallace
The Sun
Lowell, MA
Gen. Charles H. Taylor (posthumous)
Boston Globe
Boston, MA
Yankee Quill nominations are due in June. The award ceremony takes place at the Yankee Quill Dinner on November 11, 2011.
For more information, please contact:
Crystal Serret
c.serret@nenpa.com
p: 781.320.8042
f: 781.320.8055
Nomination instructions for Yankee Quill
The New England Society of Newspaper Editors Foundation recognizes the efforts and dedication of those in New England who have had a broad influence for good in the field of journalism with the Yankee Quill award.
Recipients are inducted into the Academy of New England Journalists upon receiving the Yankee Quill award.
Yankee Quill rules state that selection for the award is not based on a single distinguished achievement in news reporting or editorial writing, or on the development of a publication of purely local impact. Rather, election recognizes the effort and dedication of those in New England who have had a broad influence for good in the field of journalism.
In other words, it is not based on a single distinguished achievement in reporting, writing or editing or on the fact that someone runs a good newspaper or broadcast show or station. Instead, it honors a lifetime of contribution to the profession. Nominations may range across the entire field of journalism, including daily and weekly newspapers, radio and television news coverage and other forms of communications that meet the tests of journalism.
The Board of Trustees of the Academy of New England Journalists, along with the presidents of several New England media associations, will make the final selection of the persons to receive the Yankee Quill Award.
Yankee Quill
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For further information contact: Bill Ketter, academy chairman, The Eagle-Tribune, wketter@cnhi.com / (978) 685-1000. George Geers, academy clerk, gnews@empire.net / (603) 785-4811