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Bay Guardian Writer Wins George Polk Award

Adam Clay Thompson has won the 2005 George Polk Award for Local Reporting, Editor & Publisher reports. Thompson, a senior writer for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, won for his series "Forgotten City," which exposed poor living conditions in San Francisco's public housing. The Polk Awards have been awarded by Long Island University since 1949.

02-20-2006 7:32 pm | Industry News

Tags: Editorial, San Francisco Bay Guardian, A.C. Thompson

Village Voice Senior Editor Awarded Newfield Professorship

Hunter College in New York City has selected Wayne Barrett to receive the inaugural Jack Newfield Visiting Professorship in Journalism. Newfield was an investigative journalist at the Voice from 1964 to 1988; he died of cancer in 2004. On the school's Web site, Hunter President Jennifer J. Rabb said, "As Jack Newfield's colleague at the Voice and an investigative journalist in his own right, Wayne Barrett brings a unique insight to Hunter students. They will learn from one of New York's best reporters how journalists can continually rediscover, and tell the story, of the drama of a great city remaking itself again and again."

02-20-2006 3:27 pm | Industry News

Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice, Wayne Barrett

Bill Clinton to Speak at AAN Convention

The former President has agreed to be the featured speaker at this year's convention in Little Rock, Ark., which will be held June 15-17. The three-day convention will also feature an opening night reception at the Clinton Presidential Library. (FULL STORY)

AAN Staff | 02-20-2006 8:08 am | Association News

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Bay Guardian Writer Wins George Polk Award

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