THE WEEK Magazine Announces Winners for Fifth Annual Opinion Awards
The Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus, The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Mike
Luckovich, and Talking Points Memo’s Josh
Marshall Honored in Washington, DC
NEW YORK (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) April 9, 2008 --
News and opinion magazine THE WEEK
(www.theweekdaily.com), has
selected the winners for its fifth annual Opinion Awards in the
categories of Columnist of the Year, Editorial Cartoonist of the Year
and Blogger of the Year.
Washington Post op-ed Columnist Ruth Marcus has been selected as
Columnist of the Year, with the judges noting her wide range of topics
and unique ability to make complex issues accessible, and even
entertaining. Marcus began writing for the Post while still in law
school, and formally joined the paper after working for several firms
post-graduation.
For the second consecutive year, Editorial Cartoonist of the Year went
to Mike Luckovich of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has worked for
the paper since 1989 and is syndicated nationally to more than 350 daily
publications. Other accolades include 2006 winner of the Reuben, the
National Cartoonist Society’s top award for
cartoonist of the year, and the 1995 Pulitzer Prize and 2006 Pulitzer
Prize for Editorial Cartooning.
Polk-Award winning journalist and founder of Talking Points Memo (www.talkingpointsmemo.com)
Josh Marshall has been chosen as Blogger of the Year. Through his team’s
original reporting, imaginative analysis, and creative approach to
research, Talking Points Memo played a leading role in the revelations
about the firing of nine U.S. attorneys by the Justice Department. The
site averages 400,000 page views every weekday and 750,000 unique
visitors every month.
“THE WEEK seeks to bring its readers the best,
most intriguing, insightful, and thought-provoking perspectives we can
find” said Steven Kotok, general manager of
THE WEEK. “And this year’s
winners are the best of the best, consistently producing original and
challenging commentary.”
The winners were honored at the Opinion Awards dinner hosted by THE WEEK
in association with the Aspen Institute on April 8 at the Four Seasons
Hotel in Washington, DC. Finalists were selected by senior editors of
THE WEEK, while a distinguished panel of 25 judges comprised of
journalists, authors, executives, and academics determined the winners.
THE WEEK Opinion Awards were launched in 2004 to recognize the nation’s
best opinion writing. Last year’s winners
were Nicholas D. Kristof of The New York Times, Luckovich, and Ed
Morrissey of Captainsquartersblog.com.
About THE WEEK
THE WEEK is the fastest
growing news and opinion magazine in America and was recently named the
#1 most credible print or broadcast media source, according to the
2006-07 Erdos & Morgan Opinion Leader Study. Every week, THE
WEEK's editors scour hundreds of newspapers, magazines, and Web
sites, seeking out the most intriguing stories and the most thoughtful
commentary – left, right, and everything in
between. THE WEEK's focus is
broad: U.S. and international news, the best columns from here and
abroad, business, health, science, and technology, plus books, film, the
arts, consumer reviews, and leisure activities.
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