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 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"Five journalists honored with Yankee Quill Award", Boston Globe. April 10, 2007. 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 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, ConnecticutHour's Reilly attends 50th anniversary of Yankee Quill awards , Newspapwer, accessed November 14, 2010.
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.
2017 robin young
Elected posthumously
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