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
 * 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
 * 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, Connecticut

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