©Insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol, on January 6, 2021. Photograph by Balazs Gardi for The New Yorker.
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The New Yorker wins two Polk Awards
22 February 2022
Sarah Stillman and Ian Urbina received prizes for reporting on migration, while a third contributor, Luke Mogelson, won the inaugural Schanberg Prize.
The New Yorker contributors Sarah Stillman and Ian Urbina received Polk Awards on Monday, each in recognition of reporting about migrants facing extraordinary dangers.
A third New Yorker contributor, Luke Mogelson, last week received the inaugural Sydney H. Schanberg Prize, also presented by the George Polk Award program, for his coverage of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The annual Polk Awards honor exemplary investigative and enterprising reporting.
Find out more about the wins here.
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©Insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol, on January 6, 2021. Photograph by Balazs Gardi for The New Yorker.