The Yankee Quill Award is a regional American journalism

Journalism

Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...

 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
  The Salem News
  The Salem News is a six-day afternoon daily newspaper serving southern Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. Although the paper is historically connected with the city of Salem, its offices are in nearby Beverly, Massachusetts...
  
  
• Ann Smith Franklin
  Ann Smith Franklin
  Ann Smith Franklin was an American colonial newspaper printer and publisher. She inherited the business from her husband, James Franklin, brother of Benjamin Franklin. She published the Newport, Rhode Island Mercury, printed an almanac series, and printed Rhode Island paper currency...
  
   (posthumous), American colonialist almanac
  Almanac
  An almanac is an annual publication that includes information such as weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, and tide tables, containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar etc...
  
   printer
  Printer (publisher)
  In publishing, printers are both companies providing printing services and individuals who directly operate printing presses. With the invention of the moveable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1450, printing—and printers—proliferated throughout Europe.Today, printers are found...
  
  , Newport, Rhode Island
  Newport, Rhode Island
  Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...
  
  
• John Howe, editor and general manager, The Citizen
  The Citizen (Laconia)
  The Citizen is a six day a week, morning daily newspaper in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA, the largest local paper serving the Lakes Region of that state. It has been owned since 1991 by Geo. J...
  
  , Laconia, New Hampshire
  Laconia, New Hampshire
  As of the census of 2000, there were 16,411 people, 6,724 households, and 4,168 families residing in the city. The population density was 809.3 people per square mile . There were 8,554 housing units at an average density of 421.8 per square mile...
  
  
• Al Larkin, retired executive vice president, The Boston Globe
  The Boston Globe
  The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
  
  

2007

• Michael Donoghue, sportswriter at The Free Press in Burlington, Vermont
  Burlington, Vermont
  Burlington is the largest city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the shire town of Chittenden County. Burlington lies south of the U.S.-Canadian border and some south of Montreal....
  
  , and executive director of the Vermont Press Association.
• Larry McDermott, publisher of The Republican in Springfield, Massachusetts
  Springfield, Massachusetts
  Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...
  
  , and president of the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association
• Eileen McNamara
  Eileen McNamara
  Eileen McNamara, is a columnist for Boston_ and a journalism professor at Brandeis University. She is a former Boston Globe columnist, where she won the Pulitzer Prize....
  
  , professor of journalism at Brandeis University
  Brandeis University
  Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
  
  
• James Taricani, investigative reporter for WJAR
  WJAR
  WJAR is the NBC-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts licensed to Providence. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 51 from a transmitter in Rehoboth, Massachusetts...
  
   TV in Providence, Rhode Island
  Providence, Rhode Island
  Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
  
  
• Barbara Walsh (journalist)
  Barbara Walsh (journalist)
  Barbara Walsh is a Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist, and author of non-fiction and children's literature. She has worked for the The Eagle-Tribune, Portland Press Herald, and South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and has taught journalism at Florida International University, University of Southern...
  
  , reporter at The Eagle-Tribune in North Andover, Massachusetts
  North Andover, Massachusetts
  North Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. North Andover is the home of Merrimack College, a private, Catholic four-year institution ....
  
  

2006

• David B. Offer, Executive editor, Kennebec Journal
  Kennebec Journal
  The Kennebec Journal is a seven-day morning daily newspaper published in Augusta, Maine. From 1998 to 2009, it was owned by Blethen Maine Newspapers, a subsidiary of The Seattle Times Company. It was then sold to MaineToday Media. The newspaper covers the capital area and southern Kennebec...
  
  , Augusta, Maine
  Augusta, Maine
  Augusta is the capital of the US state of Maine, county seat of Kennebec County, and center of population for Maine. The city's population was 19,136 at the 2010 census, making it the third-smallest state capital after Montpelier, Vermont and Pierre, South Dakota...
  
  , and the Morning Sentinel
  Morning Sentinel
  The Morning Sentinel is a seven-day morning daily newspaper published in Waterville, Maine, USA. From 1998 to 2009, it was owned by Blethen Maine Newspapers, a subsidiary of The Seattle Times Company. It was then sold to MaineToday Media. The newspaper covers cities and towns in parts of Kennebec...
  
  , Waterville, Maine
  Waterville, Maine
  Waterville is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States, on the west bank of the Kennebec River. The population was 15,722 at the 2010 census. Home to Colby College and Thomas College, Waterville is the regional commercial, medical and cultural center....
  
  
• Gary Lapierre, Managing editor, WBZ Radio, Boston
• Chris Powell, Managing editor and VP for news, the Journal Inquirer
  Journal Inquirer
  The Journal Inquirer is a tabloid-sized newspaper published Monday through Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings in Manchester, Connecticut and serves 17 towns in the north-central part of the state of Connecticut.The regional paper prints in three editions:...
  
  , Manchester, Connecticut
  Manchester, Connecticut
  Manchester is a township and city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 58,241.- History :...
  
  
• Walter Robinson, Assistant managing editor/Spotlight Team, The Boston Globe

1992

• John P. Reilly, Executive editor, The Hour
  The Hour (newspaper)
  The Hour is a daily newspaper published in Norwalk, Connecticut. It serves the municipalities of Norwalk, Wilton, Westport, Weston and Stamford. The newspaper was founded in 1871. It was published under the title The Evening Hour from 1895 into the 1900s, at which point it was renamed The Norwalk...
  
  , Norwalk, Connecticut
  Norwalk, Connecticut
  Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of the city is 85,603, making Norwalk sixth in population in Connecticut, and third in Fairfield County...
  
  

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 --Tfkearney3 (talk) 22:00, 10 November 2011 (UTC)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.

• Elected posthumously