Carey McWilliams Award

The Carey McWilliams Award is given annually to honor a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics. It carries a $750 prize. Eligible candidates must meet the criteria laid forth by the first organizing committee. The individual chosen:

should have a distinguished public service career in newspaper, magazine or broadcast media.
should, in his or her work, illumine some broad general principles of the social and political sciences.
may have a background in editorial activities and not necessarily be a working journalist or writer.
should illumine certain key elements identified with McWilliams, which include intellectual forthrightness and political independence.

2011 Carey McWilliams Award Recipient

List of All Carey McWilliams Award Recipients

Nomination Information

The deadline for submitting nominations has passed. Information on the 2013 APSA Awards will be released in the fall.

2012 Award Committee

Chair: Sarah Binder
The Brookings Institution
Governance Studies
1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
sbinder@brookings.edu

Marion R. Just
Wellesley College
Political Science
106 Center Street
Westwood, MA 02481
mjust@wellesley.edu

Regina G. Lawrence
University of Texas at Austin
School of Journalism
1 University Station A1000
Austin, TX 78712-0113
regina.lawrence@austin.utexas.edu

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