The Carey McWilliams prize is awarded 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.
2008 Award Committee
Submit nominations to the committee chair.
Chair: Thomas E. Mann
W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036-2188
tmann@brookings.edu
Michael C. Dawson
University of Chicago
Political Science
5828 S. University Ave.
Pick Hall, 419
Chicago, IL 60637
Robert Y. Shapiro
Columbia University
Political Science
420 West 118th Street
Room 730, MC 3320
New York, NY 10027
 Gifts from members and friends to help fund awards like the Carey McWilliams prize are always appreciated and help APSA promote opportunity and achievement. |