Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism
# Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism

The Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism, also known as the Eric Breindel Journalism Award, was an annual award commemorating Eric Breindel, a former editorial page editor of the New York Post, which existed from 1999 through 2012. It was given to "the columnist, editorialist or reporter who best reflects the spirit of Mr. Breindel's writings: Love of Country and its democratic institutions as well as the act of bearing witness to the evils of totalitarianism."

The award was instituted in 1999 with an endowment from Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, and was administered by the Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation. From 2006 onwards, winners received $20,000; earlier winners received $10,000.

A second award, the Eric Breindel Collegiate Journalism Award, was given annually from 2006. As of 2009, it offered $10,000 plus a paid internship at Fox News Channel, The Wall Street Journal, or the New York Post.

The awards used to be announced in June every year.

The last awards were made in 2012; no further awards have been made since. The Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation has not filed a Form 990 with the IRS since 2014.

## Eric Breindel Journalism Award winners

    2012Andrew Ferguson 2011Fouad Ajami 2010Mona Charen 2009Charles Krauthammer 2008Bret Stephens of The Wall Street Journal 2007Max Boot 2006 Mark Steyn 2005Claudia Rosett 2004Daniel Henninger 2003Michael Kelly 2002Victor Davis Hanson 2001Jay Nordlinger 2000Tom Flannery, then a columnist at The Carbondale News 1999Jeff Jacoby

## Eric Breindel Collegiate Journalism Award winners

    2012Angela Hunt, University of North Carolina, Wilmington 2011Charles C. Johnson, Claremont McKenna College 2010John-Clark Levin, Claremont McKenna College 2009Carl Kelm, Stanford University 2008Elise Viebeck Claremont McKenna College 2007John Wilson, Claremont McKenna College 2006 Matt Mireles, Columbia University
