Yankee Quill Award
# Yankee Quill Award

The Yankee Quill Award is a regional American journalism 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
* Ann Smith Franklin (posthumous), American colonialist almanac printer, Newport, Rhode Island
* John Howe, editor and general manager, The Citizen, Laconia, New Hampshire
* Al Larkin, retired executive vice president, The Boston Globe

### 2007

* Michael Donoghue, sportswriter at The Burlington Free Press in Burlington, Vermont, and executive director of the Vermont Press Association.
* Larry McDermott, publisher of The Republican in Springfield, Massachusetts, and president of the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association
* Eileen McNamara, professor of journalism at Brandeis University
* James Taricani, investigative reporter for WJAR TV in Providence, Rhode Island
* Barbara Walsh (journalist), reporter at The Eagle-Tribune in North Andover, Massachusetts

### 2006

* David B. Offer, Executive editor, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine, and the Morning Sentinel, Waterville, Maine
* Gary Lapierre, Managing editor, WBZ Radio, Boston
* Chris Powell, Managing editor and VP for news, the Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Connecticut
* Walter Robinson, Assistant managing editor/Spotlight Team, The Boston Globe

1992

* John P. Reilly, Executive editor, The Hour, Norwalk, Connecticut

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 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.

2017 robin young

* Elected posthumously
