FILE- In this file video framegrab from a May 17, 2012 video provided by Mother Jones Video, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a $50,000-a-plate fundraiser at a Florida fundraiser. David Corn, he reporter for Mother Jones magazine who broke the story of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's remarks that 47 percent of Americans "believe they are victims" is among the winners of the 64th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism. (AP Photo/Mother Jones Video)
February 17, 2013 - 11:12 PM
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The reporter for Mother Jones magazine who broke the story of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's remarks that 47 per cent of Americans "believe they are victims" is among the winners of the 64th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism.
Winners also include journalists from Bloomberg News, the New York Times, CBS News, McClatchy Newspapers, GlobalPost, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The New Yorker, the Washington Post, the Maine Sunday Telegram, Frontline, and the non-profit California Watch.
The awards were announced Monday by Long Island University.
The Polk Awards are among the top prizes in U.S. journalism.
They were created in 1949 in honour of CBS reporter George Polk, who was killed while covering the Greek civil war.
This year's awards will be given out April 11.
News from © The Associated Press, 2013