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The News & Observer wins Taylor Family Award

Friday, March 02, 2012

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., has won the 2011 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers for “Twisted Truth: A Prosecutor Under Fire,” a three-part series reported by J. Andrew Curliss about prosecutorial misconduct by Durham’s district attorney Tracey Cline.

Two finalists have also been selected for the Taylor Award: The Boston Globe for “Fishy Business,” a two-part series that documented the widespread mislabeling of fish sold and served in Massachusetts and the Asbury Park Press for “Deadly Decisions: Struggling to Understand,” a report on a cluster of suicides by teens and young adults in the Manasquan, New Jersey, area. Read more »

Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers

The Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers was established by members of the Taylor family, who published The Boston Globe from 1872 to 1999.

The purpose of the $10,000 award is to encourage fairness in news coverage by America's daily newspapers. Second and third place finalists receive $1,000 each.

About the Taylor Family
William O. Taylor, chairman emeritus of the Globe, embraced the idea of an award for fairness in newspapers as a way to give something back to the craft to which five generations of his family devoted their working lives.

The Taylor family's 127-year stewardship of the Globe was characterized by an enduring commitment to fairness. At his invitation, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard agreed to administer the prize.

Read the press release about establishing the award. Learn how to apply.