Reporting based on NSA leaks wins Polk Award

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FILE- In this April 7, 2008, file photo, Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman sits in the newsroom of The Washington Post after winning the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. Gelman and three others, who reported on the extent of the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance based on documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, will receive the award for national security reporting as winners in the 65th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism.

Reporting based on NSA leaks wins Polk Award
The Associated Press
February 16, 2014 Updated 6 minutes ago

NEW YORK — Four journalists who reported on the extent of the National Security Agency's secret surveillance based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden are among the winners of the 65th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism.

Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras of The Guardian and Barton Gellman of The Washington Post will receive the award for national security reporting for stories based on secret documents leaked by Snowden, a former intelligence analyst.

The awards were announced Sunday by Long Island University.

Journalists who wrote about massive traffic jams caused by bridge lane closures in New Jersey, a catastrophic garment factory collapse in Bangladesh and the struggles of a homeless family in Brooklyn also will be among those honored.