Horace Greeley Award

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The Horace Greeley Award is a New England award for public service journalism. [1]

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It is an annual and regional American journalism award that recognizes excellence in the print media of New England and is named in honor of prominent 19th-century editor and publisher Horace Greeley. It is administered by the New England Press Association in Boston, Massachusetts, and awarded occasionally. [2] The first award was given in 1966 to the Revere Journal . [3] [4]

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