Jan Murphy

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Jan Murphy
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Notable credit The Patriot-News

Jan Murphy is a journalist in Pennsylvania who works for The Patriot-News .

In 2007, she and colleague Craig Staudenmaier won the "Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence" from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. [1] In 2008, she was awarded a first place Keystone Press Award for "News Beat Reporting" and a second place Keystone Press Award in "Ongoing News Coverage" for her series on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. [2] She also won the Associated Press Managing Editors Award for a series called "Opening up PHEAA records." [3]

In 2008, the political website PolitickerPA.com named her one of the "Most Powerful Political Reporters" in Pennsylvania. [4] In 2009, she and Charlie Thompson shared an "Honorable Mention" Keystone Press Award in Spot News Reporting from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association for their "Bonus Busts" coverage of the "Bonusgate" arrests. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence". Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16.
  2. ↑ "2008 Keystone Award Winners - Division I" (PDF). Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22.
  3. ↑ "Additional Awards". The Patriot-News. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-10-16.
  4. ↑ Edge, Wally (July 21, 2008). "Most powerful political reporters". PolitickerPA.com . The Observer Media Group.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "2009 Keystone Award Winners - Division I" (PDF). Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22.


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