McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage
Posted 11/18/2009 1:30:00 PM

Help the University of Georgia select the next winner of the McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage.

The first McGill Medal was awarded last spring to Jerry Mitchell, The Clarion-Ledger reporter who endured death threats as he helped bring civil rights-era killers to justice.

Here's how you can help: Nominate one or more journalists for the 2010 medal. The criterion is simple: The medal honors a working U.S. journalist whose career has exemplified journalistic courage.

Please send your nominations to ASNE retired member Professor John F. Greenman at jgreenma@uga.edu.

Tell him the journalist's name, where the journalist works, how to contact the journalist, and why you think the journalist is worthy of this honor. A few sentences are all we need for now.

Nomination deadline is December 15.