Edward Hershey

Journalist, official, educator, union organizer, George Polk Awards juror & book author whose memoir, The Scorekeeper,” was Oregon Book Award finalist.

[Edward Hershey @edhershey]

@FoxNews A political fraud learns the hard way that saying what you think people want to hear can only get you so far.

[Edward Hershey @edhershey]

@sbg1 @peterbakernyt @tab_delete Good movie but IMO “Spotlight” captured the essence of investigative reporting more effectively.

[Edward Hershey @edhershey]

Congratulations to the 2024 @PolkAwards winners https://t.co/nOLLzDHIWD

[Eugene Daniels @EugeneDaniels2]

The endorsements keep rolling in. HRC endorses VP Kamala Harris for president.

https://t.co/ByFEpeZkGk

[George Polk Awards @PolkAwards]

Michael D. Sallah, Michael Korsh and Evan Robinson-Johnson of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and Debbie Cenziper of ProPublica won for “With Every Breath,” a series about a corporate cover-up that allowed Philips Respironics to market breathing machines that contained contaminants.

[Meribah Knight @meribah]

What an honor to see my podcast #TheKidsOfRutherfordCounty among these winners. Thank you to everyone who helped make this. @serial @bykenarmstrong @propublica @WPLN

[Michael Luo @michaelluo]

Congrats to Luke Mogelson and @mashagessen, winners of @PolkAwards, as well as the boss, David Remnick, a Polk career laureate. https://t.co/DLXoqyFyt8

[Edward Hershey @edhershey]

So honored to be part of the @PolkAwards and this grand celebration -- https://t.co/8hrDkUAVt0

[Edward Hershey @edhershey]

@Laurie_Garrett Well deserved!

[Laurie Garrett @Laurie_Garrett]

Wow! Just announced..
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY TO HONOR 16 LAUREATES
IN CELEBRATION OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY 
OF ITS GEORGE POLK AWARDS IN JOURNALISM
Includes:
"Laurie Garrett, prescient chronicler of global health threats whose well-researched warnings of the..."
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[Willamette Week @wweek]

Six-term U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader lost the Democratic primary in 2022 in part because his opponent, Jamie McLeod-Skinner, painted him as a shill for the pharmaceutical industry.
She had a point.

https://t.co/Zalhh2eFsu

[Edward Hershey @edhershey]

To paraphrase Everett Dirksen, a billion here and a billion there and pretty soon it begins to add up. https://t.co/0r90pgYhpO

[Edward Hershey @edhershey]

@Shemia_Fagan when they start citing Julie Parrish as an ethics source you know the @Oregonian has gone way beyond just piling on. Hang in there!

[Edward Hershey @edhershey]

@MelMcCray @PolkAwards @StanfordDaily 18 years old! The mind boggles,

[Melvin McCray @MelMcCray]

The youngest @PolkAwards recipient is Stanford freshman Theo Baker, @StanfordDaily, for uncovering allegations that pioneering research co-authored by Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne was partly supported by manipulated imagery. Baker's speech is at https://t.co/tfO7MYXEPg

[Edward Hershey @edhershey]

@sbg1 @MyKatAccount @ddiamond @tab_delete @PolkAwards I’d have never guessed!😀

[Edward Hershey @edhershey]

@ddiamond @joshgerstein @PolkAwards @alexbward @PeterCanellos @HeidiReports @Hailey_Fuchs @PolkAwards feel so blessed by our wonderful 2022 winners honored in NY today.

[Edward Hershey @edhershey]

@CaitlinClark22 Good god, @CaitlinClark22 , do you golf, too?

[Edward Hershey @edhershey]

My take on the irresistible draw of @CaitlinClark22 : https://t.co/z3AnE7sV4Q

[Edward Hershey @edhershey]

@coachbursky10 My take on her popularity: https://t.co/z3AnE7sV4Q