Simon_Rockower_Award

Simon Rockower Award

Simon Rockower Award

Award given for Jewish Journalism

A Simon Rockower Award[1] is an award presented by the American Jewish Press Association for "Excellence in Jewish Journalism",[2] at a banquet in November each year.[3]

The awards were created in 1979 by the children of Simon Rockower.[4] Rockower was a Jewish philanthropist, who emigrated to the United States from Austria.[5] In cooperation with the American Jewish Press Association and Yeshiva University, the awards were first given for the year 1980, the hundred year anniversary of Rockower's birth, under the name of the "annual Simon Rockower Memorial Writing Competition."[6]

List of categories

The first competition had six categories.[6] As of the 2016 awards there were 24 categories,[7] and in 2017, 22.[8] In 2024, there were 32 award categories, plus three additional wild card categories for reporting on the Israel-Hamas war.[9]

Until 2020 the entries for most categories were divided by circulation.[10] Since 2021 the divisions are Weekly and Biweekly Newspapers, Monthly Newspapers and Magazines and Web-based Outlets.[11]

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References

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    "JTA takes 4 Rockower Awards for journalistic excellence". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
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    "Forward Scoops 17 Jewish Press Awards". The Forward. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
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    "Forward wins 12 first-place prizes at 41st Annual AJPA Simon Rockower Awards". The Forward. 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
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    Guzman, Rebecca (2022-07-08). "Marc Gronich, Jewish Press's Capital Bureau Chief, Wins National Jewish Journalism Award". jewishpress.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
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    "Extension of Remarks" (PDF). United States Government Publishing Office (GPO). 1980-08-19. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
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    "The 35th Annual Simon Rockower Award Winners - American Jewish Press Association". www.ajpa.org. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
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    "The 36th Annual Simon Rockower Award Winners - American Jewish Press Association". www.ajpa.org. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
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    "43rd Annual Competition" (PDF). www.ajpa.org. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
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    "AJPA - 2020 Competition". www.ajpa.org. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
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    "AJPA - 2021 Competition". www.ajpa.org. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
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