History

It is an annual and regional American journalism award that recognizes excellence in the print media of New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

 and is named in honor of prominent 19th-century editor and publisher Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley was an American newspaper editor, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer, a politician, and an outspoken opponent of slavery...

. It is administered by the New England Press Association in Boston, Massachusetts, and awarded occasionally. The first award was given in 1966 to the Revere Journal.

Winners

• Revere Journal (1966)
• Maura J. Casey
  Maura J. Casey
  Maura J. Casey was on the Editorial Board of The New York Times from 2006 to 2009 and she shared a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 while working at The Eagle-Tribune. She was also a winner of the Horace Greeley Award.-References:...
  
   of the New London Day