The Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism, also known as the Eric Breindel Journalism Award, was an annual award commemorating

Eric Breindel Eric Marc Breindel (1955–1998) was an American neoconservative writer and former editorial page editor of the ''New York Post''. Early life Breindel grew up in an upper-middle class Jewish family in New York. His parents were refugees of Hitle ...

, a former editorial page editor of the '' New York Post'', which existed from 1999 through 2012. It was given to "the columnist, editorialist or reporter who best reflects the spirit of Mr. Breindel's writings: Love of Country and its democratic institutions as well as the act of bearing witness to the evils of totalitarianism." The award was instituted in 1999 with an endowment from Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, and was administered by the Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation. From 2006 onwards, winners received $20,000; earlier winners received $10,000. A second award, the Eric Breindel Collegiate Journalism Award, was given annually from 2006. As of 2009, it offered $10,000 plus a paid internship at ''

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'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', or the '' New York Post''. The awards used to be announced in June every year. The last awards were made in 2012; no further awards have been made since. The Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation has not filed a Form 990 with the IRS since 2014.https://pp-990.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2015_03_PF/13-3995665_990PF_201409.pdf?response-content-disposition=inline&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA266MJEJYTM5WAG5Y%2F20220320%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20220320T010411Z&X-Amz-Expires=1800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=5df848eb8d0a43a8c6c2bc663fa0d999a197abc13c6b171762b7f5e99a37d36b

Eric Breindel Journalism Award winners

Eric Breindel Collegiate Journalism Award winners

References

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