| Recognizing Political Reporting
Political journalist John Harwood '78, who
has reported on each of the last five American presidential elections,
has received the 2006 Futrell Award for Outstanding Achievement
in Communications and Journalism, given by the Sanford Institute's
DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy. The award was established
by Ashley B. Futrell Jr. '78, in honor of his father, Ashley B.
Futrell Sr. '33, for his contributions to the university and to
the profession of journalism.
Following graduation from Duke, Harwood worked as a reporter for
the St. Petersburg Times; he later became the newspaper's state
capital correspondent, Washington correspondent, and political
editor, and traveled extensively in South Africa covering unrest
against the apartheid regime there. In 1991 he joined The Wall
Street Journal, first as a White House correspondent, then as a
congressional correspondent. He became the Journal's political
editor in 1997.
In March, Harwood joined CNBC as chief Washington correspondent,
while continuing to write the Journal's "Washington Wire" political
column and to oversee the Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. He
also delivers political analysis on MSNBC, on NBC programs such
as Meet the Press, and on PBS's Washington Week in Review.
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