Jan Murphy Explained

Jan Murphy is a prominent journalist in Pennsylvania and works for The Patriot-News.

In 2007, she and colleague Craig Staudenmaier won the "Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence" from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association.^[1] In 2008, she was awarded a first place Keystone Press Award for "News Beat Reporting" and a second place Keystone Press Award in "Ongoing News Coverage" for her series on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.^[2] She also won the Associated Press Managing Editors Award for a series called "Opening up PHEAA records."^[3]

In 2008, the political website PolitickerPA.com named her one of the "Most Powerful Political Reporters" in Pennsylvania.^[4] In 2009, she and Charlie Thompson shared an "Honorable Mention" Keystone Press Award in Spot News Reporting from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association for their "Bonus Busts" coverage of the "Bonusgate" arrests.^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516164637/http://www.pa-newspaper.org/web/2005/09/benjamin_franklin_award_for_excellence.aspx . 2008-05-16 .
Web site: 2008 Keystone Award Winners - Division I . . 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722115152/http://www.pa-newspaper.org/core/contentmanager/uploads/PDFs/Contests/2008KeystoneWinners-DivI.pdf . 2011-07-22 .
Web site: Additional Awards . . 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091016061148/http://www.patriot-news.com/awards.php . 2009-10-16 .
News: Edge . Wally . Most powerful political reporters . . The Observer Media Group . July 21, 2008 .
Web site: 2009 Keystone Award Winners - Division I . . 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722114802/http://www.pa-newspaper.org/core/contentmanager/uploads/PDFs/Contests/2009KeystoneWinners-DivI.pdf . 2011-07-22 .