Heywood Broun Award
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The Heywood Broun Award is a prestigious American journalism honor recognizing reporters and columnists for distinguished work that champions social justice and the underdog.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Heywood Broun Award canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T412285 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heywood Broun Award Context triple: [Bob Woodward, awardReceived, Heywood Broun Award]
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A.
Curt Gowdy Media Award
The Curt Gowdy Media Award is an honor presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to recognize outstanding contributions to basketball media coverage and storytelling.
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B.
LeRoy Apker Award
The LeRoy Apker Award is a prestigious American Physical Society honor recognizing outstanding achievement in physics by undergraduate students in the United States.
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C.
Bigsby Medal
The Bigsby Medal is a prestigious geological award presented by the Geological Society of London to recognize significant contributions to the study of geology, particularly by early- to mid-career scientists.
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D.
Golden Spikes Award
The Golden Spikes Award is an annual honor given to the top amateur baseball player in the United States, widely regarded as the sport’s most prestigious amateur accolade.
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E.
Kate Gleason Award
The Kate Gleason Award is a prestigious engineering honor recognizing outstanding female engineers for significant contributions to the field of mechanical engineering and related disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heywood Broun Award Target entity description: The Heywood Broun Award is a prestigious American journalism honor recognizing reporters and columnists for distinguished work that champions social justice and the underdog.
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A.
Curt Gowdy Media Award
The Curt Gowdy Media Award is an honor presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to recognize outstanding contributions to basketball media coverage and storytelling.
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B.
LeRoy Apker Award
The LeRoy Apker Award is a prestigious American Physical Society honor recognizing outstanding achievement in physics by undergraduate students in the United States.
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C.
Bigsby Medal
The Bigsby Medal is a prestigious geological award presented by the Geological Society of London to recognize significant contributions to the study of geology, particularly by early- to mid-career scientists.
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D.
Golden Spikes Award
The Golden Spikes Award is an annual honor given to the top amateur baseball player in the United States, widely regarded as the sport’s most prestigious amateur accolade.
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E.
Kate Gleason Award
The Kate Gleason Award is a prestigious engineering honor recognizing outstanding female engineers for significant contributions to the field of mechanical engineering and related disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American journalism award
ⓘ
journalism award ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Newspaper Guild
ⓘ
surface form:
The Newspaper Guild–CWA
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| associatedWith |
social justice advocacy
ⓘ
trade unions in journalism ⓘ |
| awardFor |
distinguished commentary
ⓘ
distinguished reporting ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs | prestigious American journalism honor ⓘ |
| eligibleRecipients |
columnists
ⓘ
reporters ⓘ |
| field |
news reporting
ⓘ
opinion journalism ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | journalism ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
first-place award
ⓘ
honorable mentions ⓘ |
| hasNotableTheme |
civil rights
ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ government accountability ⓘ labor rights ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
highlighting underreported issues
ⓘ
supporting progressive causes in journalism ⓘ |
| inception | 1941 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
online journalism
ⓘ
print journalism ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Heywood Broun ⓘ |
| namedForNotableFor | liberal columnist Heywood Broun ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | journalist ⓘ |
| notableCriterion |
advocacy for marginalized people
ⓘ
coverage of the underdog ⓘ focus on social justice issues ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
Newspaper Guild
ⓘ
Newspaper Guild ⓘ
surface form:
The Newspaper Guild–CWA
|
| purpose |
to honor distinguished journalism that champions social justice
ⓘ
to recognize reporting that defends the underdog ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| selectionBasis | merit of a single piece or series ⓘ |
| targetAudience | working journalists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Heywood Broun Award Description of subject: The Heywood Broun Award is a prestigious American journalism honor recognizing reporters and columnists for distinguished work that champions social justice and the underdog.
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