By: E&P Staff Wall Street Journal Deputy Editorial Page Editor Daniel Henninger received the Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Journalism at a reception in New York Tuesday night.
The $10,000 award and plaque is given in memory of New York Post editor and columnist Eric Breindel, who died unexpectedly at age 42 in 1998. The prize is presented for writing which promotes "love of country and its democratic institutions, as well as the act of bearing witness to the evils of totalitarianism."
Henninger was cited for his work, including "U.S. to World: Take This Job and Shove It" and "From Zero-Power to Super-Power in 500 Years," both published in the Journal.
"It is a great privilege for me to receive the Eric Breindel Award," said Henninger. "Eric wrote with great clarity and conviction about the democratic idea and its opponents. That battle has been joined again. With it comes the opportunity not only to honor Eric's spirit but to again press forward the very cause that he so passionately believed in."
Henninger began his career as a reporter at the New Republic. He has held several positions at the Wall Street Journal, including editorial page writer, arts editor, and editorial features editor. He became deputy editor of the editorial page in 1989.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and News Corp. Deputy Chief Operating Officer Lachlan Murdoch were in attendance.
Past recipients include Michael Kelly, who received the award posthumously after being killed in Iraq; Jeff Jacoby of The Boston Globe; and Tom Flannery of the weekly Carbondale (Pa.) News.
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