$5,000 prize for top political reporting; deadline Jan. 14

Entries for the $5,000 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting 2011 are now being accepted by the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

The Toner Prize recognizes outstanding political reporting in a tribute to Robin Toner, the late national political correspondent for The New York Times and a summa cum laude graduate of Syracuse University with dual degrees in journalism and political science.

Deadline for entries is Jan. 14, 2012.

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