Journalism Award

On Thursday, November 16 from 6:00-8:30 p.m., there will be a celebration honoring Susanne Craig, the winner of the first ever Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Reporting. It will take place at The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany.

The award was presented by the Museum of Political Corruption back in May of this year and included a $1,250 prize—the same amount Bly falsely promised a legislator as part of her muckraking work in Albany in 1888. The reception will entail a roundtable discussion moderated by Susan Arbetter, host of Capitol Pressroom, featuring Craig along with William K. Rashbaum of The New York Times, Rex Smith of The

Times Union, and John M. Caher of the NYS Unified Court System.

Early in her career, Craig worked with The Wall Street Journal and Canada’s major paper, The Globe and Mail. She started out her work with The New York Times with some muckraking on Wall Street. As a part of the Albany bureau of The Times, she was on the team investigating Governor Cuomo’s Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption. Now, Craig has dedicated herself to covering President Trump, recently looking into his 1995 tax returns.

Tickets to the event are free for Saint Rose Students with a college ID.