Thursday, March 12, 2015

Greenwald, McCarthy among winners of arts academy prizes

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2014 file photo, U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald arrives for a news conference in Munich, southern Germany. Greenwald and novelist Cormac McCarthy are among the recipients of prizes handed out by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Greenwald, who helped disclose the government’s massive surveillance programs, has won a $10,000 Arts and Letters award for “exceptional accomplishment in any genre.” His reporting for The Guardian helped the paper win a Pulitzer in 2014 and he was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary “Citizen Four.” (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Journalist-activist Glenn Greenwald and novelist Cormac McCarthy are among the recipients of prizes handed out by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.








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