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2008 Recipient: Peter A. Harkness has been editor and publisher of Governing, a magazine for leaders of state and local governments, since it was founded 21 years ago. Before that, he was editor and deputy publisher of the Congressional Quarterly, a Washington information company known for publishing what is regarded as the unofficial and independent "bible" covering the U.S. Congress.
Mr. Harkness has watched government at all levels, from Washington to the states, cities, and counties, for 38 years. His reporting assignments for CQ included the White House, Congress, and national politics. In 1987, he founded Governing magazine on the premise that much of the responsibility and authority for governing the country had moved down to the state and local level, yet no one in the national press was paying any attention.
He is a recipient of the Raymond Clapper Award for investigative reporting, awarded by the White House Correspondents Association, and is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, one of the few journalists to be inducted into its membership.
