The American Historical Association<https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/american-historical-association-announces-2025-prize-winners/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNdAD5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE1bFU0aDJiSWd3Nm1tSnpvAR4yXPTUqy7mvA3tB9JHY2NMM2W2_40Vw89cVuklAf831L_V4x5caumMyLKOCw_aem_-tyK8bHVDWbvzaE16QMfDA> has just announced the winner of the Eugenia M. Palmegiano Prize in the History of Journalism: Ira Chinoy (Univ. of Maryland) for Predicting the Winner: The Untold Story of Election Night 1952 and the Dawn of Computer Forecasting (Potomac Books, 2024). We had the immense good fortune to have Ira here at the Computer History Museum at CHM for a Member’s Reception and Book Talk back in July, 2024. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCw2_qFSNmo> [maxresdefault.jpg] CHM Live | Predicting the President: Origins of Computer Forecasting<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCw2_qFSNmo> youtube.com<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCw2_qFSNmo> CHM is the global home for high-quality history of computing scholarship, events and programs. Bravo Ira! Dag ----- Dag Spicer Senior Curator Computer History Museum Editorial Board, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing ACM History Committee 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View CA 94043 “History is a vast early warning system.” — Norman Cousins, American journalist (1915-1990). Join our Mailing List here: https://info.computerhistory.org/subscribe
