Jan Murphy

{{Short description|American journalist}}

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Jan Murphy is a prominent journalist in Pennsylvania and works for The Patriot-News.

In 2007, she and colleague Craig Staudenmaier won the "Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence" from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association.{{cite web|title=Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence |publisher=Pennsylvania Newspaper Association |date= |url=http://www.pa-newspaper.org/web/2005/09/benjamin_franklin_award_for_excellence.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516164637/http://www.pa-newspaper.org/web/2005/09/benjamin_franklin_award_for_excellence.aspx |archive-date=2008-05-16 }} In 2008, she was awarded a first place Keystone Press Award for "News Beat Reporting" and a second place Keystone Press Award in "Ongoing News Coverage" for her series on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.{{cite web | title = 2008 Keystone Award Winners - Division I | publisher = Pennsylvania Newspaper Association | year = 2008 | url = http://www.pa-newspaper.org/core/contentmanager/uploads/PDFs/Contests/2008KeystoneWinners-DivI.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722115152/http://www.pa-newspaper.org/core/contentmanager/uploads/PDFs/Contests/2008KeystoneWinners-DivI.pdf | archive-date = 2011-07-22 }} She also won the Associated Press Managing Editors Award for a series called "Opening up PHEAA records."{{cite web|title=Additional Awards |publisher=The Patriot-News |year=2009 |url=http://www.patriot-news.com/awards.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016061148/http://www.patriot-news.com/awards.php |archive-date=2009-10-16 }}

In 2008, the political website PolitickerPA.com named her one of the "Most Powerful Political Reporters" in Pennsylvania.{{cite news|last=Edge |first=Wally |title=Most powerful political reporters |work=PolitickerPA.com |publisher=The Observer Media Group |date=July 21, 2008 |url=http://www.politicker.com/pennsylvania/20302/most-powerful-political-reporters }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 2009, she and Charlie Thompson shared an "Honorable Mention" Keystone Press Award in Spot News Reporting from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association for their "Bonus Busts" coverage of the "Bonusgate" arrests.{{cite web | title = 2009 Keystone Award Winners - Division I | publisher = Pennsylvania Newspaper Association | year = 2009 | url = http://www.pa-newspaper.org/core/contentmanager/uploads/PDFs/Contests/2009KeystoneWinners-DivI.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722114802/http://www.pa-newspaper.org/core/contentmanager/uploads/PDFs/Contests/2009KeystoneWinners-DivI.pdf | archive-date = 2011-07-22 }}