Jon Stewart And Rachel Maddow Among Honorees Of USC Annenberg’s Walter Cronkite Political Journalism Awards
Jon Stewart and Rachel Maddow will be among the honorees on Friday as USC Annenberg presents its Walter Cronkite Awards for Excellence in Political Journalism.
The ceremony will take place on Friday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
In addition to Maddow, honorees will include Scott Pelley of 60 Minutes, Peter Alexander of NBC News, Julio Vaqueiro of Noticias Telemundo and John Dickerson, who recently announced his departure from the network, after most recently serving as anchor of CBS Evening News. Also being recognized for local news coverage is KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City and KSL-TV in Salt Lake City.
Stewart, who will send a video message to the ceremony, is being recognized in a new category: comedia news and commentary.
Martin Kaplan, the founding director of the Norman Lear Center and USC Annenberg professor, said in a statement, “The message sent by honoring these winners is that the press isn’t ‘the enemy of the people’ – it’s the firewall between the public and disinformation, abuse of power and corruption.”
The awards were established in 2001 and are presented biennially.
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