2024 Freedom of the Press Awards
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The 2024 Freedom of the Press Awards will be held Oct. 16, 2024, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York. The cocktail reception begins at 6:00 p.m. Dinner and program are at 7:00 p.m. Martha Raddatz, ABC News’ chief global affairs correspondent and co-anchor of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” will host the event.
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2024 Honorees
The 2024 Freedom of the Press Award winners are:
Career Achievement Award
Stephen Paul Engelberg, Editor-in-Chief, ProPublica
Maria Hinojosa, Founder and President, Futuro Media
Catalyst Award
Josie Huang, Reporter, LAist
Local Champion Award
Mazin Sidahmed, Co-Founder, Documented
Rising Star Award
Sisi Wei, Editor-in-Chief, The Markup
Pro Bono Service Award
Covington & Burling LLP
Event Chairs
Horacio Gutierrez, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer of The Walt Disney Company
Almar Latour, Publisher of The Wall Street Journal and CEO of Dow Jones
Sponsors
Champions
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Microsoft
Legacies
Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation
Hearst
Advocates
Covington & Burling LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
The New York Times
Annik & Michael J. Wolf and the team at Activate
Defenders
CNN Worldwide
DCI Group
DLA Piper
Edelman
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
NBCUniversal News Group
POLITICO
Robert S. Rifkind
TIME
The Washington Post
Williams & Connolly LLP
Supporters
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Hogan Lovells
Saundra and Jack Torry
Event Details
The dress code is Business Attire.