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2024 Freedom of the Press Awards

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The 2024 Freedom of the Press Awards were held Oct. 16, 2024, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York. The cocktail reception began at 6:00 p.m. Dinner and program were at 7:00 p.m. Martha Raddatz, ABC News’ chief global affairs correspondent and co-anchor of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” hosted 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, Chief Impact Officer, CalMatters and 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

Presenter

Microsoft

Champions

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Dow Jones
O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Legacies

Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation
FOX News Media
Dodi Fromson and Family
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Hearst
News Corp
The Walt Disney Company

Advocates

Advance
Amanda Bennett
Bloomberg
Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. and Helen Boutrous
Chevron
Covington & Burling LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Google News Initiative
HarperCollins Publishers
JPMorganChase
The New York Times Company
Paul Hastings LLP
ProPublica & Paul and Ann Sagan
Realtor.com
Thomson Reuters
WilmerHale
Annik & Michael J. Wolf and the team at Activate

Defenders

Stephen J. Adler and Lisa Grunwald
ALM
The Associated Press
BlackRock
Boston Globe Media
Brunswick Group
CBS News and Stations
CNN Worldwide
DCI Group
Dentons US LLP
DLA Piper
The E.W. Scripps Company
Edelman
The Glocer Family
Ben Heineman and Cristine Russell
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Motion Picture Association
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
NBCUniversal News Group
News/Media Alliance
OpenAI
POLITICO
Robert S. Rifkind
Sheppard Mullin
Jim Smith
TIME
U.S. News & World Report
The Washington Post
Williams & Connolly LLP

Supporters

BakerHostetler
Ballard Spahr
David Boardman
Lindsey Boylan & LeRoy Kim
Marcus Brauchli & Maggie Farley
Bruce D. Brown and Amy Rifkind
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Sewell Chan
Foxcroft Strategy Group, LLC
Gannett
Manny Garcia, Houston Landing
Arthur and Trudy Golden
Linda Greenhouse
The Guardian US
Hogan Lovells
Margaret Low and Kinsey Wilson
Magnolia Pictures
The Matthews Family
McDermott Will Emery LLP
McGuireWoods LLP
Mintz & Gold LLP
Mother
The National Catholic Reporter
James Neff
NPR
Mark Patricof
PBS
Norman Pearlstine and Jane Boon
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Pierre Thomas
TikTok
Saundra and Jack Torry
UTA
Wallace House Center for Journalists
Vickie Walton-James

List in formation as of Oct. 16.

Event Details

The dress code is Business Attire.

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