Freedom of the Press Awards

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press recognizes journalism and media law leaders at its annual Freedom of the Press Awards Dinner.

2020

The Reporters Committee 50th Anniversary Celebration and 2020 Freedom of the Press Awards, presented by Microsoft, will be at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York on May 5, 2020.

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Previous Honorees

2019

David G. Bradley, Atlantic Media
John Carreyrou, The Wall Street Journal
Andrea Mitchell, NBC News
April Ryan, American Urban Radio Networks and CNN
City Bureau Founders Harry Backlund, Andrea Hart, Bettina Chang, and Darryl Holliday, Rising Star Award

2018

Dean Baquet, The New York Times
Robert Siegel, NPR
Lynn Novick, Florentine Films
Nabiha Syed, BuzzFeed News, Inaugural Rising Star Award

2017

Martin Baron, The Washington Post
Kathleen Carroll, The Associated Press
Paul Steiger, ProPublica
The Media & First Amendment practice of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

2016

Tom Brokaw, NBC News, presented with the Fred Graham Distinguished Service Award
Eve Burton and the Office of General Counsel, Hearst
Alberto Ibargüen and Eric Newton, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

The Freedom of the Press Awards were annualized in 2016. 

2014

Sharon Percy Rockefeller, WETA
Carol Rosenberg, The Miami Herald
Bruce Sanford, BakerHostetler
Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr., The New York Times

2012

Fred Graham, Reporters Committee Founding Member, honored with the first Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Distinguished Service Award
Josh Gerstein, Politico
Brian Lamb, C-SPAN Networks
Barbara Wall, Gannett Co. Inc.

2010

Carl Bernstein, author; Lesley Stahl, CBS News, “60 Minutes”; Kurt Wimmer, Covington & Burling LLP; Bob Woodward, The Washington Post

2007

Tom Curley, The Associated Press; Mark Goodman, Student Press Law Center; Colbert I. King, The Washington Post; Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio; Special Recognition: Charles Overby, The Freedom Forum/Newseum

2005

Floyd Abrams, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel; Molly Ivins, Syndicated Columnist; Mike Wallace, CBS News, “60 Minutes”; Special Recognition: Hodding Carter, The Knight Foundation

2001

Katharine Graham, The Washington Post

1997

Jack Nelson, Los Angeles Times

1995

Herb Block, The Washington Post; Ben Bradlee, The Washington Post; John Chancellor, NBC News; A.M. Rosenthal, The New York Times