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annual Freedom of the Press Awards. The event is a highlight of our year where friends, honorees, and partners gather with us to celebrate the free press.</p> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-69372 " src="https://www.rcfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024_RCFP_gold_microphone.png" alt="Gold microphone icon" width="98" height="195" srcset="https://www.rcfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024_RCFP_gold_microphone.png 1116w, https://www.rcfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024_RCFP_gold_microphone.png?resize=151,300 151w, https://www.rcfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024_RCFP_gold_microphone.png?resize=768,1530 768w, https://www.rcfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024_RCFP_gold_microphone.png?resize=514,1024 514w, https://www.rcfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024_RCFP_gold_microphone.png?resize=771,1536 771w, https://www.rcfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024_RCFP_gold_microphone.png?resize=1028,2048 1028w" sizes="(max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px" /></p> <h5><a href="https://www.rcfp.org/awards2024/"><b>2024</b></a><b> </b><b></b></h5> <p>The <a href="https://www.rcfp.org/awards2024/">2024 Freedom of the Press Awards</a> were held Oct. 16, 2024, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York.</p> <p>The 2024 Freedom of the Press Award winners are:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Stephen Paul Engelberg</strong>, Editor-in-Chief, ProPublica, <i>Career Achievement Award</i></li> <li><strong>Maria Hinojosa</strong>, Founder and President, Futuro Media, <i>Career Achievement Award</i></li> <li><strong>Josie Huang</strong>, Reporter, LAist, <i>Catalyst Award</i></li> <li><strong>Mazin Sidahmed</strong>, Co-Founder, Documented, <i>Local Champion Award</i></li> <li><strong>Sisi Wei</strong>, Editor-in-Chief, The Markup, <i>Rising Star Award</i></li> <li><strong>Covington & Burling LLP</strong>, <i>Pro Bono Service Award</i></li> </ul> <p><b>Quick Links</b></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.rcfp.org/2024-freedom-of-the-press-awards/">Learn more about the 2024 Freedom of the Press Award winners</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.rcfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024_RCFP_Sponsorships_E041124.pdf">Reserve and/or purchase sponsorships, tables, tickets, and advertisements, or make a donation in support of the 2024 Awards</a>.</li> </ul> <hr /> <h3>Previous Honorees</h3> <h5><a href="http://rcfp.org/awards2023"><b>2023</b></a><b> </b><b></b></h5> <p>Rachel Aston, Photographer, Las Vegas Review-Journal, <em>Catalyst Award</em><br /> Glenn Cook, Executive Editor, Las Vegas Review-Journal, <em>Catalyst Award</em><br /> Lizzie Johnson, Local Enterprise Reporter, The Washington Post, <em>Catalyst Award</em><br /> Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Executive Director, Native American Journalists Association, <em>Local Champion Award</em><br /> Ashton R. Lattimore, Editor-in-Chief, Prism, <em>Rising Star Award</em><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem;">Martha Minow</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem;">, 300th Anniversary University Professor, Harvard University, </span><em style="font-size: 1.125rem;">Career Achievement Award</em><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem;"><br /> </span>Pierre G. Thomas, Chief Justice Correspondent, ABC News, <em>Career Achievement Award</em></p> <h5><a href="https://www.rcfp.org/awards2022/">2022</a></h5> <p>Kevin T. Baine, Senior Counsel, Williams & Connolly LLP, <i>Career Achievement Award<br /> </i>Azmat Khan, Investigative Reporter, The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine, <i>Catalyst Award<br /> </i>Wendi C. Thomas, Founding Editor and Publisher, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, <i>Local Champion Award<br /> </i>Judy Woodruff, Anchor and Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour, <i>Career Achievement Award<br /> </i>Sahan Journal, led by Founding Publisher and CEO Mukhtar M. Ibrahim, <i>Rising Star Award</i></p> <h5><a href="/50">2021</a></h5> <p>J. Scott Applewhite, Photojournalist, The Associated Press<br /> Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP<br /> Julie K. Brown, Investigative Reporter, Miami Herald<br /> Amal Clooney, Co-Founder and President, Clooney Foundation for Justice<br /> Jane Mayer, Staff Writer and Chief Washington Correspondent, The New Yorker<br /> Laura Moscoso, Data Journalist, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, <em>Rising Star Award<br /> </em>Tony Mauro, Contributor at ALM Media Properties, LLC, <em>Fred Graham Distinguished Service Award</em><br /> Saundra Torry, Retired Member of USA TODAY’S Editorial Board, <em>Fred Graham Distinguished Service Award</em></p> <h5><a href="http://rcfp.org/awardsdinner2019">2019</a></h5> <p>David G. Bradley, Atlantic Media<br /> John Carreyrou, The Wall Street Journal<br /> Andrea Mitchell, NBC News<br /> April Ryan, American Urban Radio Networks and CNN<br /> City Bureau Founders Harry Backlund, Andrea Hart, Bettina Chang, and Darryl Holliday, <em>Rising Star Award</em></p> <h5><a href="https://www.rcfp.org/awardsdinner2018/">2018</a></h5> <p>Dean Baquet, The New York Times<br /> Robert Siegel, NPR<br /> Lynn Novick, Florentine Films<br /> Nabiha Syed, BuzzFeed News, <em>Inaugural Rising Star Award</em></p> <h5><a href="https://www.rcfp.org/awards2017/">2017</a></h5> <p>Martin Baron, The Washington Post<br /> Kathleen Carroll, The Associated Press<br /> Paul Steiger, ProPublica<br /> The Media & First Amendment practice of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP</p> <h5><a href="https://www.rcfp.org/awards2016/">2016</a></h5> <p>Tom Brokaw, NBC News, <em>pr</em><em>esented with the Fred Graham Distinguished Service Award<br /> </em>Eve Burton and the Office of General Counsel, Hearst<br /> Alberto Ibargüen and Eric Newton, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation</p> <p><em>The Freedom of the Press Awards were annualized in 2016. </em></p> <h5><a href="https://www.rcfp.org/awardsdinner2014/">2014</a></h5> <p>Sharon Percy Rockefeller, WETA<br /> Carol Rosenberg, The Miami Herald<br /> Bruce Sanford, BakerHostetler<br /> Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr., The New York Times</p> <h5><a href="https://www.rcfp.org/awards2012/">2012</a></h5> <p>Fred Graham, Reporters Committee Founding Member, <em>honored with the first Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Distinguished Service Award<br /> </em>Josh Gerstein, Politico<br /> Brian Lamb, C-SPAN Networks<br /> Barbara Wall, Gannett Co. Inc.</p> <h5>2010</h5> <p>Carl Bernstein, author<br /> Lesley Stahl, CBS News, “60 Minutes”<br /> Kurt Wimmer, Covington & Burling LLP<br /> Bob Woodward, The Washington Post</p> <h5>2007</h5> <p>Tom Curley, The Associated Press<br /> Mark Goodman, Student Press Law Center<br /> Colbert I. 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