Matthews to Host RTDNF First Amendment Awards
| RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, February 8, 2017 |
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The Radio Television Digital News Foundation (RTDNF) has announced Chris Matthews of MSNBC will host the 2017 First Amendment Awards Dinner. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at the Grand Hyatt Washington on Tuesday, March 14.
"When it comes to American politics, Chris Matthews has seen it all, and he's done a remarkable job of explaining it all to a generation of viewers," said RTDNF Chair Kathy Walker. "We're delighted to have him as our master of ceremonies, as we honor champions of the First Amendment and support the work of our Foundation."
The honorees include:
Bill Whitaker, CBS News - Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award Steve Jones, ABC News Radio - First Amendment Service Award Stanley S. Hubbard, Hubbard Broadcasting - First Amendment Leadership Award Mark Halperin / John Heilemann - First Amendment Award Nina Totenberg, NPR News - RTDNF Lifetime Achievement Award
The event, which raises funds for RTDNF's journalism scholarship, fellowship and leadership programs, will also include special recognition of three people who died in 2016: National Public Radio photographer David Gilkey who was killed in Afghanistan when his convoy came under fire, PBS anchor and managing editor Gwen Ifill, and George Glazer, who chaired the committee that launched RTDNF's First Amendment Awards in 1990.
