Caroline Beasley to Receive Media Institute Award at DC Gala

RADIO ONLINE | Friday, October 4, 2019

Caroline Beasley

The Media Institute will bestow awards on Beasley Media Group CEO Caroline Beasley and and The Washington Post publisher and CEO Frederick J. Ryan Jr. at its annual "Free Speech America" Gala on Monday, October 7. The event will take place at The Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, DC and FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks will deliver the keynote address.

Beasley will receive the American Horizon Award for her visionary industry leadership, helping grow a family-owned radio business from a single AM station into a 65-station multi-media corporation. The award will be presented by Senator Gordon Smith, who is President/CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). Beasley held several senior-level positions before becoming CEO in 2017. She has served as joint board chair of the National Association of Broadcasters board of directors and is a past chairman of the NAB radio board.

Ryan will receive the Freedom of Speech Award for upholding principles of free speech and free press throughout a journalism career that has spanned print, broadcast, cable, and digital media. Presenting the award will be Pamela Brown, senior White House correspondent for CNN.

The master of ceremonies will be communications attorney and former FCC chairman Richard E. Wiley of Wiley Rein.