Awards Ceremony
A luncheon awards ceremony is held each June in New York City. Past luncheon attendees have included:
- Dan Abrams, CEO, Abrams Research
- Eric Alterman, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
- Ken Auletta, Author & Writer of the Annals of Communication, The New Yorker
- James Bennet, Editor, The Atlantic
- Jeff Bercovici, Media Columnist, AOL’s Daily Finance
- Richard Berke, Washington Editor, New York Times
- Edward Bleier, Media Consultant, Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture
- David Bohrman, Senior Vice President, CNN
- Mark Bowden, National Correspondent, The Atlantic
- Pete Breen, Senior Producer, MSNBC
- Contessa Brewer, Anchor, MSNBC
- Julian Brodsky, Vice Chairman, Comcast Corporation
- David Carey, Group Publisher, Conde Nast
- Margaret Carlson, Political Columnist, Bloomberg News
- David Carr, Columnist, The New York Times
- Alexa Cassanos, Director, Public Relations, The New Yorker
- Noam Cohen, Reporter, The New York Times
- Bill Cunningham, Contributing Columnist, The New York Times
- Ann Curry, News Anchor, NBC
- Judith Czelusniak, Chief Communications Officer, Bloomberg
- Greg D’Alba, EVP & COO, CNN Sales and Marketing
- Dr. Howard Dean, Consultant, Democracy for America
- Judith H. Dobrzynski, Independent Writer/Editor
- Karen Brown Dunlap, President, The Poynter Institute
- Nora Ephron, Director/Writer, Heartburn Entertainment
- Ed Felsenthal, Managing Editor, The Daily Beast
- Lou Ferrara, Managing Editor, Associated Press
- Jon Fine, Media Columnist, BusinessWeek
- David Folkenflik, Media Correspondent, National Public Radio
- Willie Geist, Co-host, Morning Joe, MSNBC
- Brooke Gladstone, Host & Managing Editor, On The Media
- Phil Griffin, President, MSNBC
- Ben Grossman, Editor-in-Chief, Broadcasting and Cable
- Lloyd Grove, Staff Writer, Conde Nast Portfolio
- Steve Grove, Head of News and Politics, YouTube
- Bruce Headlam, Media and Marketing Editor, New York Times
- Andy Heller, Vice Chairman, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Joyce Hergenhan, Retired President, The GE Fund
- Andrew Heynard, Former President, CBS News
- Arianna Huffington, Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post
- Larry Ingrassia, Business Editor, New York Times
- Peter Kafka, Senior Editor, AllThingsD Blog
- Phil Kent, Chairman and CEO, Turner Broadcasting System
- Larry Kramer, Senior Advisor, Polaris Venture Partners
- Peter Lauria, Media and Entertainment Writer/Reporter, NY Post
- David Leavy, Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Communications, Discovery Communications
- Chris Licht, Executive Producer, Morning Joe, MSNBC
- Caroline Little, CEO, North America, Guardian News & Media
- Tom Lowry, Senior Writer, BusinessWeek
- Rick Lyman, Film Critic, New York Times
- Bob Miron, Chairman and CEO, Advance/Newhouse Communications
- Seth Mnookin, Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine
- Betsy Morgan, CEO, The Huffington Post
- Jack Myers, CEO, Myers Publishing LLC
- Donald Newhouse, President, Advance Publications
- Steven Newhouse, Chairman, Advance.net
- Joe Nocera, Columnist, The New York Times
- David Noonan, Senior Editor, Newsweek
- Richard Perez-Pena, Reporter, The New York Times
- Maurie Perl, Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer, Condé Nast
- Bruce Perlmutter, Senior Producer, Fox Business Channel
- Patrick Phillips, Editor/Founder, I Want Media
- Richard Prince, Columnist, Journal-isms
- Rem Rieder, Editor/Publisher, American Journalism Review
- John Roberts, Anchor, CNN
- Richard Siklos, Editor-At-Large, Fortune
- Rachel Sklar, Director, Abrams Research
- Joe Strupp, Senior Editor, Editor and Publisher
- John Sykes, Partner, The Pilot Group
- Clive Thompson, Contributing Writer and Columnist, New York Times Magazine, Fast Company, Wired
- Laurel Toubey, Founder and General Manager, Mediabistro
- Richard Turner, Arts & Entertainment Editor, WSJ.com, Wall Street Journal
- Garrick Utley, President, Levin Graduate Institute
- Brian Williams, Anchor and Managing Editor, NBC
- David Zaslav, President and CEO, Discovery Communications
- Jeff Zucker, President and CEO, NBC Television Network