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