Special Awards
To view the special award recipients in previous years, please choose a new year in the select list below.
2019
i-3 award for impact, innovation, and influence
Twitch
Fred Dressler Leadership Award
Jeff Zucker
President and Chairman
CNN Worldwide and WarnerMedia News and Sports
2018
Fred Dressler Leadership Award
Sheila Nevins
Executive Producer & Former President
HBO Documentary Films and Family for Home Box Office
Special Recognition
60 Minutes
i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence
NPR
2017
Fred Dressler Leadership Award
i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence
The New York Times
2016
Fred Dressler Leadership Award
i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence
Nonny de la Peña
CEO
Emblematic Group
2015
Fred Dressler Leadership Award
Josh Sapan
President and CEO
AMC Networks
i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence
2014
Fred Dressler Leadership Award
i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence
Walt Mossberg
Co-executive editor
Re/code
Kara Swisher
Co-executive editor
Re/code
2013
i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence
Nate Silver
Statistician
Fred Dressler Leadership Award
Anne Sweeney
Co-chair and president
Disney Media Networks and Disney/ABC Television Group
2012
i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence
Knight Foundation
2011
Fred Dressler Achievement Award
i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence
Naveen Selvadurai
Co-founder
Foursquare
Dennis Crowley
Co-founder
Foursquare
2010
i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence
Fred Dressler Achievement Award
2009
i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence
Obama for America New Media Department/Blue State Digital
Fred Dressler Lifetime Achievement Award
2008
Fred Dressler Lifetime Achievement Award
i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence
