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
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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
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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
Twitter
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
Tim Russert
Washington bureau chief and moderator of "Meet the Press"
NBC News
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i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence
CNN/YouTube
2007
Lifetime Achievement Award