Edward R. Murrow Award (Washington State University)
prize given by the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication (Washington State University)
The Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award is a journalism/communication honor extended by the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication of Washington State University.
The award is for "commitment to excellence that exemplifies the career of Edward R. Murrow." It may be for Lifetime Achievement or Distinguished Achievement, on a case-by-case basis.
Honorees
As of 2011, the honorees were:
1997, Sam Donaldson, for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting
1998, Frank Blethen, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
1998, Walter Cronkite, for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting
1998, Moriyoshi Saito, for International and Intercultural Communication
1999, Al Neuharth, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
1999, Keith Jackson, for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting
2000, Ted Turner, for Lifetime Achievement in Communications
2001, Bernard Shaw, for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting
2002, Sir Howard Stringer, for International and Intercultural Communication
2002, Christiane Amanpour, for Distinguished Achievement in Broadcasting
2002, Daniel Schorr, for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting
2003, Daniel Pearl, for Distinguished Achievement in Journalism
2004, Peter Jennings, for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting
2006, Tom Brokaw, for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting
2007, David Fanning and FRONTLINE, for Distinguished Achievement in Journalism[1]
2008, Don Hewitt, for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcast Journalism
2009, Bob Schieffer, for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcast Journalism
2009, Helen Thomas, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
2010, Deborah Amos, for Lifetime Achievement in Radio
2010, Judy Woodruff, for Lifetime Achievement in Television
2011, Ted Koppel, for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcast Journalism [2] Archived 2011-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
2012, Dan Rather, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
2013, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, for Lifetime Achievement in support of Journalism
2015, Clarissa Ward, for Lifetime Achievement in Distinguished Journalism
2018, Robert Siegel, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
2019, Melissa Block, for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcast Journalism
2021, Lester Holt, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
2022, Ann Curry, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
2023, Dean Baquet, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
2024, Maria Hinojosa, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
2025, Harry Smith, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
See also
List of American television awards
Edward R. Murrow
References
External links
Murrow Award Recipients. Accessed September 24, 2011.
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