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The Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism encourages and showcases substantive, innovative coverage that informs viewers about their electoral choices.
WATCH the 2017 panel discussion “Enemies of the People?” with Jorge Ramos, Jake Tapper, Katy Tur and Brian Stelter, moderated by Lear Center Director Marty Kaplan or READ THE FULL TRANSCRIPT.
At the awards event in 2005, Cronkite warned that “it’s going to be, to a large degree, up to us in television and radio, in broadcasting” to equip Americans “to perform the act of intelligently selecting our leaders…. If we fail at that, our democracy, our republic is, I think, in serious danger.”
WATCH the awards ceremony featuring all national and local winners:
Read the full PRESS RELEASE and view winning entries below. The trophies were presented at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Friday, April 28, 2017.
2017 WALTER CRONKITE AWARD WINNERS
National Individual Achievement
Jorge Ramos, Univision and Fusion
Katy Tur, NBC
Jake Tapper, CNN
National Network Program
Reliable Sources, CNN
Station Group
Hearst Television
The E.W. Scripps Company
Local Broadcast Station
WXIA, Atlanta
KXAN-TV, Austin
Local Individual Achievement – Small Market
Sabrina Ahmed, West Des Moines, Iowa
Local Individual Achievement – Large Market
Brandon Rittiman, KUSA, Denver
Special Commendation for Local Investigative Journalism
Marshall Zelinger, KMGH-TV Denver
Special Commendation for Voter Education
KCETLink Media Group
Brooks Jackson Prize for Fact Checking
The E.W. Scripps Company
KUSA, Denver
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