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RTDNA Foundation Announces First Amendment Award Honorees


The RTDNA Foundation will honor nine individuals at the 32nd annual First Amendment Awards, recognizing their efforts to promote responsible journalism and preserve the constitutionally guaranteed rights to do so.

The nine recipients of the 2023 First Amendment Awards will join 132 previous recipients who stood for the values of the First Amendment.  Honorees will be recognized at the 32nd annual First Amendment Awards, March 2 at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, DC.

“We are so grateful to have the opportunity to honor these individuals at the First Amendment Awards,” said RTDNA Foundation President Dan Shelley. “This year’s recipients feature some trailblazing pioneers, visionary leaders, brave reporters, and brilliant journalists. All are people who helped push journalism forward.”

In addition to recognizing responsible journalism, the First Amendment Awards Dinner & Show is the Foundation’s biggest annual fundraiser, enabling the Foundation to ensure the broadcast and digital news profession remains a critical part of our nation’s free press for generations to come and supporting scholarships for journalism students.

“One of the great privileges of the RTDNA Foundation is honoring true journalism heroes at the First Amendment Awards,” said RTDNA Foundation Chair Allison McGinley. “The First Amendment is enshrined in our Bill of Rights to protect the type of work these honorees have helped produce.”

The honorees at this year’s First Amendment Awards are:



Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award — This award is presented to a radio or television journalist or news executive who has made a major contribution to the protection of First Amendment freedoms. It is named for the late Broadcasting & Cable senior correspondent, Leonard Zeidenberg.

First Amendment Leadership Award — This award honors an outstanding individual or organization which champions the First Amendment and press freedoms.

First Amendment Service Award — This award honors professionals in local or network news who work in an off-air, management, largely behind-the-scenes capacity.

First Amendment Award — This award is presented to a business, government or other leader who has made a significant contribution to the protection of the First Amendment and freedom of the press.

First Amendment Clarity Award — This award recognizes a journalist or group of journalists who go to extraordinary lengths to provide meaning and context to complicated news stories or issues of extreme public importance.

Citation of Courage — This award is presented in recognition of distinguished service to journalism and extraordinary courage.

Lifetime Achievement Award
Want to attend the 2023 First Amendment Awards? Register now!

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