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FiRST aMeNDMeNT aWaRD Mark Halperin Creator, Executive Producer, and Co-Host, Showtime’s The Circus; senior political analyst, nBC news and MsnBC; and Co-author, new york times bestsellers Game Change and Double Down.

John Heilemann Creator, Executive Producer, and Co-Host, Showtime’s The Circus; senior political analyst, nBC news and MsnBC; and Co-author, New York Times bestsellers Game Change and Double Down.

FiRST aMeNDMeNT leaDeRShiP aWaRD Stanley S. Hubbard, Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Oficer and President, Hubbard , inc. stanley e. Hubbard, founder, Hubbard Broadcasting, inc. Presenter: Marvin Rosenberg, J.D., Holland & Knight, retired.

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6 | 2017 first amendment awards Master of of Ceremonies chRiS MaTTheWS Best-Selling Author and Host of Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC

Chris Matthews has been following American politics since the irst Eisenhower campaign. As a very young teenager, he became enthralled with the historic rivalry of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. It was a time of big downtown rallies and ticker tape parades on Wall Street, when supporters wore boater hats and bright campaign buttons.

Hardly a decade later he was engaged in American politics professionally. Back home from the Peace Corps in Africa, he was working in the US senate. Then came his tour in the White House as a presidential speechwriter, followed by his front-row seat as top aide to the legendary Speaker of the House, Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr.

In the late 1980s, Chris switched to full-time journalism, serving as Washington Bureau Chief for the San Francisco Examiner. In this capacity he covered some of the great historic events of the late 20th century, including the fall of the Berlin Wall and the irst all-races election in South Africa.

He began his career on television in 1994 as host of a two-hour nightly program on the NBC-owned America’s Talking network. Three years later, he launched “Hardball,” now on MSNBC, which was the title of his best-selling handbook on real-life politics published in 1988. He has been on the air every weekday night since.

In all the years Chris has been involved in the country’s public life he’s kept an abiding faith in electoral politics, his quadrennial hope that the American people will make the best judgment on who should lead. He has kept that faith through war and peace, good times and bad, through great leaders and not-so-great. He has never lost his vigorous love of democracy and how it can serve to make this country, through all its challenges, a more perfect union.

He is the author of six best-selling books. They are, “Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero,”“Hardball: How Politics is Played, Told by One Who Knows the Game;”“Kennedy & Nixon: The Rivalry that Shaped Postwar America;”“Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think;”“American: Beyond our Grandest Notions;” and “Life’s a Campaign.”

His most recent best-selling book, “Tip and The Gipper: When Politics Worked,” is a magniicent personal history of a time when two great political opponents served together for the beneit of the country. He is married to Kathleen Matthews, Executive Vice President of Marriott International.

text GiVe to 202-471-1949 | 7 CONGRATULATES OUR COLLEAGUES MARK HALPERIN AND JOHN HEILEMANN ON RECEIVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT AWARD WE’RE PROUD TO SUPPORT THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THE RADIO TELEVISION DIGITAL NEWS FOUNDATION. ©2017 Showtime Networks Inc. All rights reserved. SHOWTIME “The Circus of Showtime Networks trademarks Inc., a CBS Company. registered marks are and related of All Time”: ©Showtime Networks Upset Inc. All rights reserved. Political Inside the Greatest Show on Earth” & “Trumped: Political Inside the Greatest

Traic: Stephanie Clark First Amendment Award RTDNF recognizes exceptional successes made by the television and radio , and news executives who have made signiicant contributions to the protection of First Amendment freedoms.

MaRK halPeRiN Creator, Executive Producer, and Co-Host, Showtime’s The Circus; senior political analyst, nBC news and MsnBC; and Co- author, New York Times bestsellers Game Change and Double Down.

Mark Halperin has long been one of the most respected chroniclers of american politics, having covered eight presidential campaigns during his nearly thirty-year career as a political . Halperin served as co-managing editor of Bloomberg politics and co-host of With all due respect, a daily news analysis show on Bloomberg tV and MsnBC, during the 2016 election cycle. He is also a regular contributor to nBC News’s Today program, MSNBC’s , and Charlie Rose on pBs. prior to joining Bloomberg, Halperin served as editor-at-large and senior political analyst for time and as political director of aBC news.

JohN heileMaNN Creator, Executive Producer, and Co-Host, Showtime’s The Circus; senior political analyst, nBC news and MsnBC; and Co- author, New York Times bestsellers Game Change and Double Down.

One of America’s most insightful and wide-ranging print and broadcast journalists, John Heilemann has covered politics, business, and culture for twenty-ive years in the U.S. and abroad. During the 2016 election cycle, he was co-managing editor of Bloomberg Politics and co-host of Bloomberg TV and MSNBC’s With All Due Respect. Prior to that, Heilemann served as New York magazine’s national affairs editor and as a staff writer for The New Yorker, Wired, and The Economist. He is a regular contributor to MSNBC’s Morning Joe and Charlie Rose, and a frequent guest on CBS This Morning, , and This Week with . together, halperin and heilemann are the co-authors of no. 1 best seller Game Change: obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime, widely hailed as the deinitive account of the historic 2008 presidential election, and its New York Times best-selling sequel, Double Down: Game Change 2012. Game Change was made into a ilm of the same name, which premiered on HBO in 2012 and went on to win ive Emmy® Awards, three Golden Globes®, and a peabody award.

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First Amendment Leadership Award RTDNF presents this award annually to a media executive, business or government leader who has upheld the highest standards of journalism and made a signiicant contribution to the protection of First Amendment freedoms.

STaNley S. hubbaRD Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Oficer and President, Hubbard Broadcasting, inc.

Chairman of Hubbard Broadcasting, inc., stanley s. Hubbard has followed in the family tradition by being a true broadcast pioneer. for more than 80 years, Hubbard Broadcasting has stayed on the industry's cutting edge, pioneering innovations in radio, television and satellite broadcasting. Mr. Hubbard’s industry accomplishments include overseeing the building of the irst successful UHF television station in a VHF market; with others in the Hubbard organization, creating the world’s irst satellite newsgathering organization; and establishing u.s. satellite Broadcasting (ussB). u.s. satellite Broadcasting was the original licensee for direct Broadcast satellite service in the . ussB, together with DIRECTV®, established the DSS® (Digital Satellite System), the irst high-powered digital broadcast system in the world. Broadcasting & Cable magazine labeled Hubbard “the father of satellite broadcasting”. Mr. Hubbard has served on the united states national information infrastructure advisory Council, which helped develop policies and plans for america's new information and telecommunications "superhighway" (1994-1995), the fCC's Blue ribbon advisory Committee on advanced television service (1988-1995), and the Broadcast advisory Committee to the House subcommittee on Communications which was chaired by Congressman Lionel Van deerlin (1977-1979). in addition, as a leader in the industry, Mr. Hubbard has been asked to testify before Congress on numerous occasions. Mr. Hubbard is a charter inductee in the Broad- casting & Cable Hall of Fame, the irst recipient of the Satellite Broadcasting Communications Association’s Arthur C. Clarke Award, and a recipient of the National Association of Broadcasters’ Distinguished Service Award (broadcasting’s highest honor). He has Lifetime achievement awards from twin Cities Business Hall of fame, Minnesota Business Hall of fame, Minnesota Broadcasters Hall of fame, and the university of Minnesota M Club Lifetime achievement award. Mr. Hubbard is a graduate of the Breck school and the university of Minnesota, with a Bachelor of arts degree. Mr. Hubbard has received an Honorary doctor of Law degree from the university of Minnesota and an Honorary doctorate from Hamline univer- sity. Hubbard Broadcasting owns 14 television stations serving Minnesota, new Mexico, and new york, and 46 radio stations in Washington d.C., , Minneapolis/st. paul, seattle, phoenix, Cincinnati, and st. Louis as well as f&f productions (a premier HdtV remote production facilities company). on the cable network front, Hubbard owns reeLZCHanneL – tV about Movies™ and is the controlling shareholder of ovation tV, the only cable/satellite networks dedicated, respectively, to everything about movies and to art and personal creativity. Born in st. paul, Mr. Hubbard is active in community and broadcasting affairs. Mr. Hubbard is a Lifetime trustee of the university of Minnesota. He serves on the executive Committee of the Minnesota Business partnership and the executive Committee of the Intrepid Foundation. He and his wife, Karen Holmen Hubbard, have ive children, ifteen grandchildren, and four great-grand- children.

STaNley e. hubbaRD founder, Hubbard Broadcasting, inc.

Stanley E. Hubbard, founded the company, which included the irst radio station in the country to become completely supported by advertising revenue, the irst television station in the world to broadcast newscasts completely in color, one of the irst two stations to have weather radar and the irst television in the country to practice investigative reporting. Stanley E. Hubbard, who died in 1992, was inducted into the national in 2014. the two men received the naB distin- guished service award in 1995.

Presenter: Marvin Rosenberg, J.D., Holland & Knight, retired.

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First Amendment Service Award This award honors news professionals in local or network news who work in an off-air, management capacity. Through largely behind-the-scenes work, winners of this award are in a position to inluence their news products and demonstrate standards of excellence that are the underpinnings of journalistic integrity and credibility.

STeVe JoNeS Vice president and General Manager, aBC news radio

steve Jones is in charge of strategic planning, business development, programming and operations for aBC-branded audio content covering news, entertainment, lifestyle and . The ABC audio brands include America’s most-listened to network, ABC news radio, along with iconic brands aBC radio, aBC sports radio and a growing suite of digital audio and text businesses marketed as aBC radio digital.

ABC News Radio reaches more than 73-million listeners each week and is afiliated on over 1500 radio stations. Beyond broadcast radio, aBC produces content for digital radio companies, satellite radio, wireless carriers, websites and radio partners around the globe. aBC radio digital syndicates written news, entertainment and lifestyle sto- ries to over 600 radio websites and major brand portals.

Under Jones’ leadership, ABC News Radio has received some of the highest honors in broadcasting including more than a dozen edward r. Murrow awards, 10 interna- tional Radio Festival Awards, ive National Headliner Awards and three New York Fes- tivals awards. Jones was twice named by the readers of radio & records as news executive of the year. prior to leading aBC news radio, Jones was the vice president for programming and operations for aBCnews.com during which time he oversaw all content and production. under his leadership, the aBCnews.com team won multiple awards, including an Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Network News website and a Peabody Award for ABCNews.com’s coverage of the 2001 terror attacks. Jones also launched the irst regularly scheduled webcast by a network, oversaw the launch of interactive web programming and co-produced ABC’s online millennium coverage and other special event programming.

Jones joined aBC news radio in 1986 as a writer and editor covering a wide range of major news stories, including the Iran-Contra affair and the irst Gulf War. In 1994, he began producing ABC News Radio’s documentary, long-form and series programming. during this period his work won two Writers Guild of america (WGa) awards and an overseas press Club award. in 1996, Jones was named senior producer responsible for major breaking news coverage and soon developed aBC news for Kids and sports for Kids. two years later he was promoted to director of news and entertainment pro- gramming, overseeing a staff producing news and feature content. during this period he led the effort to develop multiple websites for the daily delivery of ABC News and ABC Radio Networks’ text and audio to its afiliates. prior to joining aBC news, Jones was a radio newscaster and disc jockey on several stations, including WXrK-fM (K-Rock), New York, WLIR/ and WPIX/New York. He also has worked as television reporter for Cablevision’s news 12/Long island.

Jones was a 2010 Graduate school of Journalism fellow in the sulzberger executive Leadership program. He has an undergraduate degree from adelphi university. He lives in armonk, new york, with his wife and two children.

Presenter: Robin Sproul, VP and Washington Bureau Chief, ABC News

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Named for the late Broadcasting & Cable senior correspondent, this award is presented annually to a radio or television journalist or news executive whoe work, through high standard and signiicant achievements, embodies the spirit of the First Amendment and its free-press principles.

bill WhiTaKeR 60 Minutes Correspondent, CBs news

Bill Whitaker was named a 60 Minutes correspondent in March 2014; the 2016-17 season will be his third on the broadcast. His timely interview with the police chief of the embattled Cleveland division of police provided keen insight into the hot-button issue of race and policing in america. He also investigated the recent historic leak of information from swiss banks. Whitaker has been wide-ranging and proliic in his 60 Minutes reporting. In addition to domestic stories, he has reported from asia, africa, europe, Mexico and the Middle east in his two seasons, including a timely interview with Burmese pro-democracy leader aung san suu Kyi and an emmy-winning story on the biggest data leak in swiss banking history. domestically, his stories have provided keen insights into the hot-button issue of race and policing in America, the death penalty in the U.S. and America’s heroin epidemic. He has chronicled the epic battle to capture and hold Mexico’s infamous drug lord Joaquin “el Chapo” Guzman, gaining rare access to investigations on both sides of the border. More than 60 percent of 60 Minutes broadcasts in the 2015-16 season contained seg- ments reported by Whitaker. Before joining 60 Minutes, Whitaker covered virtually all of the major news stories in the West since he was posted to in 1992, reporting regularly for the CBs evening news and other CBs news broad- casts. He also has worked for Sunday Morning, turning out feature stories and thoughtful proiles, including on Barbra Streisand, and Gladys Knight. One of his most memorable Sunday Morning proiles was of ex-boxer Mike Tyson. He has interviewed First Lady Michelle Obama and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Whitaker frequently reported from overseas as well, covering the funeral of Nelson Mandela from South Africa. He also did pieces from Japan on the Fukushima nuclear disaster and from Haiti after the tragic earthquake there. He reported from Kabul during the early stages of the War in . In 2008, he covered Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. He was CBS News’ lead reporter covering the 2000 presidential cam- paign of George W. Bush. Prior to his assignment to Los Angeles, Whitaker served as CBS News’ Tokyo correspondent (1989-92). There, he covered sto- ries throughout Asia, including the pro-democracy uprising in Tiananmen Square, military coup attempts in the Philippines and the enthronement of Japan’s Emperor Akihito. He was in Baghdad for the build-up to Desert Storm. Before that, Whitaker was based in (1985-88), where he won an emmy for his reports on the collapse of Jim and tammy Bakker’s television ministry and covered the 1988 presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis. Whitaker joined CBS News as a reporter in november 1984. Previously, Whitaker was a correspondent for WBTV-TV, the CBS afiliate in Charlotte, N.C. He began his career at KQed-tV in san francisco, where he was a producer, associate producer and researcher/writer. Whitaker was born in philadelphia on august, 26, 1951; he graduated from Hobart and William smith Colleges with a B.a. de- gree in American history and from University with a master’s degree in African-American studies. Whitaker also attended the Master of Journalism program at the university of California, Berkeley. He was awarded an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from Hobart and William smith Colleges in 1997.

Presenter: Jeff Fager, Executive Producer, 60 Minutes

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1/23/17 5:54 PM CELEBRATING A LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENTS

1975 1977 NPR Watergate appeals Began her career at Reported on the private National Public Radio Supreme Court deliberations

1986 1988 William Rehnquist’s Chief Douglas Ginsburg’s Supreme Justice nomination Court nomination Broke the story that William H. Awarded the 1988 Alfred I. duPont- Rehnquist had written a memo Columbia University Silver Baton Award in 1970 opposing the Equal for “Outstanding Broadcast Journalism” Rights Amendment

1990s 1991 Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings Became a regular Disclosed allegations of sexual contributor at ABC’s harassment lodged against Supreme Nightline Court nominee Clarence Thomas

1992 — 2013 PRESENT Inside Washington Today, Nina continues serving Was a panelist on the as legal afairs correspondent political commentary show for NPR Inside Washington

Congratulations Nina Totenberg

Your friends and NPR fans send you warm and heartfelt congratulations on your Lifetime Achievement Award. We thank you for your inspiring commitment to the world of journalism. RTDNF Lifetime Achievement Award

NiNa ToTeNbeRg Legal affairs Correspondent, npr news

Nina Totenberg is NPR’s award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Her reports air regu- larly on NPR’s critically acclaimed newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.

Totenberg’s coverage of the Supreme Court and legal affairs has won her widespread recognition. Newsweek says, “the mainstays [of npr] are Morning edition and all things Considered. But the creme de la creme is nina totenberg.”

in 1991, her ground-breaking report about university of oklahoma Law professor anita Hill’s allegations of sexual harassment by Judge Clarence Thomas led the Senate Judicia- ry Committee to re-open Thomas’s Supreme Court conirmation hearings to consider Hill’s charges. npr received the prestigious George foster peabody award for its gavel-to-gav- el coverage — anchored by Totenberg — of both the original hearings and the inquiry into Anita Hill’s allegations, and for Totenberg’s reports and exclusive interview with Hill. that same coverage earned totenberg additional awards, among them: the Long island university George polk award for excellence in journalism; the sigma delta Chi award from the society of professional Journalists for investigative reporting; the Carr Van anda award from the scripps school of Journalism; and the prestigious Joan s. Barone award for excellence in Washington-based national affairs/public policy reporting, which also acknowledged her coverage of Justice Thurgood Marshall’s retirement. totenberg was named Broadcaster of the year and honored with the 1998 sol taishoff award for excellence in Broadcasting from the National Press Foundation. She is the irst radio journalist to receive the award. She is also the recipient of the Amer- ican Judicature Society’s irst-ever award honoring a career body of work in the ield of journalism and the law. In 1988, Toten- berg won the alfred i. dupont-Columbia university silver Baton for her coverage of supreme Court nominations. the jurors of the award stated, “Ms. Totenberg broke the story of Judge (Douglas) Ginsburg’s use of marijuana, raising issues of changing social values and credibility with careful perspective under deadline pressure.” totenberg has been honored seven times by the american Bar association for continued excellence in legal reporting and has received a number of honorary degrees. on a lighter note, in 1992 and 1988 Esquire magazine named her one of the “Women We Love”.

A frequent contributor to major and periodicals, she has published articles in The New York Times Magazine, The Harvard Law Review, The Christian Science Monitor, Parade Magazine, New York Magazine, and others.

Before joining npr in 1975, totenberg served as Washington editor of new times Magazine, and before that she was the legal affairs correspondent for the national observer.

Presenter: Michael Oreskes, Senior Vice President of News and Editorial Director, NPR

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Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award Honoree

WWW.UNITEDTALENT.COM Past Honorees leoNaRD ZeiDeNbeRg FiRST aMeNDMeNT aWaRD 2017 Bill Whitaker 2008 1999 2016 Cami McCormick 2007 and Kimberly dozier 1998 Mike Wallace 2015 2006 Gwen Iill 1997 2014 Lester Holt 2005 1996 Carole simpson 2013 Candy Crowley 2004 andrea Mitchell 1995 2012 2003 Judy Woodruff 1994 2011 Wolf Blitzer 2002 sam donaldson 1993 John Chancellor 2010 Brian Williams 2001 Jim Lehrer 1992 James snyder 2009 2000 diane sawyer

FiRST aMeNDMeNT SeRVice aWaRD 2017 steve Jones 2010 Harvey nagler 2003 susan Zirinsky 2016 robert Garcia 2009 susan Grant 2002 fred young 2015 perry sook 2008 paula Madison 2001 Gary Wordlaw 2014 robin sproul 2007 philip Balboni 2000 Lee Giles 2013 Lloyd siegel 2006 William Wheatley 1999 Marty Haag 2012 Marci Burdick 2005 Wendy Walker Whitworth 1998 Betty Cole dukert 2011 susana schuler 2004 Walter ulloa

FiRST aMeNDMeNT aWaRD 2017 Mark Halperin & John Heilemann 2012 Jim Bohannon 2016 Jason rezaian 2010 Barbara Cochran & Marcellus alexander 2015 James risen 2009 John s. and James L. Knight foundation 2014 the 2008 richard Wiley 2013

FiRST aMeNDMeNT leaDeRShiP aWaRD 2017 stanley s. Hubbard & stanley e. 2007 roger ailes 2001 Hubbard 2006 Corp., Clear Channel 2000 r. e. “ted” turner 2016 rich Boehne Broadcasting, , 1999 Bob Wright 2015 Kathy Kirby entercom Communications, Hearstargyle 1998 roone arledge 2014 david Lougee television, inc., Liberty Corporation, 1997 robert L. Johnson 2013 robert decherd 1996 2012 steve Capus 2005 Jim Keelor 1995 tom Johnson 2011 david Barrett 2004 Charles Grassley and patrick 1994 James Quello 2010 Leahy 1993 frank stanton 2009 Google, inc. 2003 floyd abrams 1992 allen neuharth 2008 tom Curley 2002 Katharine Graham

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2017 nina totenberg 2016 tom Brodaw 2015 Bob simon 2014 Bill plante 2012

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— KNIGHT FOUNDATION Proud to support the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University 2016-2017 Scholarship WiNNeRS eD bRaDley ScholaRShiP shayna ferreira Emerson College

shaynah ferreira is a senior at emerson College in Boston, Ma, where she is studying jour- nalism with a focus in broadcast. shaynah is an eVVy award-winning reporter who can shoot, edit and produce her own work. She is a reporter for Emerson’s award-winning News Station WeBn news, in which she covers breaking news, politics and community issues in the Boston area. She served as an Associate Producer and Reporter for WEBN’s Oscars coverage in Los Angeles, and will serve as the Co-Executive Producer of the show for WEBN’s 2017 Oscars special. shaynah interned for the CBs evening news in Washington, d.C., in the fall of 2015. in the summer of 2016, shaynah interned for WJar-tV in providence, ri where she was later hired. She currently works as a Weekend Associate Producer for Southern New England’s news leader. shaynah is also a member of the national association of Black Journalists, national association of Hispanic Journalists and rtdna. she currently serves as Co-trea- surer for Emerson’s RTDNA chapter and as a student representative for The Southern New England Association of Black Journalists.

“Receiving a scholarship in the name of one of the pioneers of American journalism is such an overwhelming honor. I am grateful to accept such an award from RTDNF and am excited to continue his legacy as a person of color in the ield.”

caRole SiMPSoN ScholaRShiP Kayla parker Florida A&M University

it all started when Kayla was 6 years old. Her mother bought a camcorder to capture home videos with. Before long, Kayla was scripting, blocking and shooting every family event. it was one of her favorite hobbies, and it still is today. from the family videos Kayla captured to the video projects she worked on as an espn intern, Kayla is a visual storyteller. it was in high school that Kayla was introduced to adobe premiere. from there, the magic of video completely consumed her, and she didn’t look back. Kayla dove headirst into her, major broadcast journalism at Florida A&M University (FAMU) and took a ilm studies minor. Kayla currently is a team member of faMu news 20 at five, a live tri- weekly stu- dent-run newscast. Kayla worked her way from production assistant to producer while also writing for our school’s and magazine. Kayla also serves as Historian for Big sister Little sister Mentoring program. this past summer, Kayla an espn intern in Bristol, Connecticut working with the espnW department, the section completely devoted to women’s sports.

“It is a humbling honor to be chosen as this year’s recipient of the 2016 Radio Television Digital News Foundation Car- ole Simpson Scholarship. This scholarship will no doubt help my studies, but it will impact my work and conidence as well. Mrs. Simpson was a trailblazer to say the least. She was not afraid to raise issues and, thus, raise eyebrows. To be honored under her name is a dream come true and makes me want to continue the work she has done, regardless of the eyebrows I raise in the process.”

28 | 2017 first amendment awards MiKe ReyNolDS ScholaRShiP Kristen reesor University of Missouri

Kristen is an aspiring broadcast news producer from Louisville, Kentucky. she has wanted to be a journalist since she was tasked with reading the daily lunch menu and other tidbits on her elementary school’s closed-circuit television station. She pursued that interest throughout high school and into her years at the university of Missouri where she reports for KoMu 8, mid-Mis- souri’s NBC afiliate. Kristen passionate about telling the stories of people who are often over- looked. she loves sweets, the Walking dead and laughing at her own puns.

“This scholarship will help me pay tuition so I can continue to learn about topics that will estab- lish myself as a successful journalist. I plan to dive into investigative reporting, computer-as- sisted reporting and much more.”

PReSiDeNTS ScholaRShiP thomas Garris Ithica College tom is a journalism major studying at ithaca College in ithaca, new york. He is from a suburb of philadelphia (yardley, pa) and graduated from pennsbury High school. When he came into Ithaca College, Tom wasn’t entirely sure what he wanted to pursue within journalism. Tom con- sidered sportscasting, but after working for Ithaca’s award-winning radio station, WICB, as well as ithaca College television (iCtV), tom found news was his passion. in spring 2017, tom will assume the role of news director for iCtV and cannot put into words how excited he is. He has reported, anchored and produced for ICTV’s live show Newswatch. This past February tom was a part of a group of students chosen to go to south Carolina to help cover the repub- lican primary election for nBC, and some of his footage was shown on nBC nightly news.

“Nothing I have done would have been possible without help from the amazing mentors I’ve had along the way. I’ve found that people want to teach, which is perfect because I want to learn. Recognition like this does so much for young journalists. This award gives me the conidence to continue pursuing a career in an industry I love. I would like to sincerely thank the RTDNF for its support.”

PReSiDeNTS ScholaRShiP Lauren Holt Emerson College

Lauren Holt is a senior studying journalism and political science at emerson College in Boston, Ma. originally from the adirondacks in , Lauren has always enjoyed writing and considers herself a storyteller irst and foremost. She is interested in human rights, the environ- ment, and politics - especially how they all intersect. Lauren spends her time at emerson report- ing and producing for the college television station, WeBn and also enjoys a good yoga class. Lauren has held internships at aBC news and Cnn.

“RTDNA has already presented me with great opportunities to listen, learn from, and connect with people in the journalism industry. This scholarship will allow me to take time and explore stories that I am interested. Thank you, RTDNA, for supporting young journalists like myself!”

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Congratulaions to Stanley E. Hubbard and Stanley S. Hubbard Media Visionaries On being honored with RTDNF’s First Amendment Leadership Award

Hubbard Broadcasing – serving its listeners and viewers for 94 years and couning . . .

 Proud owner of 13 TV staions and 42 radio staions, including all-news radio WTOP, Washington, DC  Created radio staion WAMD (later KSTP-AM) with one of the irst local radio news departments in the United States – 1925  Bought for $8,500 the irst TV camera that RCA ever sold and began training of TV personnel – 1939  Launched the irst TV staion between Chicago and the West Coast, KSTP-TV, St. Paul, MN, with the irst local daily news coverage – 1948  Created the world's irst satellite newsgathering organizaion, Conus Communicaions, with the irst satellite uplink truck (now displayed in the Newseum) – 1984  First commercial licensee of satellite TV service and, in cooperaion with Hughes DIRECTV, launched satellite TV service now known as DIRECTV – 1993

“I started working at KSTP-TV as a ile clerk and later became a news photographer. I’d listen to the police radios and go out to chase accidents, ires, holdups, murders – everything. We’d come back to the studio, process our own ilm, make eight-by-ten prints, dry them, mount them on cardboard and give them to news writers, who would write stories around what we’d tell them. Then we’d get into the studio, where we had two cameras and two easels. When the announcer went from one story to the next, the photographers would pull the pictures, faster than the eye could see. At home, all you would see was the picture change. It’s a litle diferent now.” – 2008 interview of Stanley S. Hubbard by Business Jet Traveler

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Hubbard Broadcasing – serving its listeners and viewers for 94 years and couning . . .

 Proud owner of 13 TV staions and 42 radio staions, including all news radio WTOP, Washington, DC  Created radio staion WAMD (later KSTP AM) with one of the irst local radio news departments in the United States 1925  Bought for $8,500 the irst TV camera that RCA ever sold and began training of TV personnel  Launched the irst TV staion between Chicago and the West Coast, KSTP TV, St. Paul, MN, with the irst local daily news coverage 1948  Created the world's irst satellite newsgathering organizaion, Conus Communicaions, with the irst satellite uplink truck (now displayed in the Newseum) 1984  First commercial licensee of satellite TV service and, in cooperaion with Hughes DIRECTV, launched satellite TV service now known as DIRECTV

TV as a ile clerk and later became a news photographer. I’d listen to the police radios and go out chase accidents, ires, holdups, murders everything. We’d come back to the studio, process our own ilm, make eight by prints, dry them, mount them on cardboard and give them to news writers, who would write stories around what we’d tell them. Then we’d get into the studio, where we had two cameras and two easels. When the announcer went from one story to the next, the photographers would pull the pictures, faster than the eye could see. At home, all you would see was the picture change. It’s a litle diferent now.” 2008 interview of Stanley S. Hubbard by Business Jet Traveler

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text GiVe to 202-471-1949 | 31 2016-2017 Scholarship WiNNeRS lou aND caRole PRaTo SPoRTS RePoRTiNg ScholaRShiP Justin Holbrock Ohio University Justin Holbrock is a senior studying broadcast journalism at the e.W. scripps school of Jour- nalism at ohio university. Justin has been a dedicated student and journalist during his time in college as he has a 4.0 Gpa and holds several roles at his college television station. these roles include hosting a live, emmy award-winning high school football television show called “Gridiron Glory,” being a lead reporter and online host for a television show called “Hardwood Heroes” and covering four sports teams as a beat writer. to go along with sports reporting, Justin has a minor in political science and has covered news as an anchor and ield reporter for “Newswatch.” Internships have also been an important part of Justin’s journalism career so far and he’s held three internships over the past three years: intern at the UFC, sports department intern at WLWt-tV in Cincinnati and multi-media intern during the World Cup european soccer experience for the national soccer Coaches association of america. Justin will also intern at nBC4 in Columbus this coming spring. What interests Justin about journalism is a passion for meeting new people and having an opportunity to tell the stories that every person has to offer.

“I am incredibly honored and thankful to be selected as the recipient of the Lou and Carole Prato Sports Reporting Schol- arship. I’ve dedicated myself to being the best journalist and student I can possibly be during my time in college, and this scholarship is proof that my hard work is being noticed and recognized by others. It’s humbling to have my name in the same company as Mr. Prato because he’s had such a positive impact on sports journalism. I’m so grateful to the Prato family and the members of RTDNF that were associated with the selection process. This scholarship inspires me to con- tinue my hard work so that I may one day get to a point in my career where I’m able to give back in the same way as Mr. Prato. Thank you again for this honor.”

geoRge FoReMaN TRibuTe To lyNDoN b. JohNSoN ScholaRShiP avery travis University of Texas at Austin

avery travis is a senior Broadcast Journalism student at the university of texas and a reporter for texas student television, the fCC licensed television station on campus. there, she works for the award-winning newscast KVr news, reporting, shooting, and anchoring. she also worked with a team of students to create and produce Tower Talks, the station’s irst polit- ical talk show. she has interned for CBs news at the network level in new york City, covering everything from the republican and democratic national Conventions to the pulse night Club shooting. she interned in the investigative unit at KXan-tV doing research and analysis, as well as working on her own investigative pieces. storytelling has always been an important part of her life. she hopes to spend her life making the world a better place through her reporting using a variety of mediums in the every-changing business of journalism.

“I am extraordinarily grateful to the Radio Television Digital News Foundation for selecting me for the George Foreman Tribute to Lyndon B. Johnson Scholarship. It is an honor and privilege to be named in the same sentence as these men who accomplished so much, across so many different ields. I know this generous award will allow me to be successful in the ields of journalism and public service. Thank you for enabling me to freely and fully pursue my passion of telling stories with the help of this award.”

32 | 2017 first amendment awards PeTe WilSoN ScholaRShiP danielle parenteau decker University of California, Berkeley

danielle is a second-year narrative writing student at the university of California, Berkeley, Gradu- ate school of Journalism. she graduated summa cum laude from san francisco state university, where she majored in print and online journalism with a minor in philosophy and religion, and at the top of her class in the journalism department. this summer, danielle was the dow Jones news fund intern at the sacramento Bee. she has also interned as a reporter at the San Francisco Bay Guardian, dot429 and the Paciic Media Workers Guild. Her work has appeared in the Bay Area Reporter, Richmond Conidential, the Cypress (College) Chronicle and Xpress Magazine (sfsu). she was a reporter, copy editor, sports editor, online editor and edi- tor in chief at Cypress College, a community college in southern California. danielle grew up in southern California but has lived in san francisco for the past four years.

“I am extremely grateful and honored to be awarded the Pete Wilson Scholarship. This scholarship will let me focus more on my thesis, which will be about misconceptions and media narratives surrounding poverty. It also helps me lessen my student debt burden.”

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N.S. bieNSTocK FelloWShiP Melina tupa University of California, Berkeley

Melina Tupa is an award-winning Argentinean and Brazilian journalist and documentary ilmmaker, specializing in human rights and Latino issues across the world. she started her career as a print reporter for Billiken magazine and diagonal newspaper in argentina but soon moved onto . She worked for ive years as an associate TV producer, three of those years at Turner Broadcasting system. there she wrote and produced short news formats that aired during com- mercial breaks, in-between shows and were shared on social media in nearly every Latin ameri- can country. at the Berkeley J-school, Melina was awarded a tV/documentary Merit fellowship and the Carlos M. Castañeda Journalism scholarship. Her documentary thesis the search, told the story of estela de Carlotto, the president of the Grandmothers of the plaza de Mayo, whose grandson was abducted during the argentinean military dictatorship. the documentary is a stu- dent Academy Award inalist, a recipient of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Excellence in Journalism Award for Student Special Project in addition to several other awards, and has been featured in different ilm festivals across the world. “I’m honored and humbled to receive the N.S. Bienstock Fellowship. As a Latina ilmmaker, I hope this fellowship will help me bring a minority’s perspective onto a larger platform. By producing and shooting documentaries, I hope to shift atten- tion to the underreported stories that affect our community.”

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Michele claRK FelloWShiP Chernéy amhara CBS19 News

Chernéy amhara is a Caribbean-american journalist. she is a reporter at WCaV CBs19 news, the CBS afiliate in Charlottesville, Virginia. Amhara is also a graduate of the Mike Curb College of arts, Media, and Communication at the California state university, northridge where she earned a Bachelor of arts in Journalism. While in college, amhara contributed to her campus newspaper, the sundial, as well as the campus radio station KCsn 88.5 in northridge. she also served as a web editor for KTLA 5, the CW-afiliated television station in Los Angeles, California. Additionally, she interned for CBs-radio in sacramento. amhara is a member of the national association of Hispanic Journalists, a mentor with Big Brothers Big sisters of america, and a proud member of alpha Kappa alpha sorority, inc. Before moving to the united states, amhara spent her youngest years living in stoney Hill, Jamaica, then on to sacramento, Ca. where she attended Valley High school. she lives by the mantra “storytelling that makes a difference,” which she hopes to convey in every story she tells.

“I am honored to be named the 2016 Michele Clark Fellowship recipient. Not only was Clark was a trailblazer for women of color, but she was a stellar investigative journalist who covered stories that impacted our nation. If I can become half of the journalist Clark was, I know I am headed on the right path.”

Jacque i. MiNNoTTe healTh RePoRTiNg FelloWShiP nadine sebai The Nation Institute/AJ+

Nadine is a journalist, accountant, and Emmy-nominated researcher. Currently, she’s an Ida B. Wells fellow with the investigative fund at the nation institute and an associate producer/re- searcher with aJ+. she recently graduated from the uC Berkeley Graduate school of Journalism with a concentration in radio and investigative reporting.

“This scholarship provides me with the opportunity to strengthen my storytelling skills and focus on health-related stories I’m passionate about. Health stories can be daunting at times so it’s great to receive a scholarship that rewards that.”

34 | 2017 first amendment awards baRNey olDFielD NaTioNal SecuRiTy RePoRTiNg FelloWShiP Liberty Zabala NBC7 San Diego Liberty Zabala is an emmy-nominated reporter and multimedia journalist for nBC 7 san diego. some of her most memorable stories include leading breaking news coverage of the Central American immigration crisis, covering the May irestorm that burned across San Diego county and most recently, covering the san Bernardino terrorist attacks. prior to that, she worked as a multimedia journalist for KCOY/KKFX, the CBS/FOX afiliate covering California’s Central Coast. she is a graduate of California state university, northridge with a degree in journalism and a collateral in political science with an emphasis in international relations. she also served as president of the Csun chapter of rtdna. she has held several internships including Channel, net, aBC7 Los angeles, and nBC nightly news with Brian Williams. Liberty was selected as a Meredith Cronkite fellow at the Walter Cronkite school of Journalism reporting for KpHo CBs 5 in phoenix, arizona. she is a dedicated member of asian american Journalists association where she served as a board director for the Los angeles chapter and currently serves the san diego chapter as president.

“I’m deeply grateful to RTDNF and to Vada and Co. Barney Oldield for this honor. With this fellowship, I hope to continue their legacy of service to this country, to the ield of journalism and to those who serve.”

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