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Thursday, June 04, 2020

Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards at 4PM today!

I was one of the judges for the editorial cartoon division. Usually these are held in person, and are inspiring, moving, disturbing and well-worth attending - Mike
 


Please join us this afternoon for a virtual ceremony
to announce and celebrate our 2020 winners

 

Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards

 

Thursday, June 4, 2020
4:00pm (EDT)


Remarks by Kerry Kennedy
Master of Ceremonies: Michael Beschloss

 

Special guest presenters: 

Michael Beschloss
Katie Couric
Margaret Engel
Van Jones
Kerry Kennedy
Rory Kennedy
Don Lemon
Jane Mayer
Natalie Morales

Soledad O'Brien
David Remnick
John M. Seigenthaler

 

Narrator: Dennis Haysbert

#RFKAwards


We are grateful to Mortimer B. Zuckerman for his support of
the 2020 Book and Journalism Awards ceremony. 

Book Award Chair

Michael Beschloss

Historian and Author

Journalism Awards Committee Chair

Margaret Engel

Director, Alicia Patterson Foundation

40th Annual Robert F. Kennedy Book Award

The Robert F. Kennedy Book Award was established in 1980 with the proceeds from Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.'s best selling biography Robert Kennedy and His Times. Each year, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights presents an award to the book that, as Schlesinger said, "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes—his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity." The Robert F. Kennedy Book Award has been recognized as one of the most prestigious honors an author can receive.

52nd Annual Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards

Founded by the reporters who covered Robert F. Kennedy's historic 1968 presidential campaign, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards honor outstanding reporting on issues that reflect Robert Kennedy's concerns, including human rights, social justice, and the power of individual action in the United States and around the world. Winning entries in 13 categories provide insights into the causes, conditions, and remedies of human rights violations and injustice, and critical analyses of relevant policies, programs, individual actions, and private endeavors that foster positive change. The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards are among the few in which winners are determined by their peers. Past winners include the Washington Post, National Public Radio, CBS's 60 Minutes, ABC's 20/20, and HBO.

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