Edward R. Murrow Award (Washington State University)

For other awards with similar names, see Edward R. Murrow Award (disambiguation).

The Edward R. Murrow 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."[1] It may be for Lifetime Achievement or Distinguished Achievement, on a case-by-case basis.

Honorees

As of 2011^[update], 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/Radio
• 2010, Judy Woodruff, for Lifetime Achievement/Television
• 2011, Ted Koppel, for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcast Journalism [2]

See reference for awards after 2011.

See also

• List of American television awards

References

1. "The Edward R. Murrow Symposium". Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2007-10-13.

External links

• Murrow Award Recipients. Accessed September 24, 2011.