The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press announced the recipients of this year’s Freedom of the Press Awards, which recognize the accomplishments of leaders in the news media and legal fields whose work embodies the values of the First Amendment.
The honorees for 2022 are:
Kevin T. Baine, senior counsel at Williams & Connolly LLP;
Azmat Khan, contributing writer, The New York Times Magazine;
Wendi C. Thomas, founding editor and publisher of MLK50: Justice Through Journalism;
Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour; and
Sahan Journal, led by Founding Publisher and CEO Mukhtar M. Ibrahim.
This year’s honorees are exceptional leaders in their fields, and their impressive bodies of work represent the best of our free press and those who defend it. We’re thrilled to recognize their dedication to standing up for the newsgathering rights of journalists and producing investigative and accountability reporting to inform communities across the country. Stephen J. Adler, chair of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
The 2022 Freedom of the Press Awards will be held on October 11, 2022, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. The awards dinner is co-chaired by Chairman and Publisher of The New York Times A.G. Sulzberger and CEO of the Americas and U.S. Senior Partner at Brunswick Group Nikhil Deogun.
