Edward R. Murrow Award (Washington State University)

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

The Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement 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
• 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 in Radio
• 2010, Judy Woodruff, for Lifetime Achievement in Television
• 2011, Ted Koppel, for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcast Journalism Archived 2011-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
• 2012, Dan Rather, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
• 2013, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, for Lifetime Achievement in support of Journalism
• 2015, Clarissa Ward, for Lifetime Achievement in Distinguished Journalism
• 2018, Robert Siegel, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
• 2019, Melissa Block, for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcast Journalism
• 2021, Lester Holt, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
• 2022, Ann Curry, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
• 2023, Dean Baquet, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
• 2024, Maria Hinojosa, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
• 2025, Harry Smith, for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism ^[2]

See also

• List of American television awards
• Edward R. Murrow

References

1. "The Edward R. Murrow Symposium". Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
2. "Lifetime Achievement Awardee | Murrow Symposium | Washington State University". symposium.murrow.wsu.edu. Retrieved 2025-04-16.

External links

• Murrow Award Recipients. Accessed September 24, 2011.