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The Walter Cronkite Awards

The 2023 Walter Cronkite Awards for Excellence in TV Political Journalism will honor outstanding local and national journalism that informs and empowers citizens and serves as a watchdog and advocate for democratic norms and institutions.
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Entries that demonstrate the best practices of TV journalism aimed at combating disinformation and defending democracy will win the 2023 Walter Cronkite Awards.

The biennial Cronkite Awards competition is administered by the Norman Lear Center at the USC Annenberg School For Communication and Journalism.
 
USC Annenberg also partners with the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania to present the Brooks Jackson Prize for Fact-Checking. The prize is named for the founding director of  FactCheck.org .

The Brooks Jackson Prize for Fact-Checking

The Brooks Jackson Prize is administered by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. It is named in honor of the founding director of FactCheck.org, a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocate for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
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​2023 Press Release

The 2023 Cronkite Awards Jury

Willow Bay, ex officio
​Dean, USC Annenberg School
​for Communication and Journalism
Christina Bellantoni
Professor, Director of the Annenberg
​Media Center, USC Annenberg
* Seth Doane
Senior foreign correspondent
​and CBS Sunday Morning, CBS News
Susan Friedman
Award-winning network news producer
Maritsa Georgiou
National correspondent, Scripps News;
​2021 Walter Cronkite Award Winner
Rebecca Haggerty
Professor, Director of Undergraduate
Journalism Studies at USC Annenberg
* Brad Luck
Senior manager of video distribution,
Yahoo
Judy Muller
Professor emerita, USC
Annenberg
Alissa V. Richardson
Professor of journalism and
communication, USC Annenberg
Stacy Scholder
Professor, Director of Annenberg TV
News at USC Annenberg
Heidi Schulman
Network news producer and
correspondent
* Rachel Scott
Senior congressional correspondent
for ABC News
Willa Seidenberg
Professor, Director of Annenberg Radio
News at USC Annenberg
​Gordon Stables, ex officio
Director, USC Annenberg School 
​of Journalism
* Shawna Thomas
Executive producer, CBS News’
CBS This Morning
Miki Turner
Professor of professional practice,
USC Annenberg
* Nick Valencia
CNN correspondent

2023 Cronkite Awards Screeners

Patrick Becker: Senior producer, CBS Evening News
* Sam Bergum: Senior producer, 9NEWS, KUSA
Dan Birman: Documentary and TV producer, USC Annenberg Journalism professor
Irene Byon: News booking producer, NBC News
* Shawn Chitnis: Reporter, KPIX-TV/CBS News Bay Area
* Lori Jane Gliha: Emmy-winning national investigative correspondent, Scripps News
Gretchen Goldsmith: TV executive producer
* Alex Goldsmith: Business development executive at BPM LLP; former KRQE Media
* Eli Goodstein: Producer, Digital Video Programming at CNN
Vince Gonzales: Professor of Professional Practice of Journalism; Associate Dean,
Student Affairs, USC Annenberg
* Kim Leoffler: Reporter/MMJ at Fox 5 in Atlanta, GA
* Shako Liu: Senior producer, ABC Localish, Walt Disney Company
Allan Lopez: Adjunct Instructor, Media Center, USC Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism
* Ryan Pearson: Video Manager, The Associated Press
* Stacey Persoff: Producer, CBS Morning News
Lew Rothbart: Consultant, former KNBC newswriter, producer and assignment
editor, and KTLA News
*Marc Sallinger: Reporter/anchor at KUSA-TV in Denver, CO
Joe Saltzman: Professor of Journalism and Communication, USC Annenberg
* Max Schwartz: Freelance reporter/producer
Miki Turner: Award-winning photojournalist/producer/author, Professor of Professional
Practice, USC Annenberg
* Ani Ucar: Senior editorial producer with VICE News Tonight
* Kris Van Cleave: Emmy- and Murrow-Award winning CBS Senior National News
Correspondent
* Joy Wang: Morning reporter at WJLA, the ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C.
* Darren Zulberti: Managing editor at KTVU, Fox Television Stations

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* denotes USC Annenberg alumni

The Walter Cronkite Awards is administered by the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center; the Brooks Jackson Prize is administered by the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
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