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Internews Media Leadership Awards

Thursday, June 5, 2008
VIP Reception 5:30-6:00pm    Cocktail Reception 6:00-7:30pm
The Newseum, Seventh Floor
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington DC

Sponsorship Information

Event Co-Hosts: Kathy Bushkin Calvin and Pat Mitchell

Special honorees of the evening are:
 Ted Leonsis

TED LEONSIS, Vice-Chairman Emeritus, AOL; documentary film producer; philanthropist

Profile

 Mariane Pearl

MARIANE PEARL, Award-winning international journalist and author

Profile

 Tole Nyatta

TOLE NYATTA, Journalist and Journalism Trainer at Kenya's Pamoja FM, a radio station serving one of Africa’s largest slums

Profile | Interview

 Hoang Quoc Dzung

HOANG QUOC DZUNG, Environmental reporter and Standing Deputy-President, Vietnam Forum of Environmental Journalists

Profile | Interview

 Natalia Ligacheva

NATALIA LIGACHEVA, Editor of Telekritika, a Ukrainian web-based media watchdog organization

Profile | Interview

Chris TurpinMaster of Ceremonies: CHRISTOPHER TURPIN, Executive Producer of National Public Radio's All Things Considered

Profile | Article from 1999 newsletter

 

 

For questions or to sponsor this event, e-mail MLA@internews.org, or call (202) 833-5740 x228.

Individual Tickets ($100 each) and VIP Individual Tickets ($500) can be purchased online or by sending a check to: Internews Network MLA, 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20036. With your payment, please provide contact information and the names of those attending. A limited number of tickets will be available for purchase at the door on June 5.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visionary's Circle:

Knight Foundation - New (yellow)

The Leonsis Foundation

Producer's Circle:

WTOP larger

Open Society Institute

Director's Circle: 

Case Foundation

Google

Kathy Bushkin Calvin

Mark Ein

Irene and Abe Pollin

Mr. and Mrs. Russ Ramsey

Host Committee:

AOL, LLC

Chris Boskin

Lynda Clarizio

Simone Otus Coxe

Lorne Craner

William and Phyllis Draper

Albert J. & Claire Dwoskin

Anthony Garrett and Carol Klinger

Georgetown University

Glamour Magazine

Kay Sprinkel Grace

Wade Greene 

David Hoffman and Jane Rogers

Ray Salvatore Jennings

Sheila C. Johnson

Melwood Global

Potomac Companies, Inc.

David Rohde

James H. Rosenfield

Loraine Safly

Sudhakar Shenoy, IMC

Diane Meyer Simon

The United Nations Foundation

The Washington Post

The Washington Post Company

 

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