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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, Eighth 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

 Mariane Pearl

MARIANE PEARL, Award-winning international journalist and author

 Tole Nyatta

TOLE NYATTA, Station Manager and Editor-in-Chief of Pamoja FM, a radio station serving Kenya ’s largest urban slum

 Hoang Quoc Dzung

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

 Natalia Ligacheva

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

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

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

Producer's Circle:

WTOP larger

Director's Circle: 

Kathy Bushkin Calvin

The Case Foundation 

Google

Irene and Abe Pollin

Host Committee:

AOL, LLC

Chris Boskin

Simone Otus Coxe

Anthony Garrett

Wade Greene 

Ray Salvatore Jennings

The Lorene Arbus Foundation

Melwood Global

Potomac Companies, Inc.

David Rhode

James H. Rosenfield

The United Nations Foundation

The Washington Post

The Washington Post Company

 

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