Nina Totenberg, NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent, was named recipient of the 2010 Edward R. Murrow Award by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. "Nina Totenberg represents public media's excellence in journalism," said Pat Harrison, president and CEO of CPB. "Her work embodies the legacy of Edward Murrow, and we're pleased to honor her with this distinguished award." Nina Totenberg has worked with NPR for thirty-five years. Her reports air regularly on NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.
NPF honored Totenberg in 1998 with the Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism. View the video of her acceptance speech from the 1998 NPF Annual Awards Dinner below.
The NPF Annual Awards Dinner recognizing journalistic achievement is one of the largest media dinners in Washington, bringing together more than 1,000 journalists, media, public relations and corporate executives, policy makers and trade groups.
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