Gracies To Honor Judy Woodruff
• The leadership of the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) announced that Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of PBS NewsHour would be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 43rd Annual Gracie Awards Luncheon, which is happening on Wednesday, June 27 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York. The event will be hosted by another television news veteran, CNN’s Erica Hill. The annual Gracies Luncheon honors individual achievement and outstanding programming at the local level for TV & radio, public level for radio, and student level for TV, radio & interactive media.
Given this year to Woodruff, who has covered politics and other news for more than four decades, the Gracies Lifetime Achievement Award honors a woman in media who exemplifies and embodies the essence of the iconic trailblazer — the late Gracie Allen, the namesake of The Gracie Awards.
“The Gracie Awards celebrate the female storytellers who are changing the narrative and pushing boundaries in the quest toward diversity and equality,” said AWMF Chair Christine Travaglini, President of Katz Radio Group. “Since the beginning of her journalism career in 1976, Judy Woodruff’s connected, well-researched approach is consistently present and illustrates why she is so worthy of this Lifetime Achievement Award. We at AWM and AWMF, through the Gracies, are incredibly proud to honor and celebrate outstanding talent and content for, by and about women.” For more information about the 2018 Gracies Luncheon or to purchase tickets, please visit allwomeninmedia.org/gracies.
