2009 Walter Cronkite Awards Announced

The USC Annenberg School for Communications announced today the ten winners of the 2009 Walter Cronkite Awards for Excellence in Television Political Journalism.

Among them, ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos is being recognized for its On the Trail series, interviews with the 2008 presidential candidates.

Now on PBS will also be awarded for “excellent coverage” in the report “New Voters in the New West,” which showed how both political parties sought to attract and hold first-time voters on college campuses and among New Mexico’s large Hispanic population.

CBS’s Katie Couric will be honored for “Special Achievement for National Impact on the 2008 Campaign.”

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