Wolf Blitzer, Robert Siegel Receive National Press Foundation Awards

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and NPR’s Robert Siegel were honored last week by the National Press Foundation at their 31st Annual Awards Dinner at the Washington Hilton.

Blitzer received the  Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, which recognized his “energy, encyclopedic knowledge of politics and unique ability to handle multiple story lines while continuing to inform the public.”

Siegel was given the W.M. Kiplinger Award for Distinguished Contributions to Journalism. He was being honored for “his insightful interviewing and calm demeanor that elevates his broadcasts.”

Other Washington journos who received awards include Mark Drajem of Bloomberg News, Maureen

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