Rather to emcee RTNDF dinner

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Dan Rather will emcee the
Radio and Television News Directors Foundation's First Amendment dinner in
Washington, D.C., March 6.

The foundation is giving awards to three individuals for their contributions
to press freedom: Floyd Abrams, a leading First Amendment attorney, is receiving
the "First Amendment Leadership Award"; Judy Woodruff, prime anchor and senior
correspondent for Cable News Network, the "Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award" (named after
the former senior correspondent for Broadcasting & Cable);
and Susan Zirinsky, executive producer of CBS' 48 Hours since 1996, will
get the "First Amendment Service Award."

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.