The 2011 Cronkite Awards Luncheon

28th Annual Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism Luncheon
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel
340 North 3rd St.
Phoenix

Join Dean Christopher Callahan and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in honoring Christiane Amanpour, the 2011 recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Christiane Amanpour is the award-winning foreign correspondent and anchor of ABC’s “This Week with Christiane Amanpour.” Before joining ABC News last year, Amanpour was an international correspondent for CNN for more than 27 years.

She specialized in reports from some of the globe’s most dangerous regions, including war-torn areas such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Somalia, the Palestinian territories, Rwanda and the Balkans.

She also has interviewed dozens of world leaders, including the presidents of Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, Rwanda, Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria and France as well as Palestinian leaders Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and, most recently, had exclusives with Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak and Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi.

In 1995, she was named CNN’s chief international correspondent. She also anchored the daily interview program “Amanpour” for the cable news network.

Amanpour left CNN for ABC News last year, debuting in her role as anchor of the long-running Sunday morning public affairs show, “This Week.”

Amanpour has been recognized with broadcast journalism’s top honors, including nine Emmy Awards, four George Foster Peabody Awards, three duPont-Columbia Awards, two George Polk Awards, the Courage in Journalism Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award.

For more information:
Liz Bernreuter
Director of Development
602.496.9444
Liz.Bernreuter@asu.edu

Sponsor Benefits

Cronkite Circle Table ($10,000)

  • Premier table seating for 10
  • Table signage
  • Printed program recognition
  • On-screen recognition
  • Four tickets to reception with Christiane Amanpour*
  • Recognition from the podium
  • Ticket sponsorship for 10 students
  • Two tickets at Christiane Amanpour’s table

President’s Circle Table ($6,000)

  • Premier table seating for 10
  • Table signage
  • Printed program recognition
  • On-screen recognition
  • Four tickets to reception with Christiane Amanpour*
  • Recognition from the podium
  • Ticket sponsorship for five students

Dean’s Circle Table ($3,500)

  • Table seating for 10
  • Table signage
  • Printed program recognition
  • On-screen recognition
  • Two tickets to reception with Christiane Amanpour*

Supporter Table ($2,000)

  • Table seating for 10
  • Table signage



* Reception pending confirmation

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