Wolf Blitzer Honored

DiGamma Kappa, a professional broadcasting society for students, has tapped the CNN broadcaster for this year's Distinguished Achievement Award in Broadcasting. Previous winners include Ed Bradley, Bob Costas, Linda Ellerbee and Barbara Walters. Blitzer will receive his award and speak briefly to students and professionals March 15 at a banquet at Hilton Garden Inn.
"It is an honor to join the impressive list of journalists who have received the DiGamma Kappa award," Blitzer said in an e-mail. "The best part of my job anchoring 'The Situation Room' at CNN is learning something new every day - and I look forward to visiting a campus that is renowned for teaching, inspiring and creating the next generation of broadcasters."
Blitzer has won honors that include the Ernie Pyle Journalism Award for excellence in military reporting, an Emmy for his coverage of the 1995 Oklahoma City federal building bombing and the American Journalism Review's "Best in the Business" award. He also has shared in winning a Peabody Award for coverage of Hurricane Katrina and the Edward R. Murrow Award for CNN's coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.



All content, unless otherwise cited, is © All Things CNN and may not be used without consent of the blog administrator.