Bernard Shaw Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Congratulations to Bernard Shaw. The National Association of Black Journalists honored the former CNN anchor with their Lifetime Achievement Award at their annual convention in Las Vegas.

This honor is awarded to a black print, broadcast or photojournalist with a minimum of 15 years in the industry. Nominees in the category may be living or deceased and must have or still be making an extraordinary contribution to the enrichment, understanding or advancement of black life and culture.

Below are a few photographs from CNN’s reception honoring NABJ’s Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Bernard Shaw. There were several current CNN journalists on hand to help him celebrate.

Bernard Shaw
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L to R) Don Lemon (CNN anchor), Alphonso Van Marsh (International video correspondent), Suzanne Malveaux (White House correspondent), Bernard Shaw, Roland Martin (CNN Contributor) and Chris Lawrence (CNN correspondent)
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Jim Walton (President, CNN Worldwide), Bernard Shaw, Jon Klein (President, CNN/U.S.), Johnita Due (Senior Counsel and Chair of CNN Diversity Council), and NABJ President Bryan Monroe
Photo Credit: Justin Larose/CNN

Suzanne Malveaux & Bernard Shaw
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Don Lemon & Bernard Shaw
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Chris Lawrence & Bernard Shaw
Photo Credit: Justin Larose/CNN

MyUrbanReport.com (via Blip.tv) has uploaded the video from Shaw's acceptance speech:

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The podcast is available on iTunes, from CNN's website: http://www.cnn.com/services/podcasting/, or from this direct link.

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CNN On The Go ~ Podcasting

So let me tell you about my favourite shiny toy. It is too me the best investment I have ever made. It’s my iPod!!! I take it everywhere I go. I listen to it everywhere. Between music and videos, audio books and podcasts it is to me the best thing I could have ever bought. Ever since the launch of Anderson Cooper’s new daily podcast, I had been curious to know if any other CNN shows or personalities had podcasts of their own. Well boy was I surprised when I went to iTunes and found over 29 CNN related podcasts.

The following is a break down of podcasts on CNN.com podcast page:

HOURLY & DAILY PODCASTS
CNN News Update (hourly audio)
Business Update (2x/day audio)
Anderson Cooper 360° Daily
The CNN Daily (daily video)In Case You Missed It (daily video)
Now in the News (daily video)
CNN Student News (daily video)

VIDEO PODCASTS
The Larry King Podcast (weekly)
CNN Heroes
Quest on Quest
Nancy Grace Cross Exam
All Access (weekly)
Sick Twisted Freak: The Glenn Beck Show (weekly)Paging Dr. Gupta (weekly)
The Gryst (weekly)
SHOWandTELL (weekly)
Reliable Sources (weekly)
Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer (weekly)

AUDIO PODCASTS
On Screen (daily)
Miles Post
You Can't Make This Stuff Up (weekly)
The Ali V Podcast (weekly)
Around the Track
Minding Your Business (weekly)
The Lou Dobbs Commentary
Race to '08

Audio Special Programming
Battlefield Breakdown: The Full Price of War in Iraq
Summer of Love
Plight of the Refugee
Going Green, Going Broke?
Fit/Fat Mailbag


With such a diverse choice of news reporting you can practically take CNN on the go with you where ever you go or like we have been told many times “you don’t need a stinkin' iPod”. All these podcasts are available free from CNN.com or iTunes ("cause the kids are all using the iTunes" - thanks for the quotes AC, quiet timely), so you just need a computer. Happy podcasting!!!!