Jim Bohannon emcees the 2017 SPJ Dateline Awards/Hall of Fame dinner. Outgoing SPJ-DC chapter president Kathleen Burns is seated to the right.
Jim Bohannon, emcee of the 2017 Dateline Awards/Hall of Fame dinner, honorees, speakers and leaders of SPJ-DC
2017 Hall of Fame inductee Martha Raddatz speaks at Dateline Awards/Hall of Fame dinner on June 13. Jim Bohannon is seated to the left. Kathleen Burns is seated to the right. Raddatz is ABC News chief global affairs correspondent.
2017 Hall of Fame inductee Alexis Simendinger speaks at Dateline Awards/Hall of Fame dinner. Simendinger is White House correspondent for RealClearPolitics.com.
2017 Hall of Fame inductee Gene Weingarten accepts his award from outgoing SPJ-DC chapter president Kathleen Burns. Martha Raddatz is seated to the right. Weingarten holds a sword he brought wrapped in newspaper for his speech, in which he reminded all attendees that the pen is mightier than the sword. Weingarten is a humor columnist for The Washington Post.
2017 Distinguished Service Award winner Lucy Dalglish accepts her plaque from outgoing SPJ-DC chapter president Kathleen Burns. Emcee Jim Bohannon is seated to the left. Martha Raddatz is seated to the right. Dalglish is dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland-College Park.
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The Sigma Delta Chi Awards date back to 1932, when the Society first honored six individuals for contributions to journalism. The current program began in 1939, when the organization awarded...
