Jefferson-Lincoln Awards

The eleventh annual Jefferson-Lincoln Awards black-tie gala, An Evening to Honor Lives of Public Service, will be held at the beautiful Inn at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach, on Saturday, November 6, 2010.

The event salutes individuals who exemplified outstanding stewardship of our democracy through balanced, comprehensive and honest journalism.

The honorees are Tom Brokaw, special correspondent for NBC Nightly News; Cokie Roberts, senior news analyst for NPR and ABC News and David Brooks, columnist for The New York Times.

Institute director Sylvia Panetta remarked, “the complex issues facing our nation make it more important than ever before that Americans have trusted sources for investigative reporting, analysis and commentary. These honorees provide this vital service and, in so doing, help protect our democracy.”

Jefferson-Lincoln honorees are selected by a special committee consisting of former U.S. Senators Howard Baker and Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. Representative Lee Hamilton and Sylvia Panetta.

Previous honorees include:

Year 2009

  • Bernard Shaw, former principal Washington anchor for CNN
  • Andrea Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News
  • Jim Lehrer, executive editor and anchor of PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Year 2008

  • Ron Brownstein, Political Director, Atlantic Monthly
  • U.S. Representative Jane Harman, D-CA
  • U.S. Representative Jim Saxton, R-NJ
  • California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Year 2007

  • David Broder, Nationally Syndicated Columnist
  • Judy Woodruff, PBS News Hour Correspondent
  • Belva Davis, KQED Public Affairs Reporter and Commentator

Year 2006

  • U.S. Representative Sherwood Boehlert, R-NY
  • U.S. Representative Ike Skelton, D-MO

Year 2005

  • U.S. Senator Susan Collins of Maine, R-ME
  • U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-CA
  • U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman, D-CT

Year 2004

  • U.S. Senator John Breaux, D-LA
  • U.S. Representative Olympia Snowe, R-ME

Year 2003

  • Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, R-ME
  • Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, D-CA
  • U.S. Representative Marty Meehan, D-MA
  • U.S. Representative Christopher Shays, R-CT

Year 2002

  • U.S. Senator John McCain, R-AZ
  • U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, D-WI

Year 2001

  • U.S. Representative Bill Young, R-FL
  • U.S. Representative John Murtha, D-PA

Year 2000

  • U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-NY
  • U.S. Senator John Chafee, R-RI