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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces 2023 Book and Journalism Awards Winners

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Winners of the 2023 RFK Journalism Awards were selected from over 450 global submissions to 13 categories, including a recently updated Criminal Justice category and pieces presented in a "nontraditional" format.

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  • Winners of the 2023 RFK Journalism Awards were selected from over 450 global submissions to 13 categories, including a recently updated Criminal Justice category and pieces presented in a "nontraditional" format.
  • "Despite frequent attacks on their work – and in some cases, their safety – journalists and authors around the world continue to courageously expose injustice," said Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.
  • The full list of honorees for the 2023 RFK Book and Journalism Awards can be found below.
  • Special thanks to historian and author Michael Beschloss, head of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award committee, and Margaret Engel, director of the Alicia Patterson Journalism Foundation and chair of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards committee, as well as the more than 90 volunteer judges who participated this year.

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces 2022 Book and Journalism Awards Winners

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

NEW YORK, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the winners of its 2022 RFK Book and Journalism Awards during a virtual ceremony emceed by Michael Beschloss with remarks by Kerry Kennedy and featuring special guest presenters Kimberly Adams, Dan Blackburn, Doug Brinkley, Margaret Engel, Annette Gordon-Reed, John Harwood, Van Jones, Rory Kennedy, Michael Lewis, Jane Mayer, Ari Melber, Craig Melvin, Soledad O'Brien, Symone D. Sanders, and John Seigenthaler.

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  • The Book Award was founded in 1980 with the proceeds from Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.'s bestselling book, "Robert F. Kennedy and His Times."
  • "A fair and free press remains one of the greatest bulwarks of democracy, and the commitment to protect civic space is at the core of what we do at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights," said Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.
  • The full list of honorees for the 2022 RFK Book and Journalism Awards can be found below.
  • Special thanks to historian and author Michael Beschloss, head of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award committee, and Margaret Engel, director of the Alicia Patterson Journalism Foundation and chair of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards committee, as well as the more than 50 volunteer judges who participated this year.

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights to announce the winners of the annual RFK Book and Journalism Awards Tuesday, May 24 at 4 pm ET

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

NEW YORK, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights will announce the winners of its 2022 Book and Journalism Awards on Tuesday, May 24.

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  • NEW YORK, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights will announce the winners of its 2022 Book and Journalism Awards on Tuesday, May 24.
  • The RFK Book Award honors authors whose writing focuses on social justice issues of concern to Robert Kennedy.
  • "The entries this year underscored a press continually under siege, both at home and abroad," said Kerry Kennedy, President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.
  • The 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book and Journalism Awards ceremony is made possible this year thanks to the generous support of Mortimer B. Zuckerman Family Foundation.