A star-studded cast of characters graced the red carpet inside the Washington Hilton Saturday night for the annual, Springtime Hollywood-comes-to-Washington extravaganza that is the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. The gala awards scholarships to deserving journalism students and recognizes those in the journalism field. From the WHDC.net website... "This year's winners for the Aldo Beckman Memorial Award, which recognizes repeated excellence in White House coverage, went to Glenn Thrush of Politico and Brianna Keilar of CNN while winners of the Merriman Smith Memorial Award, which recognizes deadline work in both print and broadcast, honored Peter Baker of the New York Times and Peter Maer of CBS. The Edgar A. Poe Award, which recognizes coverage of news of national or regional significance, went to Megan Twohey and a team at Reuters, and a joint work by The Center for Public Integrity in partnership with ABC News. An Honorable mention goes to The ...
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