Gwen Ifill wins the 2015 Urbino Press Award
PBS renowned journalist and anchor Gwen Ifill is the winner of 2015 Urbino Press Award.
"I am deeply honored to accept this prestigious award for doing the work I love -- explaining our world,” Gwen Ifill stated.
The Urbino Press Award, now in its 10th edition, is an Italian prize assigned every year to an American journalist. The official announcement will be made this coming April 22 by Italy’s Ambassador to the USA, Claudio Bisogniero at a ceremony that will be held at the Embassy of Italy in Washington. “Gwen Ifill’s calm and collected style and professionalism are synonymous with the utmost fair and unbiased news coverage in America and abroad. It is a true honor to announce that such an extraordinary talent has been chosen as the recipient of 2015 Urbino Press Award, joining the long list of prominent American journalists awarded in the past nine editions,” said Ambassador Bisogniero.
The prize itself will be awarded at the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino in June. The City of Urbino, which during the Renaissance gave life to one of the most enlightened courts of Europe, symbolically reinstates its court, once enriched by geniuses like Baldassarre Castiglione and Torquato Tasso, with the voice and experience of today’s journalists, the outstanding interpreters of the events that are changing our world.
Previous recipients of the Urbino Press Award, chaired by Giovanni Lani, are Diane Rehm, Michael Weisskopf, Martha Raddatz, Thomas Friedman, David Ignatius, Helene Cooper, Sebastian Rotella, Wolf Blitzer, and Maria Bartiromo.
“The Urbino Press Award,” underscored President of the Marche Region, Gian Mario Spacca, “ is an initiative that has been able to consolidate the already strong collaboration between our region and the United States. To the winner of the 2015 Urbino Press Award, Gwen Ifill, the most sincere congratulations.”
