Events | The Opinion Awards
THE WEEK Opinion Awards is THE WEEK’s signature event, honoring the best opinion journalists in America. THE WEEK and its panel of judges recognize the best columnist, the best blogger and the best cartoonist of the year.
Now in its ninth consecutive year, THE WEEK Opinion Awards has evolved into a must-attend event for anyone at or interested in the nexus of political and media power. Partnering with The Aspen Institute, THE WEEK conceived the Opinion Awards and Forum as a way of furthering intelligent dialogue about current events in a non-partisan manner.
The Opinion Awards include:
- Awards ceremony, in Washington, DC
- Panel discussion, led by Sir Harold Evans, THE WEEK Editor-at-large
- Mini-site
- In-magazine supplement
Various sponsorship levels are available.
Highlights from the 2011 Opinion Awards
- The W Hotel, Washington, D.C. – May 11, 2011
- Host: David Gregory, Meet The Press
- 10th Anniversary Remarks: Sir Harold Evans, THE WEEK Editor-at-Large
- Honorees
- Columnist of the Year: Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal
- Editorial Cartoonist of the Year: Tom Toles, The Washington Post
- Blog of the Year: The Monkey Cage
- Special Guests
- Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
- Austan Goolsbee (Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers)
- Mika Brzezinski, “Morning Joe” MSNBC
- Over 100 attendees, including:
- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
- Congressman Steve Cohen
- Ben Bradlee
- Eugene Robinson
- Jonathan Capehart
- Sally Quinn
- Robin Sproul
- Eleanor Clift
- Rick Klein
- Ruth Marcus
- Kathleen Parker
- Mike Allen
- and many more
