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Beasley Media Group CEO Caroline Beasley Honored At Media Institute Gala
October 10, 2019 at 1:20 AM (PT)
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BEASLEY MEDIA GROUP CEO CAROLINE BEASLEY and WASHINGTON POST Publisher/CEO FREDERICK J. RYAN were recently honored at The MEDIA INSTITUTE’s 40th Annual “Free Speech Gala” on MONDAY, OCTOBER 7th. The event took place at the FOUR SEASONS HOTEL in WASHINGTON, DC.
BEASLEY received the AMERICAN HORIZON AWARD for her visionary industry leadership, helping grow a family-owned radio business from a single AM station into a 65-station multi-media corporation (NET NEWS 10/4). The award was presented by Senator GORDON SMITH, Pres./CEO of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS (NAB).
RYAN received the FREEDOM OF SPEECH AWARD for upholding principles of free speech and free press throughout a journalism career that has spanned print, broadcast, cable, and digital media.
FCC Commissioner GEOFFREY STARKS delivered the keynote remarks.
THE MEDIA INSTITUTE is a nonprofit foundation specializing in communications policy and the First Amendment.
(L-R): Washington Post Publisher/CEO FREDERICK J. RYAN, Media Institute Pres. RICHARD KAPLAR And Beasley Media Group CEO Caroline Beasley