| Flash! | National | January 2010 |
Dear AFTRA Broadcast Journalist:
As the co-chairs and AFTRA New York Local Host Committee of the 2010 AFTRA Media and Entertainment Excellence Awards (The AMEES) dinner gala benefit, we are pleased to extend an invitation to all of our broadcast journalist member colleagues in New York and around the country to attend or support the AMEES on Monday evening, February 22 at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.
The AFTRA Foundation will honor veteran CBS broadcaster Charles Osgood with the AFTRA Media and Entertainment Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award in Broadcasting for his decades of service in the broadcast field.
“Good Morning America’s” Robin Roberts will also be honored with the AFTRA Media and Entertainment Excellence Award in Broadcasting at a dinner gala benefit on Feb. 22 at New York’s Plaza Hotel.
With his trademark bow-tie and his weekly TV signoff of “I’ll see you on the radio,” Charles Osgood has often been referred to as CBS News’ poet-in-residence. Osgood has been anchor for CBS News "Sunday Morning" since 1994 and also anchors and writes “The Osgood File,” his daily news commentary on the CBS Radio Network. A native New Yorker, Osgood has been a program director and manager, general manager and an anchor/reporter for radio and TV broadcasts. He joined CBS News in 1971, later becoming an anchor and reporter for many CBS News programs, including the “CBS Morning News,” the “CBS Evening News with Dan Rather” and “CBS Sunday Night News.” Click here to read more.
As an anchor of ABC News’ “Good Morning America,” Robin Roberts has reported on a diverse range of stories and issues, from anchoring presidential candidate town halls to reporting on natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. A 20-year veteran of broadcasting, Roberts started her career while in college at Southeastern Louisiana University working for local radio. She went on to ESPN with versatile assignments including “Sportscenter” and covering the Winter and Summer Olympics, from 1997 to 2000. Click here to read more.
Also receiving honors will be Spanish-language recording artist Juanes with the AMEE Award in Sound Recordings and the past and present cast members of “Sesame Street,” with the AMEE Award in Entertainment. Music legend Sam Moore will also be honored with the AMEE Lifetime Achievement Award in Sound Recordings.
AFTRA National First Vice President and award-winning broadcast journalist, Bob Edwards, will serve as Master of Ceremonies at the 2010 AMEES. Edwards is the host of “The Bob Edwards Show” on XM Satellite Radio. Before joining XM in 2004, he hosted National Public Radio’s (NPR) “Morning Edition” for more than 24 years. Edwards was inducted in the national Radio Hall of Fame in 2004 and is a past AMEE Award recipient.
The proceeds from the evening go to support the AFTRA Foundation. Click here to learn more about the Foundation.
We hope you will join us for this special evening’s salute to AFTRA member excellence. Please click here to visit the 2010 AMEES Awards online and purchase tickets or make a contribution to the AFTRA Foundation
If you cannot attend the 2010 AMEES in New York, click here to find out how you can become an AFTRA Foundation Patron and have your name listed in the 2010 AMEES Tribute Journal. Click here to download the form.
Thank you for supporting the work of the AFTRA Foundation. We hope to see you at the AMEES on February 22!
2010 AMEES Gala Co-Chairs
Lainie Cooke
Ed Fry
2010 AFTRA New York Local AMEES Host Committee
Polly Adams
David Allan Basche
Jim Kerr
Robert Newman
Randall Pinkston
Frank Simms
Sally Winters
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