On January 10, 2024, Maria Hinojosa ’84, Barnard’s Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, was named the recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award, which is conferred by the Murrow School of Journalism at Washington State University, recognizes top leaders in the communications industry who have made outstanding achievements throughout their careers. Hinojosa will receive the award at the 48th Murrow Symposium, scheduled for April 3, where she will also deliver the keynote address.
Hinojosa, who graduated from Barnard in 1984, is an Emmy-award-winning journalist who has worked for PBS, CBS, WNBC, CNN, and NPR, and hosted the talk show Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One. She is also the founder of Futuro Media, whose podcast Suave won the Pulitzer Prize in 2022. Throughout her decades-long career, she has dedicated herself to lifting underrepresented voices.