NBC’s Lester Holt Accepts National Press Club’s Top Award
NBC Nightly News and Dateline anchor Lester Holt accepted the National Press Club’s Fourth Estate Award in a virtual presentation held on Wednesday, October 20.
Holt, states TVNewser, became the 49th recipient of an award which recognizes people “who have made significant contributions to the field of journalism.” Holt joins a distinguished roster of past winners, including TV news legends Walter Cronkite, Tom Brokaw, Andrea Mitchell, Gwen Ifill, Susan Zirinsky, and celebrated newspaper editors Dean Baquet and Marty Baron.
Earlier this year, Holt was honored with the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement award. In 2019, he was honored with the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism and in 2017, he received the Quinnipiac University’s Fred Friendly First Amendment Award.
“The headwinds and political currents notwithstanding, this is an amazing time to be a journalist,” Holt said in his award acceptance remarks. “We have risen to the occasion of a country splintered and in search of hand holds.
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