Poynter’s Bowtie Ball (2024)
Poynter’s Bowtie Ball (2024)
Celebrate the power and importance of journalism as we honor Robin Roberts with the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism.
Details
EVENT DATE: Nov. 16, 2024
LOCATION: Hilton Tampa Downtown
TIME:
VIP Reception: 5:30 p.m. Eastern
General Admission Reception: 6 p.m. Eastern
Dinner and Program: 7-10:00 p.m. Eastern
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About the Bowtie Ball
The Poynter Institute’s annual Bowtie Ball showcases the most accomplished, dazzling and lively personalities in journalism as we gather in Tampa Bay for one electric celebration. It’s our way of saying thank you. Your generosity fortifies journalism’s role in a free society. Poynter champions freedom of expression, civil dialogue, and compelling journalism where citizens can participate in healthy societies.
Since the Bowtie Ball debuted in 2015, Poynter has welcomed thousands of guests who support the free press to don their favorite formal attire — Bow Ties encouraged — for dinner, dancing, and toasts with Pulitzer Prize winners, best-selling authors, and media personalities from the nation’s most beloved and revered newsrooms.
Our guests enjoy an immersive experience and access to internationally acclaimed journalists. They leave with insight into the powerful behind-the-scenes stories about the events that have shaped our world.
The real party will start in the grand ballroom with a gourmet, three-course dinner, complete with a premium open bar. Every seat is the best in the house when you’re surrounded by local and national journalists and emerging media voices.
Our event culminates with an insightful on-stage interview with one of the nation’s most revered and respected journalists, who will be honored with the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism. Previous recipients include Anderson Cooper, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, Lesley Stahl, Chris Wallace, Katie Couric, Lester Holt, Judy Woodruff, Tom Brokaw and Bob Schieffer.
Proceeds from this dynamic event will power Poynter’s mission to improve, strengthen, and sustain quality journalism in newsrooms worldwide.
TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. Sorry we missed you! Please join us for 2025! You can keep an eye on our upcoming events here.
2024 Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Recipient: Robin Roberts.
The Poynter Institute is proud to announce that 2024’s recipient of the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism will be acclaimed journalist, television anchor and author Robin Roberts.
Roberts has enjoyed a remarkable, decades-long career, hosting ESPN’s SportsCenter, co-anchoring ABC’s Good Morning America and authoring bestselling books like “Everybody’s Got Something” and “From the Heart: Seven Rules to Live By.” Her commitment to transparent and trustworthy reporting, combined with her genuine connection to audiences, has inspired audiences worldwide and earned her numerous accolades, including the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism in 2014 and induction into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2016.
Join us to see Roberts accept the Poynter Medal and discuss her empowering story.
About the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism
Each year, Poynter presents its medal to an accomplished journalist whose contributions to the news media have inspired and informed people around the world.
The medal was created to celebrate journalism and the legacy of Nelson Poynter, the former owner and editor of the St. Petersburg Times — now the Tampa Bay Times — who founded what was then called the Modern Media Institute for the professional development of journalists nearly 50 years ago. Upon his death, in an exceptional act of vision and philanthropy, Mr. Poynter bequeathed ownership of the newspaper to the school to ensure the independence of his beloved local paper.
Today, the Poynter Institute, a world-renowned nonprofit for journalistic excellence; named in honor of its founder after his death, still owns the Times. Poynter trains tens of thousands of journalists, newsrooms, educators, and students around the globe in person and online each year. Clients include CBS, NBC, Univision, ESPN, NPR, Gannett, McClatchy, and TEGNA newsrooms, and numerous local TV stations, community newspapers, and digital news sites.
Poynter also operates three fact-checking enterprises: the Pulitzer Prize-winning PolitiFact, the Nobel Peace Prize-nominated International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), and the social-first digital media literacy initiative MediaWise. In addition, Poynter is the home of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership, a resource for journalists and citizens to navigate today’s complex media landscape.
Get involved with the 2024 Bowtie Ball
If you’d like to sponsor the Bowtie Ball, please contact Deborah Read, chief development officer, at sponsorships@poynter.org or 727-371-0731 for more information. If you’d like to make an immediate impact, please click here. All contributions at all levels support Poynter’s mission to strengthen journalism in service to democracies throughout the globe.
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