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Written by OPC Staff
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
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 IWMF will also honor Edith Lederer with the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award. Lederer, chief correspondent at the United Nations for the Associated Press, was the first female resident correspondent in Vietnam in 1972. She has worked on every continent except Antarctica since she began her journalism career in 1966.
This year's awards will be presented at ceremonies in Los Angeles on October 16 and New York on October 21. Award winners will attend a reception and panel discussion in Washington , D.C. , on October 9.
Read more about the award and the journalists who will be honored at the IWMF Web site.
The OPC spotlighted Lederer in its Q&A for the June issue of the monthly newsletter, The Bulletin. Read the interview and listen to excerpts from the interview.
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