2023 Book and Journalism Awards Special Guest Presenters

Please join an inspiring line-up of special presenters as they announce this year’s award winners!

2023Michael Beschloss

Michael Beschloss is a historian specializing in the United States presidency. He has been a frequent commentator on the PBS NewsHour and is the NBC News Presidential Historian.

2023Margaret Engel

Margaret Engel directs the Alicia Patterson Journalism Foundation, which gives grants to journalists in the name of Alicia Patterson, the founder of Newsday.

2023Kerry Kennedy

Kerry Kennedy is President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. A human rights activist and lawyer, she authored New York Times best seller Being Catholic Now, as well as Speak Truth to Power and Robert F. Kennedy: Ripples of Hope.

2023Rory Kennedy

Rory Kennedy is an Academy Award-nominated, Primetime Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. Kennedy’s work includes DOWNFALL: The Case Against Boeing (Netflix), Last Days in Vietnam (PBS), Ethel (HBO), and Take Every Wave (IFC), all of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

2023Natalie Morales

Natalie Morales is a journalist who is currently a co-host and moderator of the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk.

2023Symone D. Sanders

Symone D. Sanders is a political strategist and commentator. She served as national press secretary for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders during his 2016 presidential campaign.