The Poynter Institute will present legendary reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein with the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism at its annual fundraising gala — the Bowtie Ball — which will return to an in-person celebration of journalism on Nov. 12, at the Tampa Marriott Water Street in Tampa, Florida.
Fifty years ago, the duo’s dogged reporting changed the course of American history and fortified journalism’s role in a free society.