Greenwald Accepts Hugh Hefner Award for journalism
Glenn Greenwald accepted the 2014 Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award for journalism Tuesday.
He didn’t show up for the awards ceremony, emceed by the Playboy publisher’s daughter, Christie Hefner, at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
But in a recorded video message to attendees, Greenwald said he thought of his politically conservative father when he found out he won.
“I realized instantly that receiving an award named after Hugh Hefner would be the first time that he really felt unqualified enthusiasm about the work that I was doing, and would be truly impressed in a way that was free of caveats, so thank you for that,” he said.
Greenwald’s award was presented by Laura Murphy, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Washington Legislative Office.
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2014/05/21/glenn-greenwald-accepts-hugh-hefner-award-for-journalism
The Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Awards, a program of the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation, are given to people who a panel of judges believes have made significant contributions to the protection and enhancement of the rights enshrined in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The awards were established in 1979 under the direction of Christie Hefner, daughter of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_M._Hefner_First_Amendment_Award#Recipients