IWMF`s Courage in Journalism Awards

Upcoming event for Kristen this Wednesday

David Geffen, Angie Harmon, Kristen Bell, Rashida Jones, Arianna Huffington,
Heather Tom, Ashley Jones, Lesley-Anne Down, Hunter Tylo, Alley Mills, Sarah
Brown and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Among Others Come out to Support the IWMF`s
Courage in Journalism Awards
–(Business Wire)–
International Women`s Media Foundation:

WHO: 2009 Courage in Journalism Award winners: Iryna Khalip of Belarus, reporter
and editor in the Minsk bureau of Novaya Gazeta;Agnès Tailé of Cameroon, media
consultant and former reporter for Canal 2 International, radio and television;
and Jila Baniyaghoob* of Iran, freelance reporter and editor-in-chief of the Web
site Kanoon Zanan Irani (Iranian Women`s Center). The 2009 Lifetime Achievement
Award winner: Amira Hass, a reporter and columnist for Ha`aretz Daily, a
newspaper based in Tel Aviv.

“These remarkable journalists have chosen to report the news in three countries
where pursuit of the truth puts them at risk for arrest, physical attacks and
even death,” said Judy Woodruff, chair of the IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards.
“Still, they have consistently, for many years, chosen to risk their lives and
livelihoods in pursuing stories that illuminate the lives of people in their
countries and enlighten us all.”

*Baniyaghoob will not attend the event.

WHEN: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 6:30 p.m.**
WHERE: Beverly Hills Hotel, 9641 Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills

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