"TAMPA, Florida (Nov. 16, 2025) - Legendary television journalist Jane Pauley of CBS Sunday Morning was awarded the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism on Saturday at the Poynter Institute's Bowtie Ball. Pauley has a trailblazing career that spans more than 50 years, from being the first woman to anchor an evening news broadcast in Chicago, to being a host on NBC's Today show at age 25, to the anchor of Dateline to her nearly decade-long tenure with Sunday Morning."
""We are inspired by the intellect, class and disarming decency of Jane Pauley, who became a pioneer for a new kind of broadcaster - one who shows us that empathy in journalism doesn't dilute the truth, it adds to it," Brown said during the event. In addition to honoring Pauley, Poynter also bestowed its Distinguished Service to Journalism Awards to Garry Trudeau, the Pulitzer-Prize winning creator of Doonesbury - and Pauley's husband - and to Dean Baquet, the former executive editor of The New York Times and currently the executive editor of its Local Investigations Fellowship."
Jane Pauley received the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism at the Poynter Institute's Bowtie Ball in Tampa on Nov. 16, 2025. Pauley's career spans more than 50 years, including being the first woman to anchor an evening news broadcast in Chicago, hosting NBC's Today at age 25, anchoring Dateline, and a nearly decade-long tenure on CBS Sunday Morning. Poynter President Neil Brown presented the award at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street and commented on Pauley's pioneering, empathetic approach to journalism. Poynter also presented Distinguished Service to Journalism Awards to Garry Trudeau and Dean Baquet. Poynter is a global nonprofit focused on strengthening democracy through journalism, fact-checking, media literacy and support for local news.
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