last but not least, my editor in chief, matt winkler.e read that matt can be demanding, even difficult. i can just tell you my experience. when he hired me six years ago to run the washington bureau, his instructions were simple. he said make it the best. we are still a work in progress, but we have come a long way, and i would not trade us, woman for a woman or man for man, for anyplace else. every step of the way, matt winkler has been encouraging and supportive. there is no one who does not bear the name of the company who has been more important to the extraordinary success and reach of bloomberg than matt winkler. i thank him for the opportunity of enabling me to feel young again. so it is a real honor to receive this award from jerry seib and his foundation that has done so much good work. i feel terrific about our business, about you all, and i feel terrific about tonight. thank you all so much. [applause] >> this is why journalism matters. scottie would have treated eight response. probably not, actually. our next award is for ex

the company to has been more important to the extraordinary success and reach of bloomberg than matt winkleri thank him for the opportunity in enabling me to feel young again. it is a real honor to receive this award from this foundation that has done so much good work. i feel terrific about our business. i feel terrific about you all. i feel terrific about tonight. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, al. al has answered our question tonight which was held journalism matters. >> this is why journalism matters. scottie would have treated eight response. probably not, actually. our next award is for excellence in broadcast journalism. the founder and publisher of broadcasting and cable magazine is a member of our board and a passionate defender of first amendment protection for broadcasters. the judges were unanimous in suggesting andrea mitchell and cnn as the winner. andrea is donating her award to the university of pennsylvania. go quakers. here is a brief video about her career. >> it is fine. this job -- i love it. >> andrea mitchell is one of the most indefatigable reporters i ha