Zenger Award Lunch honoring CNN's Christiane Amanpour

When

11:30 a.m., Sept. 20, 2019

Where

CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour, whose reporting on violence and human rights abuses in Iraq, Bosnia and Syria has earned her worldwide respect, has been named the 2019 winner of the Zenger Award for Press Freedom by the University of Arizona School of Journalism.

Amanpour will be honored Friday, Sept. 20, at a public reception and lunch at 11:30 a.m. at the Marriott University Park Hotel, 880 E. Second St.

Tax-deductible tickets ($100 each) or tables of 10 ($1,000 each) are available now through a secure UA Foundation site, with proceeds going toward student reporting projects and travel.