But Whitaker described the current moment as a fraught time for journalism.
Television news audiences and budgets have shrunk.
Keep reporting with honesty, integrity and facts.
Bill Whitaker, longtime ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent, co-hosting the 2025 duPont-Columbia Awards in New YorkDade Hayes
Our democracy requires it.
Inskeep later added, Some media broadcast for people who already care, who already buy a narrative.
Many people dont trust the media.
And fellow journalists, respectfully: Thats good!
It might be better if more people were skeptical of certain things theyre told.
But we need to meet that challenge.
The duPont-Columbia Awards were founded in 1942.
Since 1968, they have been administered by Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Journalism.
A jury made up of industry veterans selected 30 finalists and 16 winners.
