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Veteran journalist and union activist Sam Donaldson last night received the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) Media and Entertainment Excellence Award, known as the AMEE. Award-winning singer Maureen McGovern and soap-opera star Susan Lucci, a daytime Emmy winner, also were honored.
AFTRA presents the AMEEs annually to performers and journalists who have made significant contributions to American culture.
Donaldson, who has been with ABC for nearly four decades, is a longtime AFTRA member who helped organize CBS News correspondents in the early 1960s. He also has served as president of AFTRA’s Washington/Baltimore local. He probably is best known for his assertive questioning of presidents as White House correspondent and co-anchoring of “Primetime” with Diane Sawyer.
Lucci plays Erica Kane on ABC’s “All My Children” and McGovern is best known for her 1970s hit single “Morning After” from the original “Poseidon Adventure.”
AFTRA Foundation President Shelby Scott says:
AFTRA members are proud to honor our fellow members Maureen McGovern, Susan Lucci and Sam Donaldson for their lifetime of achievements that continue to entertain and inform audiences today.
Past AMEE recipients include “60 Minutes” producer Don Hewitt, as well as Cedric The Entertainer, Willard Scott, Roberta Flack, Bob Edwards, Don Hastings, Susan Flannery, Amber Tamblyn, Patti Austin and Robert Hager.
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