Univision’s Ramos, MSNBC’s Tur, CNN’s Tapper win 2017 Walter Cronkite Award

The Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism winners for 2017 are Univision’s Jorge Ramos, MSNBC’s Katy Tur and CNN’s Jake Tapper

Ramos, Tur and Tapper will each be awarded with an Individual Achievement by a National Journalist honor. The announcement was made on Monday by the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

“Today, at this seriously dangerous moment for our democracy, these Cronkite Awards honor journalists, stations and networks stepping up to their civic responsibility to tell Americans the truth,” said Lear Center Director Marty Kaplan.

{mosads}Jurors said Ramos, who was thrown out of a Donald Trump press conference during the presidential campaign, won “for advancing the conversation about what divides us as a country.”

Tur is being honored for “providing unique insight into Trump voters” and displaying “grit and perseverance demonstrating the honor of her profession.”

Jurors noted Tapper’s “tenacious commitment to sorting fact from fiction, a quality essential to journalism.”

CNN’s “Reliable Sources” won top National Network News Program, with jurors noting host Brian Stelter’s ability to offer “positive solutions to the question of what the media needs to do to gain, and regain, the public’s trust.”

Awards will be handed out at a ceremony the National Press Club in Washington on April 28.