In the middle of one of the most consequential news cycles in recent memory, Moment on November 17th marked 50 years of publishing.

Moment’s 2024 Benefit & Awards Gala was an evening dedicated to American journalism and democracy.

Coming on the heels of a monumental presidential election, with wars in the Middle East and Ukraine ongoing and troubling misinformation rampant, it was a time to come together. We gathered to celebrate Moment, the rare multimedia community that strives to elevate the conversation to where it should—and needs—to be.

Dana Bash, CNN’s chief political correspondent, anchor of Inside Politics and co-anchor of State of the Union received the Robert S. Greenberger Journalism Award for her tireless dedication to exposing antisemitism. 

Nadine Epstein, Moment’s editor-in-chief & CEO who, in her 20 years leading Moment, has grown the publication into a multimedia community reaching millions of people. She is a wise, calm voice in a turbulent time was honored with Moment’s Visionary Leadership Award.

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton received Moment‘s 2024 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Human Rights Award for her decades of work as a civil rights activist, including her participation in the Freedom Summer in the Mississippi Delta in 1964. A longtime friend of the late Justice Ginsburg, she has served as the District of Columbia’s congressional delegate since 1991.

Debra S. Katz, a fierce employment discrimination and civil rights litigator, is one of the most prominent attorneys of the #MeToo era. She received Moment’s Women & Power Award for her work fighting sexual harassment and whistleblower retaliation.

Robert Siegel, the beloved former co-host of All Things Considered, has been a Moment special contributor since his retirement from NPR. He was the recipient of  Moment‘s Inspirational Journalism Award in recognition of his dedication to the highest principles of journalism.

Honorary Co-chairs: Wolf & Lynn Blitzer · Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat & Marion Lewin

Honorary Committee: Tovah Feldshuh · Esther & Bert Foer · Congresswoman Lois Frankel · Tom Gjelten & Martha Raddatz · Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt  · Willee & Finlay Lewis ·  Congresswoman Kathy Manning · Joan Nathan · Janet Pitt  ·  Josh & Ali Rogin  · Carol Schwartz · Francie & Stuart Schwartz ·  Jane Siegel · Francie & Stuart Schwartz · Annie Totah ·  Esther Wojcicki

Editor’s Circle: Andrew R. Ammerman · Anonymous · Epstein Family ·  Edith Everett · Kathryn Gandal · Patti Kenner · Lloyd & Victoria Goldman ·  Elizabeth Scheuer & Peter Joseph ·  Elisha Wiesel & Lynn Bartner-Wiesel · Robert & Sherry Weiner

Host Committee: David Adler · Grace Bender · Jonathan Coopersmith & Lisa Halperin · Eileen Dzik & Jack Edelstein · Julie Farkas & Seth Goldman · Ira Forman & Caryn Pass ·  Edie Fraser · Greenberger Family ·  Sharon Karmazin · Aviva Kempner · Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum & Randi Weingarten · Connie & Jay Krupin · Peter Lefkin · Ann Lewis & Mike Sponder · Tina and Albert H. Small, Jr. ·  Carol Kahn Strauss · Diane Troderman & Harold Grinspoon · George Vradenburg ·  Ira Wagner · Gwen Zuares

Corporate Sponsors: Allianz · Buck’s Camping & Fishing · CNN Worldwide ·  Deutsche Telekom ·  EagleBank · Eat the Change · Four Seasons Washington DC ·  Holistic Vodka Co. ·Katz Banks Kumin ·Sfoglina · Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, UBS, The Ven (Marriott)