Professor Chen Yuen-ying, jury member of the Peabody Award board and general director of the Journalism and Media Studies Center of the University of Hong Kong, receives the Peabody award trophy on behalf of China's Sichuan Televsion, in New York, the U.S., May 18, 2009. The 68th Annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony was held here on Monday. China featured prominently in the Peabodys this year with five awards going to programming on China-related subjects, among which Sichuan Television was honored for its outstanding reporting of the disastrous earthquake in May last year. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)
NEW YORK, May 17 (Xinhua) -- China featured prominently in the Peabodys this year with five awards going to programming on China-related subjects, among which Sichuan Television was honored for its outstanding reporting of the disastrous earthquake in May last year.
Brian Williams, the award-winning anchor of "NBC Nightly News," will be the host of the 68th Annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony on Monday, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City, according to a report available Sunday at Peabody Awards website.
The Peabody award trophy honored to China's Sichuan Television is held by Professor Chan Yuen-ying, jury member of the Peabody Award board and general director of the Journalism and Media Studies Center of the University of Hong Kong after she receives the award on behalf of Sichuan Televsion, in New York, the U.S., May 18, 2009. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)
