This year's panel of judges consisted of Michael Bamberger, Senior Counsel at Denton's and General Counsel at Media Coalition, Shelby Coffey III, Vice Chair of Newseum and Senior Fellow of the Freedom Forum and Zephyr Teachout, Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law. The Master of Ceremonies for this event will be Christie Hefner, Founder and Chairman of the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Awards.
The 2018 Honorees are:
* Allison Stanger, for Education
* Laura Kipnis, for Book Publishing
* Jamie Kalven, for Print Journalism
* Simon Tam, for Arts and Entertainment
* Joan E. Bertin, Lifetime Achievement award
Judges for the awards:
* Michael Bamberger
* Shelby Coffey
* Zephyr Teachout
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