The annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner will return to its comedy past, with 'Saturday Night Live' veteran Kenan Thompson hosting the event a year after a historian served as host. Hasan Minhaj will also entertain the crowd. Details:
The White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner will return to its comedy past, with Kenan Thompson set to host the event on Saturday, April 25.cast member will lead through the evening a year after a historian was picked as host., will return to the dinner as featured entertainer.
"Kenan and Hasan are two of the most engaged and engaging entertainers in America. I’m thrilled they’ll help us celebrate the role of a free press in our democracy," said Jonathan Karl, chief White House correspondent for ABC News and president of the WHCA. "We’re looking forward to a lively evening honoring the most important political journalism of the past year."
The WHCA will be presenting two new awards at the 2020 dinner: The Katharine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability and the Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage by Visual Journalists. These are in addition to the longstanding Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage and Merriman Smith Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure.
This year’s dinner will also include the inaugural presentation of the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability, administered by the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications to recognize outstanding statehouse reporting.. He is currently in his 17th season onMinhaj has hosted his Netflix show since 2018.
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is a non-partisan event that supports the work of the WHCA "to protect the role of independent news media coverage of the president."
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