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Estlow Lecturers and 2007-2008: Renee Montagne
2006-2007: Jim Amoss
2005-2006: Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer served as anchor of Saturday edition of The CBS Evening News for 23 years and interim weekday anchor from March 2005 to August 31, 2006 . He has been chief Washington Correspondent since 1982 and moderator of Face the Nation since 1991. He moderated the third presidential debate between Senator Barack Obama and Senator George McCain in 2008 and the third presidential debate between President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry in 2004.) 2004-2005: Linda Greenhouse
Linda Greenhouse, the 1998 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for beat reporting and author of the biography "Becoming Justice Blackmun." Greenhouse received the Anvil of Freedom Award and delivered the Estlow Lecture on May 4, 2005 .
2003-2004: Floyd Abrams
The lecture was titled "The Bush Administration and the First Amendment."
2001-2002: Geneva Overholser
Overholser received the 2001 Anvil of Freedom Award on October 22, 2001 at the University of Denver. Overholser accepted the award presented by Edward W. Estlow and gave a speech entitled “What Good is Journalism”.
2000-2001: Katharine Graham
More links to tributes on Graham are listed here.
1999-2000: William R. Burleigh
1998-1999: Helen Thomas
1997-1998: Allen H. Neuharth
1996-1997: David S. Broder
Edward W. Estlow Lecturers The Estlow Lecture is an annual event started in 1992 by Jean Otto, former Estlow Chair of Professional Journalism in the School of Communication at the University of Denver and Edward W. Estlow, a distinguished DU alumnus and retired president of Scripps Howard. The event culminates with a speech on the University of Denver campus by a noteworthy national leader. 1995-1996: Louis D. BoccardiPresident and CEO of The Associated Press 1994-1995: Richard M. Schmidt, Jr.Distinguished First Amendment attorney, broadcaster, prosecutor, former General Counsel - United States Information Agency 1993-1994: Michael GartnerPulitzer Prize-winning journalist, lawyer, former president of NBC News 1992-1993: James SquiresFormer editor of the Chicago Tribune. |
The Estlow Center for Journalism and New Media is honoring Renee Montagne, host of NPR's Morning Edition, as the 2008 recipient of the Anvil of Freedom Award. This award is given in recognition of Montagne's outstanding journalistic efforts in covering diverse communities, and specifically recognizes her work on the LA homeless community and on women and others who are disempowered in Afghanistan. She is speaking at a luncheon in her honor at the University of Denver on Thursday, April 17, 2008. Return to the 
Jim Amoss, Editor of the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, received the 2007 Anvil of Freedom Award at the University of Denver on April 24, 2007. Amoss was honored for his paper’s outstanding work in serving the local community through a disaster, exposing the failures of FEMA at the national level, and for keeping the region’s recovery efforts on the national and international agenda. He spoke to a group of more than 60 on a snowy April evening, reminding students, fellow journalists, educators, and members of the public of the importance of local news as a "guide to living." His remarks followed live jazz piano music from Henry Butler, who relocated to Denver from New Orleans after the hurricane-related floods of 2005. Amoss was introduced by Greg Moore of the Denver Post and was presented his award from Moore, University of Denver's Chancellor Bob Coombe, Ed and Charlotte Estlow, and Estlow Center Director Lynn Schofield Clark. 
Floyd Abrams , prominent First Amendment attorney. 
Geneva Overholser, Pulitzer-prize winning editor for the DesMoines Register, syndicated journalist and Stanley Foundation trustee.
Katharine Graham, Pulitzer prize winning author and long-time editor-and-chief of The Washington Times.
David S. Broder, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, national political writer for The Washington Post 