For
Immediate Release
NBC Anchor Brian Williams
to Present Award at November 18, Times Square Strolling
Supper To Raise $ for Lung Cancer Research
Robert Bazell, NBC News Chief Health and Science Correspondent,
will be awarded the first-ever "Joanie Award"
for his lifetime of achievement in medical broadcast
journalism at the 2003 Strolling Supper with Blues and
News for Joan’s Legacy: The Joan Scarangello Foundation
to Conquer Lung Cancer. The benefit will take place
on November 18, 2003, at Times Square Studios, and will
be hosted by network anchors Tom Brokaw, Aaron Brown,
Barbara Walters and Brian Williams.
The "Joanie Award"
was created by the Foundation to honor the memory and
mission of Joan Scarangello, a producer and writer for
broadcast, who appreciated quality reporting and believed
that more information about lung cancer and women should
be shared with the public. The "Joanie" will
be awarded each year to the finest broadcast television
segments focusing on lung cancer.
To kick off the Joanie Awards
program, the Foundation is making a special "Lifetime
Achievement" award to journalist Robert Bazell.
The award will be presented at the benefit by Mr. Bazell’s
NBC colleague, anchor Brian Williams.
"Robert Bazell’s
reports on Nightly News, Today and Dateline NBC represent
the very best in science and medical journalism,"
said Patrick McNeive, the Foundation’s president.
"We are delighted to recognize his important work,
and the intelligence and excellence he brings to the
field of science reporting."
Mr. Bazell has reported on
many of the world’s most pressing health issues,
including extensive tracking of the AIDS epidemic, and
lung cancer, the nation’s #1 cancer killer. His
30-year career is marked with superior achievement and
contributions in the understanding of science and medicine,
including significant coverage of cancer and women’s
health issues.
In addition to the presentation
of the "Joanie Award", the Strolling Supper
will offer a performance by Grammy Award winning blues
artist Delbert McClinton, a silent auction and more.
For more information about the benefit and Joan’s
Legacy, visit www.joanslegacy.org or call 212-627-5500.
Joan’s Legacy is named
for Joan Scarangello, a life-long New Yorker and nonsmoker
who died at age 47 after a valiant nine-month fight
with lung cancer. Joan’s Legacy is an annual benefit
committed to fighting lung cancer by searching for a
cure, focusing greater attention on the world’s
leading cancer killer, and saving lives through research,
education, and early detection initiatives.
In 2002, Joan’s Legacy’s first
year, the benefit raised more than $300,000, all of
which has been directed to lung cancer research. Lung
Cancer is the number one cancer killer in the United
States. It kills more women every year than breast,
uterine, and ovarian cancers combined. Remarkably, lung
cancer receives less research funding than any other
cancer. Joan’s Legacy is the first non-profit
foundation in the United States to identify and cultivate
lung cancer research and education programs with a special
focus on non-smoking related lung cancer.
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