MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Press Club on Wednesday, March 31, announced that Gloria Borger, CNN chief political analyst, is the club’s 2021 Sacred Cat Award honoree. The award, given annually since 1973, recognizes excellence in journalism at the national level.
Borger will accept the award at the club’s annual Gridiron Awards event, a virtual program set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19.
The club also will honor its 2021 Headliners, John W. Daniels, Jr., Chairman Emeritus of Quarles & Brady and Bob and Susan Mikulay, of St. Croix Productions, who are long-time community volunteers and board members at non-profit organizations throughout the Milwaukee area.
Winners of the press club’s 2020 Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism competition also will be recognized announced. The honorees were announced last year, but the 2020 Gridiron was canceled because of the pandemic.
Past Sacred Cat honorees include Chuck Todd, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, David Fahrenthold, Marty Baron, Ann Compton, Jonathan Alter, Cokie Roberts, Walter Cronkite, Malcolm Forbes, Judy Woodruff, Michael Bloomberg and David Maraniss.
The Headliner Awards are presented annually to those who are making a positive difference in Wisconsin.
Past Headliner honorees include Martin Schreiber, Mary Lou Young, Gary Grunau, Juli Kaufmann, Carmen Pitre, Howard Fuller, Ted Kellner, Hannah Rosenthal, Ricardo Diaz, Linda Mellowes, Michael Pink, Barry Alvarez, Jane Pettit, Bud Selig, James Lovell, Ben Marcus and Steve Marcus.
The registration deadline for the virtual ceremony is Friday, May 14. The cost is $25 per individual. Full-time students may register for free. Those who register will receive a link on the afternoon of the event to view it live.
