Paul White Award
E289954
The Paul White Award is a prestigious lifetime achievement honor presented by the Radio Television Digital News Association to recognize outstanding contributions to electronic journalism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paul White Award canonical | 3 |
| Radio-Television News Directors Association Paul White Award | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2692826 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul White Award Context triple: [Mike Wallace, awardReceived, Paul White Award]
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A.
Ivor Novello Award
The Ivor Novello Award is a prestigious British music award that honors excellence in songwriting and composing.
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B.
Les Cunningham Award
The Les Cunningham Award is the American Hockey League’s annual honor given to its most valuable player during the regular season.
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C.
Raymond Longford Award
The Raymond Longford Award is a prestigious Australian film industry lifetime achievement honor recognizing outstanding contribution to the nation's screen arts.
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D.
Harold Pender Award
The Harold Pender Award is a prestigious engineering and technology honor recognizing individuals whose groundbreaking contributions have significantly advanced the fields of electrical engineering, computer science, or related disciplines.
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E.
Ginetta Sagan Award
The Ginetta Sagan Award is an Amnesty International human rights prize honoring women activists who courageously work to protect the rights and freedom of women and children, often at great personal risk.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul White Award Target entity description: The Paul White Award is a prestigious lifetime achievement honor presented by the Radio Television Digital News Association to recognize outstanding contributions to electronic journalism.
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A.
Ivor Novello Award
The Ivor Novello Award is a prestigious British music award that honors excellence in songwriting and composing.
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B.
Les Cunningham Award
The Les Cunningham Award is the American Hockey League’s annual honor given to its most valuable player during the regular season.
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C.
Raymond Longford Award
The Raymond Longford Award is a prestigious Australian film industry lifetime achievement honor recognizing outstanding contribution to the nation's screen arts.
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D.
Harold Pender Award
The Harold Pender Award is a prestigious engineering and technology honor recognizing individuals whose groundbreaking contributions have significantly advanced the fields of electrical engineering, computer science, or related disciplines.
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E.
Ginetta Sagan Award
The Ginetta Sagan Award is an Amnesty International human rights prize honoring women activists who courageously work to protect the rights and freedom of women and children, often at great personal risk.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
journalism award
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lifetime achievement award ⓘ |
| awardFor | lifetime contributions to electronic journalism ⓘ |
| category |
American awards
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journalism awards ⓘ lifetime achievement awards ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| domain | news media ⓘ |
| eligibility |
journalists
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news executives ⓘ news organizations ⓘ |
| field |
broadcast journalism
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digital news ⓘ electronic journalism ⓘ radio journalism ⓘ television journalism ⓘ |
| formerName |
Paul White Award
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Radio-Television News Directors Association Paul White Award
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| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | media award ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception | 1956 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Paul White ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Barbara Walters
ⓘ
Bob Schieffer ⓘ Charlie Rose ⓘ Dan Rather ⓘ Edward R. Murrow ⓘ Lester Holt ⓘ Peter Jennings ⓘ Ted Koppel ⓘ Tom Brokaw ⓘ Walter Cronkite ⓘ |
| organizer | Radio Television Digital News Association ⓘ |
| presentedAt | RTDNA annual conference ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
RTDNA
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Radio Television Digital News Association ⓘ |
| purpose | to recognize outstanding contributions to electronic journalism ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
career-long impact on electronic journalism
ⓘ
leadership in broadcast and digital news ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Paul White Award Description of subject: The Paul White Award is a prestigious lifetime achievement honor presented by the Radio Television Digital News Association to recognize outstanding contributions to electronic journalism.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Radio-Television News Directors Association Paul White Award