WASHINGTON, D.C. —The residence of the French Ambassador Laurent Bili was standing room only as Jon Kelly, Puck co-founder, presented New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin with the First Amendment award at their annual celebration of the First Amendment. Sens. Jim Banks (R-IN) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), Reps. Jason Crow (D-CO) and Kevin Kiley (R-CA), joined media insiders, lawmakers, and technology leaders.
Kelly praised Sorkin’s influence in business journalism and his role in shaping national conversations on markets, power, and the press. In his acceptance remarks, Sorkin warned that AI is moving faster than society is prepared for. “The real question is not whether jobs will change. It is whether we are ready for the scale of that change and what happens to the truth?”
Held at the elegant residence of Laurent Bili, the event celebrated the role of journalism in public life and drew a cross-section of Washington’s political, media, and technology communities. Conversations spanned the future of the media industry, the shifting relationship between technology and government, and the enduring importance of independent reporting. The gathering has become a fixture on Washington’s social calendar, drawing leading voices from politics, journalism, and business for an evening of celebration.
The Puck journalists were there in force, including Dylan Byers, Peter Hamby, LeighAnn Caldwell, and John Ourand. The Trump Administration’s CMS lead, Chris Klomp, along with Noah Sofio, Alex Flemister, Seval Oz, and Karen Sessions, attended. Previous First Amendment recipients David Ignatius, Weijia Jiang, Kara Swisher, Amanda Katz, Cesar Conde, Kaitlan Collins, Pamela Brown attended. CTA’s incoming CEO Kinsey Fabrizio, Michael Petricone, Jill Hazelbaker, Josh Dawsey, Sumi Somaskanda, Cat Zakrzewski, Kasie Hunt, Katelyn Bledsoe, Olivia Igbokwe, Steve Thomma, Shawn McCreesh, Peter Baker, and Susan Glasser. Sarah Personette, Liz Gough,
Wonder Woman herself, Lynda Carter, and the director Patty Jenkins, were also in attendance.
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