FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, October 10, 2025
PRESS CONTACT: Jai-Leen James info@wabjdc.org
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Washington Association of Black Journalists announced that Jonathan Capehart, co-host of MSNBC’s “The Weekend,” is the 2025 recipient of the WABJ Legacy Award. This award recognizes a Black journalist whose sustained excellence and impactful work has left an indelible mark on the profession.
Capehart, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author, will be honored at the WABJ 4th Annual Special Honors & Scholarship Gala on Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C. Tickets for the gala can be purchased here.
Capehart is co-host of “The Weekend” on MSNBC and author of “Yet Here I Am: Lessons from A Black Man’s Search for Home,” published in May 2025. He serves as a political analyst on PBS NewsHour, featured on the popular “Brooks and Capehart” segment. A former Washington Post Associate Editor, Capehart served as an opinion writer for 18 years. In 1999, his editorial campaign to save the Apollo Theater earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.
“Journalism is a calling,” said Capehart. “We come to this profession because we want to tell the stories that might not get told or shine a light on the people who might get overlooked. Winning the WABJ Legacy Award is an honor that makes all the hard work all the more worthwhile.”
“WABJ is proud to honor Jonathan Capehart with the Legacy Award,” said WABJ President Phil Lewis. “His Pulitzer Prize-winning work and commitment to amplifying marginalized voices have made him one of the most respected journalists of our time.”
The awards gala is a fundraiser to support WABJ scholarships, year-round professional development programming, and the organization’s long-running Urban Journalism Workshop for D.C. area high school students, which is now in its 39th year.
WABJ congratulates Capehart on this well-deserved honor.
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Founded in 1975, the Washington Association of Black Journalists is an organization of Black journalists, educators, public relations professionals and student journalists in the Washington, D.C., metro area. WABJ provides members with ongoing professional development opportunities and advocates for newsroom diversity, equity and inclusion. For more information, please visit www.wabjdc.org.