Corporation for Public Broadcasting Honors Wes Moore with Thought Leader Award

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) presented its Thought Leader Award to bestselling author and youth advocate Wes Moore during the American Graduate Luncheon at the PBS 2013 Annual Meeting in Miami. The CPB Thought Leader Award is given to American leaders who affirm the essential services that public media provides to citizens in areas of education, journalism, and the arts.

An Army combat veteran and the host of “Beyond Belief” on the Oprah Winfrey network, Wes Moore is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, “The Other Wes Moore.” He serves on the board of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees, and founded STAND!, an organization in Baltimore that supports youth who are caught up in the criminal justice system. Wes Moore is the host of an upcoming three-hour primetime series on PBS, “Coming Back,” which tells the stories of nine returning veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan who are rebuilding their lives.