Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst emphasized the importance of journalism that on Thursday evening “not -bang and unwavering” was when he was honored during the First Amendment Awards of the RTDNA Foundation.
The RTDNA Foundation, the charity setting of the Radio Television Digital News Association, honored Yingst during a black dinner in the famous Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, the Foundation celebrates those who practice, promote and defend. Earlier winners include journalists, members of the American House of Representatives and US Senators.
“Thank you to the RTDNA Foundation for this incredible honor. The credit for our world-class report belongs to the Murdoch family, my crew and the Fox-Executive team, including CEO Suzanne Scott, President Jay Wallace, and senior executive vice-president Irena is not possible here.
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Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst was honored during the 2025 First Amendment Awards of the RTDNA Foundation. (BP Miller)
“To my father, thank you, you believed in me for someone else. When I was 19 years old in which he posted news items to YouTube that nobody looked, you believed that this was possible,” Yingst continued. “As an international reporter, I have the great privilege and responsibility to travel around the world and tell the stories of others. In recent years, my team and I have reported from almost 20 different countries, most recently from Ukraine, Syria and Israel.”
Yingst has treated conflicts all over the world, including the Israel-Hamas war, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the American junk withdrawal from Afghanistan. He also put the spotlight on the “brave Palestinian journalists” in Gaza who have risked their lives to practice the craft of journalism.
“We live in a dangerous time of attacking on journalists, wrong information and of efforts to silence those who keep the truth in power. Our work is now more important than ever. First amendment Is now more important than ever, “said Yingst.
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Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst with ABC News’ Pierre Thomas, who served as a master of ceremonies of the event.
“If you take away something from my comments today, let it be. The people in this room, each of you, play a crucial role, act like the fourth estate, capturing the experiences of people and being a voice for the voiceless,” he added. “Journalists are not the enemy of the people.”
Yingst said that the opposite is actually true.
“Journalists are the voice of the people. May you continue to use that voice in a way that is not afraid, unwavering and infallible,” he said.
The prizes “before the first amendment and the daring and brave efforts that many take – in an instant or during their career – to protect it,” said the RTDNA Foundation.
“Terwijl de wereld conflict op meerdere continenten doorhoudt, heeft Trey Yingst een opmerkelijk vermogen om de horror te humaniseren, waardoor het des te reëler is voor een publiek een oceaan weg. Hij is ook een leider in de industrie geweest, pleiten voor veiligheid en geestelijke gezondheidsbronnen voor journalisten die getuige zijn van Trauma om het herhaaldelijk te delen met hun publiek,” de de industrie, “de de industrie,” De the industry, “the public,” the industry, “the public,” the industry, “the public,” the industry ” RTDNA Foundation said in a statement when Yingst was selected.

Trey Yingst has treated conflicts all over the world, including the Israel-Hamas war, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the American junk withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“Fox News Sunday” Anker Shannon Bream, Fox News Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin and correspondent Lucas Tomlinson were also present to support Yingst.
Previous recipients of the first amendment prizes are Walter Cronkite, Sam Donaldson, Diane Sawyer, Mike Wallace, Bob Woodruff and Evan Gershkovich.
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Last year Yingst wrote the bestseller “Black Saturday of the Fox News Books” Black Saturday: an unfiltered report of the 7 October attack on Israel and the war in Gaza, “The Gold Standard in Storytelling when it comes to what took place on October 7 in the south of Israël and the war.
A Fox Nation series based on the book with the same name includes Yingst and the Fox Jerusalem Bureau Team Racing to cover the devastating terror attack, the team that experiences the spooky aftermath of horrible blood baths by the Israeli communities along the Gaza limit and the border Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent who enters the Gaza Strip during the Israeli ground invasion.