Contact Karen Robinson for details and sponsorship opportunities
krobinson@wnin.org | 812-423-2973
Tickets to the 2026 WNIN Winter Gala are available now!
Click here to purchase your tickets today
WNIN Tri-State Public Media and the Berger Wren Group at Baird Private Wealth Management invite you to put on your best evening attire and join us for WNIN’s 2026 Winter Gala to be held on Saturday, January 24th, 2026 at the Bally's Riverfront Event Center in downtown Evansville, Indiana.
This one of a kind evening includes a multi-course dinner with the exclusive opportunity to hear from national broadcaster Judy Woodruff, live entertainment, and plenty of socializing with all of your favorite WNIN personalities. Guests can also look forward to silent and live auctions featuring libations, experiences, and more.
Each year, the Winter Gala is held to directly support WNIN’s mission and efforts to enrich lives and empower our region through public media. Join us for a dynamic evening that will support all of your favorite WNIN programs and the communities we serve!
Individual tickets - $150
Tables (seats 8)- $1,200
Sponsorship opportunities are available.
Please contact Karen Robinson for sponsor info at 812-423-2973 ext. 136 krobinson@wnin.org
Special Guest Speaker Judy Woodruff
WNIN is pleased to announce that this year’s speaker will be Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent for PBS NewsHour. She has
covered politics and other news for more than four decades at CNN, NBC, and PBS.
The recipient of numerous awards, including the Peabody Journalistic Integrity Award, the Poynter Medal, an Emmy for Lifetime Achievement, and the Radcliffe Medal, she and the late Gwen Ifill were together awarded Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism after Woodruff and Ifill were named co-anchors of the PBS NewsHour in 2013, marking the first time an American national news broadcast would be co-anchored by two women.
Woodruff is a founding co-chair of the International Women's Media Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging women in communication industries worldwide. She serves on the boards of trustees of the Freedom Forum and The Duke Endowment. Formerly she was a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Urban Institute, and a member of The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.
Woodruff is a graduate of Duke University, where she is a trustee emerita. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, journalist Al Hunt, and they are the parents of three children.
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Thank you to our Gala sponsors!
Silver Sponsors
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Special Thanks
2025 WNIN Winter Gala Photos by Daniel Knight's Studio B Photography
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