Franklin Event Draws 500

Now in its second year, the John Peter Zenger Medal winner was Frederick Moss, vice president and a 50-year veteran at Galvanic Printing & Plate Co. and president of Flexi Printing Plate Co. This special award, named after the colonial printer whose arrest, imprisonment, trial and acquittal in 1735 set the foundation for freedom of the press, is given to an industry individual who has demonstrated exemplary character in the form of courage, charity, activism, or community or military service.