NPFAwardsdinner

Paul Anger of Detroit Free Press Receives Ben Bradlee Editor of the Year Award

Paul Anger, the Editor and Publisher of the Detroit Free Press, has been awarded the 2009 Benjamin C. Bradlee Editor of the Year Award by the National Press Foundation. The award carries a $5,000 honorarium and an engraved crystal vase. It will be presented at NPF’s 27th Annual Awards Dinner, Tuesday February 16, 2010, in Washington.

 

NPF Thanks Its Early Dinner Supporters

The National Press Foundation would like the following organizations for supporting the 27^th Annual Awards Dinner and showing that journalism matters.  The Awards Dinner is NPF’s largest sources of unrestricted revenue.  Proceeds from the dinner help to defray our costs, ensuring that we are able to reach more journalists each year through our no-cost training programs.  A list of 2010’s early dinner supporters can be found in the extended post.

Mike Keefe of Denver Post Wins Berryman Cartooning Award From National Press Foundation; Wuerker, Telnaes, Day Also Cited

Washington, November 19 -- Mike Keefe of the Denver Post has been awarded the 2009 Berryman Award for Editorial Cartooning for a wide-ranging series of drawings that poked fun at politicians, journalists and public perceptions.

The award carries a $2,500 prize and a crystal trophy. The award will be presented at the 27^th annual National Press Foundation Awards Dinner, Tuesday night, February 16^th, 2010, at the Washington Hilton Hotel. The theme of the night’s dinner is, “Journalism Matters.” NPF has created a special blog about its dinner, http://tinyurl.com/yhvsozl.

Bill Kovach Receives Kiplinger Award from National Press Foundation

National journalism leader and veteran editor Bill Kovach has been awarded the 2010 W.M. Kiplinger Award for Distinguished Contributions to Journalism from the National Press Foundation.

 

“Perhaps no one in his time has more epitomized the values of our profession—the sense that journalism must be tough but fair, uncompromising but humane, and above all searching, always asking more questions—than Bill Kovach,” the NPF judges said.

 

Julie Hirschfeld Davis of AP, Brianna Keilar of CNN Win Dirksen Awards

WASHINGTON, November 10: The National Press Foundation has announced the winners of the 2009 Everett McKinley Dirksen Awards for Distinguished Coverage of Congress, perhaps the nation’s leading award for Capitol Hill reporters. Both winners provided detailed looks at the economic bailout packages as they were considered by lawmakers.

60 Minutes Wins Sol Taishoff Award For Excellence in Broadcast Journalism

WASHINGTON, November 12: The CBS News show, “60 MINUTES” will receive the 2009 Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism from the National Press Foundation.

“The show continues to excel at long-form accountability journalism at a time when all  broadcast news organizations are beset by changing economics and demographics,” the judges said.

2010 Dinner Committee

NPF would like to thank the 2010 Dinner Committee for their help with this year’s dinner!

 

Peter Cherukuri (Co-Chair)

Robert DeFillippo, Prudential Financial (Co-Chair)

John Walcott, McClatchy Newspapers (Co-Chair)

 

Charles Gibson Discusses Why Journalism Matters at 2009 Awards Dinner

In his acceptance speech for the 2008 Broadcaster of the year, Charles Gibson discussed the importance of journalism.  Watch his remarks below.