The National Press Foundation would like to thank Ogilvy Public Relations for their donation of consulting and design services for the 27th Annual Awards Dinner. We just received the final version of this year’s invitation, and it looks great! Take a look:
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Over the past ten years, NPF has honored some of the biggest names in journalism such as Gwen Ifill, Bob Schieffer, Thomas Friedman, Leonard Downie, Jr. and Charlie Gibson, many of whom have made reference to why journalism matters in their acceptances speeches. Comments made by award winners, photos, videos and more from the past 10 years of NPF Awards Dinners are available now on our website.
For the first time, the National Press Foundation is offering branded sponsorship of NPF programs as part of the sponsorship packages available to 2010 table buyers. Allstate Insurance Company has already purchased sponsorship of three Capitol Hill briefings. These half-day programs to be held in Washington, DC will cover hot topics on the Hill. More opportunities to sponsor Capitol Hill briefings are available for Gold and Silver level sponsors.
We are excited to announce that we have secured sponsors for all three receptions to be held at the 27th Annual Awards Dinner. Less structured than the formal dinner program, the receptions are a great opportunity to network with dinner guests, meet new colleagues and contacts and celebrate journalism.
Washington, December 1, 2009: The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting has been awarded the 2009 Excellence in Online Journalism Award from the National Press Foundation.
Receiving Honorable Mention certificates in the annual contest were ClimateWire; AP Mobile; Washingtonpost.com; and CNN.com.
“Journalism matters” is the theme for the 2010 Annual Awards Dinner but award winners every year often capture the “journalism matters” sentiment in their acceptance speeches. Leonard Downie, Jr., the former executive editor of the Washington Post, was honored with the Benjamin Bradlee Editor of the Year Award at the 26th Annual Awards Dinner last February. In his acceptance speech he expressed his commitment to accountability journalism. Currently, Downie is the Weil Family Professor of Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ArizonaStateUniversity. In his new post, Downie is working with academic partners to assess and influence the changes that journalism is undergoing in this new digital age. A clip of Leonard Downie, Jr.’s acceptance speech at last year’s dinner is available below.
