The message on February 16th at NPF’s Annual Awards Dinner was clear: Journalism matters and it always will. “There is nobody else who quite does what trained journalists do – dig up credible information critical to an honest democracy” Paul Anger said in his acceptance speech for the Benjamin Bradlee Editor of the Year Award. Watch his whole speech here:
Prior to the National Press Foundation’s 27th Annual Awards Dinner we wanted to hear why students and young journalists around the country believe journalism matters. We asked them, via Facebook, Twitter, and other social media, to submit brief essays on the topic. The number of quality responses that we received was overwhelming, and the essays were judged competitively. The contest’s winner was Liz Medhin, a television reporter and anchor at WHAM in Rochester, New York. This is Liz reading her essay at the dinner:
Liz’s essay was one of almost 60 essays submitted to the contest. More essay's can be read after the jump:
With less than 2 weeks to go, the countdown to the 27th Annual Awards Dinner has officially begun. Not sure what to expect? Here’s a quick preview of the event:
The event begins at 6:30 with the pre-dinner reception. The dinner itself begins promptly at 7:30. We do our best to keep the dinner and awards presentation to less than two hours. Awards are presented in between courses, which gives guests the opportunity to socialize with their table mates, enjoy their meal and listen to the awards presentations.
Colbert I. King, a columnist for
The Washington Post, will receive the 2010 Chairman’s Citation “for distinguished
commentary that provides keen insights into the uses and abuses of power.”
The award is made at the sole discretion
of the chairman of the National Press Foundation. Susan Swain, the current NPF
chairman and the co-president of C-SPAN, said, “It will be my final duty as
chair of the foundation to present the award to Mr. King. I cannot think of a
better way to hand over the gavel than to recognize his important contributions
to our city and to the journalism profession.”
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.
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.
