Solomon, former Washington Post colleagues to honor Bob Woodward, Sept. 21

George Solomon will roast and toast Washington Post editor and Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward at the Fourth Estate Award dinner Friday, Sept. 21.

Solomon, a long-time friend and former Washington Post colleague of Woodward, is a professor and the director of the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland.

Joining Solomon in paying tribute to Woodward are Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth; Donald Graham, CEO and chairman of the Washington Post Co.; and David Maraniss, the paper’s associate editor.

Through Sept. 14, National Press Club members may buy two tickets (one for themselves, one for a guest) for $125 apiece. Non-member tickets are $200 apiece.

Tickets are available here or by calling the event line at 202-662-7501.

Woodward is the 40th recipient of the Fourth Estate Award, the Club’s highest honor, given annually to an American journalist for a lifetime of achievement in the field.

The dinner and an accompanying silent auction raise money for the NPC Journalism Institute, the Club’s non-profit arm, which provides professional development and training services to the journalism community as well as scholarships for aspiring journalists.