53rd Annual National Press Club Journalism Awards Dinner
Registration to this event is essential in gaining access to the club.
Aug 26 2026
WHEN:
Aug 26, 2026 at 6:00pm
WHERE:
Holeman Lounge and Ballroom
CONTACT INFO:
Cecily Scott Martin
MORE INFO:
Awards
Registration/tickets required
Join us for the 53rd Annual NPC Journalism Awards Dinner, a night of celebration and recognition for outstanding journalists! This in-person event will be held at the National Press Club on Wednesday, August 26.
The award-winning entries being honored brought clarity and humanity to some of the most covered events of the year, gave meaningfulness and urgency to topics in danger of being overlooked, and demonstrated journalism's continued necessity and relevance in modern America.
The evening will begin with a 6 p.m. reception in the Holeman Lounge, followed by dinner and the awards program at 7 p.m. in the Club’s ballroom.
Tickets are $80 for the general public and $70 for National Press Club members
Winners
Angele Gingras Satire Award
Mark D. Harmon, Boston Globe & Knoxville News Sentinel for “A Year of Trumpian Excess”
Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award (Broadcast)
ABC News Live in Partnership with Global Conservation for “Last Lands: South Africa”
Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award (Print/Online)
Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone and Wildlife Investigative Reporters & Editors for “The Parrot Cartel”
Arthur E. Rowse Award for Examining the News Media
Habib Battah, Christina Cavalcanti and Annia Ciezadlo, The Public Source for “Israel's Willing Propagandists: What the Media Won't Tell You When it Embeds with the Military”
Breaking News Award (Broadcast)
CBS News for “Los Angeles Wildfires”
Breaking News Award (Print/Online)
The Los Angeles Times for “L.A. Firestorms”
Consumer Journalism Award (Broadcast)
CBS News for “The Price of Milk: The Immigrants Behind American Dairy”
Consumer Journalism Award (Print/Online)
The Guardian US, Consumer Reports and the Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) for "The Price We Pay"
Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence
Hana Kiros, The Atlantic for “Foreign Aid Under Trump”
Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism Award
The Washington Post for “Measuring the TikTok User Experience through Crowdsourced Data”
Joseph D. Ryle Award for Excellence in Reporting on Aging
Emily Hoerner, Christy Gutowski and Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune for “Hospitals and Guardianship”
Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis
WIRED for “DOGE Takeover”
Michael A. Dornheim Award for Aerospace, Defense, and Aviation Reporting
Joel Schectman and Aruna Viswanatha, The Wall Street Journal for “The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America’s UFO Mythology”
Nell Minow Award for Cultural Criticism
Charles McNulty, The Los Angeles Times for “Theater Criticism”
News Photography Award
Tess Crowley, Deseret News for “Charlie Kirk Assassination”
Newsletter Journalism Award
Bob Herman, STAT for “Health Care Inc.”
Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism
Hannah Natanson, The Washington Post for “The year Trump broke the federal government”
Washington Correspondence Award
PBS Frontline & NPR for “Hurricane Helene's Deadly Warning”