A chance to honor the best, most creative online journalism

The National Press Club wants those who have done the most innovative online journalism in 2018 to enter their work in the competition for the Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism Award.

The winner of this Club award will have done original reporting and have taken advantage of online technology, such as interactive databases, primary-source interviews, and accompanying charts and graphs, in order to provide a thorough and graphically-attractive report. This award is intended to recognize the best journalism that uses online technology to provide a more compelling report than a print or broadcast story alone.

The prize for the winner is $750.

The deadline is April 15.

This award is named in memory of Joan M. Friedenberg, founding editor of the Online Newshour and wife of former Club President Jonathan D. Salant, and is funded by donations from Joan's friends and family.

Both online-only reports and sites that accompany print or broadcast stories are eligible; in the latter case, entrants must show how they used online content to enhance the print and broadcast reports.

The entries can be submitted online or by the more traditional method of mailing them in. The winner is expected to be honored at a dinner at the Club this summer. Members can enter for free and nonmembers pay $60 per entry.

The contest includes awards for political reporting, regional reporting on Washington, international coverage, consumer reporting and online journalism. It also includes a group of awards for areas as diverse as reporting on the welfare of animals, coverage of the journalism industry, newsletter journalism, problems facing the elderly and humor writing. Details on the different awards categories and how to enter the contest can be found by clicking here.