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Alsu Kurmasheva, RFE/RL Journalist Kurmasheva, 47, a Russian-American reporter for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was detained at an airport in Tartarstan in July 2023 as she tried to return to her home in Prague after visiting her elderly mother. She was sentenced to six and a half years in a Russian penal colony on bogus charges of spreading false information about the Russian military. “Our joy at Alsu’s release is tempered by our anger that she was taken in the first place. Alsu was guilty of no crime and was held in deplorable conditions and separated from her family in a cruel and…
51st Annual National Press Club Journalism Awards Dinner
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Join us for the 51st 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, Aug. 28. Get ready to mingle with industry professionals, savor delicious food, and applaud the winners of these prestigious awards. It's a fantastic opportunity to network and be inspired by the best in the field. Don't miss out on this memorable evening! Schedule of Events 6 PM | Cocktail Reception | Holeman Lounge 7 PM | Dinner & Awards Program | Ballroom
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President's Award
The President’s award is given at the discretion of the President of the National Press Club and honor outstanding achievements in the field of journalism. Read the full statement here. This year the President’s Award at the National Press Club will help call attention to the outstanding career of Las Vegas journalist Jeff German who was murdered outside his home in 2022. A local official, who was the subject of one of German’s investigations for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, is charged in the crime and the trial is scheduled for November.
Lizzie Johnson of the Washington Post will also be honored with a President’s Award. Soon after Jeff’s death, The Post was talking to the Review Journal team about what they could do to help and hit on the idea of following through one of the investigations Jeff was working on when murdered. The job on the Post side fell to Johnson who helped wrap up and write up German’s investigation into a Ponzi scheme that targeted Mormon communities. The idea that Jeff’s journalism would endure beyond his death is profoundly moving and hopefully a kind of deterrent to bad actors who think that a…
Winners
Consumer Journalism - Newspapers Rolfe Winkler, Khadeeja Safdar and Andrea Fuller from the Wall Street Journal for “Uncontrolled Substances” Consumer Journalism - Periodicals A team of reporters from The Markup for “Pixel Hunt” Consumer Journalism - Broadcast Susan Hogan, Rick Yarborough, Steve Jones, Lance Ing and Carlos Olazagasti of WRC-TV NBC Washington for “Driveway Danger” Breaking News - Print/Online Alison Sider, Dawn Gilbertson and Jacob Passy of the Wall Street Journal for “Southwest's Holiday Meltdown” Breaking News - Broadcast Devin Dwyer, Sarah Herndon and Paul Strzegowski of ABC…
Honorable Mentions
Consumer Journalism - Newspapers Michael Hawthorne of The Chicago Tribune for “Forever Chemical Threatens Consumers” Consumer Journalism - Broadcast Vicky Nguyen, Joe Enoch, Adiel Kaplan, Jean Lee and Jamie Nguyen from NBC News for “Frontover Dangers” Edwin M. Hood Award - Print Barak Ravid of Axios for “Biden’s Peace: How the U.S. pushed normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel” Washington Regional Reporting Orion Donovan-Smith of the Spokane Spokesman-Review Arthur E. Rowse Award for Excellence in Examining the News Media - Print Alissa Quart of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project…
50th Annual National Press Club Journalism Awards Dinner
The National Press Club will celebrate the best in broadcast and print stories from breaking news and Washington regional reporting to humor, political journalism and many other categories at the 50th Annual Journalism Awards Dinner. Please join us at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 30 starting with a reception in the Holeman Lounge followed at 7 p.m. with dinner and program in the ballroom. This event is business attire.
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