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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 partially funded by donations from Joan's friends and family.
The winner will have done original reporting and have taken advantage of online technology in order to provide a thorough and graphically attractive report. Judges will be especially interested in the use of multimedia. 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.
Entries
Entries are on a single topic and must be submitted via the Web using the online entry form. Please provide specific URLs where appropriate or note a designated area for the award material on the site. Entrants must electronically submit a body of work that substantially represents the way it looked during the award year. Entrants must submit a cover letter explaining why their entry deserves the award. Entrants must also submit passwords if they are needed to access the material online. This contest is not restricted to traditional media, though advocacy groups and others that lobby are ineligible.
A $45 entry fee is required for non-members. Make checks payable to: National Press Club Journalism Institute.
PRIZE: $750 award.
General Eligibility
Entries are limited to works of journalism disseminated in 2012. Through these awards, the National Press Club seeks to recognize and honor professional journalists who have produced outstanding work for the public, either independently or as employees of editorially independent news entities. In all cases, judges will give weight to demonstration of individual enterprise, fairness, accuracy and objectivity. Content produced for house organs, pamphlets, theses or reports will not be considered, nor will advocacy outlets of interest groups such as trade associations, consumer organizations or government agencies. Entries may be submitted by either journalists or their employers. Non-traditional entrants are free to explain in supporting materials how they meet these journalistic criteria, and should submit a statement explaining their editorial independence.
Judges will be looking for entries that:
- Demonstrate usefulness and benefits for readers
- Show thorough reporting
- Contain a strong story structure and a clear presentation
- Demonstrate superb writing style
Judges will use these criteria for all categories. Also, if you make a claim of exclusivity, please specify how, when and where you got the exclusive.
Judges will be by panels designated by the National Press Club Awards Committee. Winners will be notified and awards presented at a special National Press Club dinner. Judges will have the discretion to award winners and honorable mentions in any and all categories, but only if they decide such recognition is merited. Judges are not required to select winners if the quality of the entries does not meet award-winning criteria or quality.
For additional information, call (202) 662-8744.
Entry Requirements
Deadline: Entries must be submitted by April 1 each year. Entries are limited only to work published or broadcast in the previous calendar year.
A $45 entry fee is required for non-members. Make checks payable to: National Press Club Journalism Institute.
NPC Awards are sponsored by the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library at the National Press Club.