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49th Annual National Press Club Journalism Awards Dinner
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Aug 31 2022
WHEN:
Aug 31, 2022 at 6:00pm
WHERE:
Holeman Lounge and Ballroom
CONTACT INFO:
Kate Helster
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Awards
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 49th Annual Journalism Awards Dinner. A special presentation of the President's Award will honor the late Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
Please join us at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31st 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.
National Press Club Journalism Awards
Winners:
Consumer Journalism-Newspapers
Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang from the Miami Herald and ProPublica for ‘Birth & Betrayal’
Consumer Journalism-Periodicals
A team of reporters from ProPublica for ‘Unchecked: America’s Broken Food Safety System’
Consumer Journalism-Broadcast
Julie Watts of CBS Sacramento for ‘The COVID Lab: State Secrets Exposed’
Breaking News
A team from National Public Radio’s All Things Considered for Jan. 6 coverage.
Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence-Print
Phil Stewart and the team from Reuters for ‘the Afghan Air Force’
Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence-Broadcast
A team from Retro Report/PBS/Frontline and ProPublica called ‘Massacre in El Salvador.’
Washington Regional Reporting
Nick Grube of Honolulu Civil Beat for a close look at the abuse of COVID funds by a Hawaii promotions company
National Press Club’s Arthur E. Rowse Award for Excellence in Examining the News Media-Print
A team from the Marshall Project for ‘The Language Project’ – a close look at the importance of language use in covering topics like those incarcerated.
National Press Club’s Arthur E. Rowse Award for Excellence in Examining the News Media-Broadcast
A team from PBS’ Frontline for ‘A Thousand Cuts,’ a documentary that looked at journalist Maria Ressa and her staff at the Rappler covering the run-up to an election in the Philippines.
Newsletter Journalism
Valerie Bauman and Roy Strom of Bloomberg Industry Group for ‘Clients Cry Foul Over Litigious Litigation Finance Company’
Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting – Print
Rob O’Dell of the Arizona Republic for ‘Mesa Monkey Farm’
Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism Award
Hannah Dreier and Andrew Ba Tran of The Washington Post for ‘FEMA’s Disasters’
Angele Gingras Humor Award
Scott Vogel of Newsday for ‘Pandemic Eating’ – a clever look at what and how people were eating during the pandemic
Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism
Hugo Lowell of Guardian US for ‘Inside how Trump and aides sought to stop Biden's certification on January 6’
Joseph D. Ryle Award for Excellence in Writing on the Problems of Geriatrics
Suzie Khimm and Laura Strickler of NBC News Digital for ‘Nursing Homes in Crisis’
Michael A. Dornheim Award
Christopher Freeze of Air Line Pilot Magazine for ‘ALPA at 90’
Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis
Jen Wieczner of Fortune Media for ‘Dominion Voting: Big Lies vs. Big Lawsuits’
Nell Minow Award for Cultural Criticism
Daniel Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times for ‘A Critical Eye on the Latino Cultural Zeitgeist.’
News Photo Award
J. Scott Applewhite of The Associated Press, ‘Chaos in the House Chamber’
Honorable Mentions:
Consumer Journalism-Newspapers
Erin Einhorn and Aaron Mondry of NBC News Digital and Outlier Media for ‘The ‘fake landlord’ scam destroys lives in Detroit’
Consumer Journalism-Broadcast
A team from CBS News for ‘Robinhood Steals a Life.’ This story focused on the stock market trading app, which promised customers to make stock trading easy, but whose poor to non-existent customer service created problems.
Edwin Hood Award-Print
Molly O’Toole of the Los Angeles Times for ‘’Sitting ducks’: Biden’s Pandemic Border Closure Fuels Violence Against Migrants.’
Washington Regional Reporting
Orion Donovan-Smith of the Spokane Spokesman-Review for his investigation of a VA medical center.
National Press Club’s Arthur E. Rowse Award for Excellence in Examining the News Media-Broadcast
NPR's Invisibilia for its coverage of publications like 209 Times that thrive in communities where reporters have more territory to cover than they have time or resources. And in news deserts.
Newsletter Journalism
Bloomberg Law piece by Paige Smith thoroughly demonstrated the dilemma facing lawmakers trying to decide whether or not to eliminate the exemption from the federal minimum wage allowed for nearly 44,000 disabled workers.
Ann Cottrell Free Award – Print
Rachel Fobar of National Geographic for ‘USDA Accused of Ignoring Animal Welfare Violations in Favor of Business Interests’
Joan M. Friedenberg Award
A team from The Palm Beach Post and ProPublica for ‘Snow: Big Sugar’s Burning Problem’
Joseph D. Ryle Award for Excellence in Writing on the Problems of Geriatrics
Eleanor Laise of MarketWatch for her reporting on a Medicare provider for low-income patients.
Michael A. Dornheim Award
Tom Risen, North America air transport reporter at Cirium Dashboard for his solid beat coverage of the aviation industry.
Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis
Cameron Joseph of Vice News for ‘After Jan. 6: Where Democracy Goes From Here’
Nell Minow Award for Cultural Criticism
‘McFamily Feud’ by Beth Kowitt of Fortune Media. This piece offers an inside look at an institution that borders on universal culture— McDonalds.
News Photo Award
Marcus Yam of the Los Angeles Times for his photography of the evacuation from Afghanistan.