Club wants to see your best online journalism

The National Press Club wants to see the most innovative online journalism in 2019 entered in the competition for the Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism Award.

 

The winner of this category 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. More information is available online.

 

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 will be honored at a dinner at the Club this summer. The entry fee is $75, but entries may be submitted for free by Club members.