2010 Awards: Call for Entries
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The National Press Foundation is now accepting applications for awards recognizing journalistic excellence. Winners will be recognized at NPF’s 2011 Awards Dinner, set to take place on March 1, 2011. Journalists are invited to apply for the following…
Capitol Hill Issues Briefing: Mid-Term Elections
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Will the Republicans retake the House? Will the Senate fall? Will the Pelosi/Reid doctrine of targeting select districts for the Democrats work? What will drive voter decisions? Get an inside peek at the latest polls and be part of an in-depth discussion on what the latest Congress has and has not accomplished. This free, half-day program for journalists and others is presented by the National Press Foundation, POLITICO and the Center on Congress at Indiana University.
NPF Educates Global Health Media in Vienna
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NPF will be in Vienna, Austria this week for our Journalist to Journalist HIV/AIDS Media Training prior to the XVIII International AIDS Conference. We have awarded 59 journalists from 40 countries with all-expenses-paid fellowships to attend our J2J training and AIDS 2010. During the 4-day J2J program, our journalists will hear from more than 20 experts on important topics such as AIDS in children, HIV in prisons, tuberculosis, and more. They’ll also tour Viennese hospitals caring for HIV/AIDS patients and participate in special discussions about journalism practice issues relating to HIV/AIDS coverage. To take part in the action, make sure…
1997 NPF Winner Nina Totenberg Receives the CPB Murrow Award
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Nina Totenberg, NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent, was named recipient of the 2010 Edward R. Murrow Award by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. "Nina Totenberg represents public media's excellence in journalism," said Pat Harrison, president and CEO of CPB. "Her work embodies the legacy of Edward Murrow, and we're pleased to honor her with this distinguished award." Nina Totenberg has worked with NPR for thirty-five years. Her reports air regularly on NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition. NPF honored Totenberg in 1998 with the Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism. View the video of her…
NPF Award Winner Highlighted in Kurtz Online Investigations Column
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The Center for Public Integrity has made a splash in recent years by filling the gap for a major journalistic pursuit: investigative reporting. Hardly a new player in journalism, the 20-plus year-old organization is increasingly taking on a more prominent media role, according to Monday’s op-ed by The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz. The National Press Foundation honored The Center for Public Integrity with the 2007 Excellence in Online Journalism Award. The award was presented at the 2008 NPF Annual Awards Dinner. View a video honoring The Center below. Today, media outlets are outsourcing investigative reporting to nonprofits who can offer…
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