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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

A Look Back at the NPF Awards Dinner

Seth Kaplan by Seth Kaplan 0 comments

Over the past 27 years, there have several memorable moments at the National Press Foundation's Annual Awards Dinner.  Take a look at this video that we recently put up on our YouTube channel showing highlights from the Annual Awards Dinner as well as NPF's programs:  

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Monday, December 28, 2009

Videos from Past Awards Dinners Available on YouTube

Seth Kaplan by Seth Kaplan 0 comments

We recently had several of our videos from past awards dinners digitized.  As the 27th Annual Awards Dinner approaches, these videos have given us a fun way to look back at dinners from past years.  We are in the process of uploading all of the videos that we have from the Annual Awards Dinner to YouTube.  We uploaded the first batch of them last week, and you can check them out on our YouTube Channel.  We will be putting up more throughout this week so we encourage you to check them out and leave comments!  

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Journalism Matters: NPF Director of Programs Linda Topping Streitfeld

Seth Kaplan by Seth Kaplan 0 comments

"Journalism Matters" is the theme of the 27th Annual Awards Dinner.  In order to build excitement around the theme, we've been collecting different people's thoughts on why they think journalism is important.  Linda Topping Streitfeld, the Director of Programs at the National Press Foundation shared her thoughts in the following video message:   We want you to tell us why journalism matters to you.  To share your thoughts, please fill out our online form. We will be reading your responses and will be featuring some of them on this blog, so keep your ideas coming!

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Mike Keefe of Denver Post Wins Berryman Cartooning Award From National Press Foundation

Bob Meyers by Bob Meyers 0 comments

Mike Keefe of the Denver Post has been awarded the 2009 Berryman Award for Editorial Cartooning for a wide-ranging series of drawings that poked fun at politicians, journalists and public perceptions. The award carries a $2,500 prize and a crystal trophy. The award will be presented at the 27th annual National Press Foundation Awards Dinner, Tuesday night, February 16th, 2010, at the Washington Hilton Hotel. The theme of the night’s dinner is, “Journalism Matters.” NPF has created a special blog about its dinner, http://tinyurl.com/yhvsozl. The judges also awarded Honorary Mentions to Matt Wuerker of Politico and Ann Telnaes of washingtonpost.com…

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Friday, December 18, 2009

Thank You to This Week’s New Table Buyers

Kerry Buker by Kerry Buker 0 comments

The National Press Foundation would like to thank the organizations that purchased a table this week for the 27th Annual Awards Dinner: American Electric Power  BBC World News America Dominion Resources Edison Electric Institute Entergy Ford Motor Company Gannett Hearst Newspapers Kiplinger Foundation McDonald’s Corporation  NCTA Politico Story Advocacy Partners USA Today The Annual Awards Dinner is the National Press Foundation’s largest source of unrestricted revenue.  By helping to defray our costs, our dinner supporters ensure that we are able to reach more journalists each year through our no-cost training programs.  To attend the dinner, click on the “make a…

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