The National Press Foundation’s 41st annual journalism awards dinner honored top journalists, including Al Roker of NBC’s TODAY and Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter detained by Russia, on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at the Ritz-Carlton Washington, D.C.
The dinner brought together roughly 650 journalists, communications professionals, philanthropists, policymakers and other influencers to celebrate the best in journalism. All proceeds go to support NPF’s mission of “making good journalists better,” specifically our flagship journalism training programs, the Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship and the Widening the Pipeline Fellowship for journalists of color.
Photos from the 2024 NPF Awards Dinner
The best in journalism:
Awards presented at the dinner included:
- Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism — Al Roker, TODAY, NBC News
- Chairman’s Citation — Evan Gershkovich, Wall Street Journal
- Benjamin C. Bradlee Editor of the Year Award — Monica Richardson, McClatchy VP Local News
- W.M. Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism Award — Dorothy Butler Gilliam
- Feddie Reporting Award — Hannah Dreier of the New York Times
- The AARP Award for Excellence in Journalism on Aging — Tara Bahrampour of The Washington Post and Dave Altimari and Jenna Carlesso of the Connecticut Mirror
- Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade — Bloomberg News Staff
- Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons — Jen Sorensen
- Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress — The Los Angeles Times reporters Benjamin Oreskes, Kevin Rector, Noah Bierman, Melanie Mason and Cameron Joseph
- Innovative Storytelling Award — The Washington Post
Supporting journalism education
This event gives sponsors an opportunity to network with an influential audience and a chance to meet the best journalists in the business. The awards dinner underwrites NPF’s mission of training and educating journalists to succeed in an increasingly challenging news environment. Your support for a healthy information ecosystem helps sustain American democracy.
To get involved in next year’s event, please contact Jason Zaragoza at jason@nationalpress.org.
