The National Press Foundation recognizes and encourages excellence in journalism through its awards and fellowships. The deadline for applications for NPF’s 2025 annual awards is Sept. 30, 2024. Work published or broadcast between Sept. 30, 2023, and Sept. 30, 2024, is eligible.
Awards include:
- NEW: The Wounded Warrior Project® Award for Excellence in Coverage of Veterans; $5,000 (x2)
- The Benjamin C. Bradlee Editor of the Year Award; $5,000
- The Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress; $5,000
- The Innovative Storytelling Award; $5,000
- The Feddie Reporting Award for outstanding coverage of federal laws or regulations and their effect on local communities; $5,000
- The Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade; $10,000
- The Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons; $2,500
- The AARP Award for Excellence in Journalism on Aging; $5,000 (x2)
The winners will be honored during NPF’s Annual Awards Dinner, Feb. 20, 2025, at the Ritz-Carlton Washington, D.C.
Awardee Dorothy Butler Gilliam with the 2024 Widening the Pipeline fellows, Photo by: Lisa Nipp
Our awards are funded by generous individuals and foundations dedicated to celebrating the best in journalism. Previous winners of NPF awards include Al Roker, Robin Roberts, Dorothy Butler Gilliam, Monica Richardson, Scott Simon, Lisa Desjardins and Dean Baquet. We are especially grateful to our volunteer judges for their service.
To attend or sponsor the dinner, contact Jason Zaragoza jason@nationalpress.org. For more information about all of our awards, click here.
