National Press Club award
contest seeks best online journalism
GUEST BLOG By Will
Lester--The National Press Club wants to recognize the best of cutting-edge
online news coverage with the Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism Award.
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Joan M. Friedenberg |
The award includes a $750 prize for the winner. The deadline
for entering the contest is April 1.
The contest is open to Press Club members and non-members.
Entry is free for press club members and $50 for non-members. For the first
time, entries may be submitted online or by the more traditional use of mail.
For more information, click http://press.org/about/awards
The award is named in memory of Joan M. Friedenberg, a
30-year veteran of TV and print news, who was founding editor of the Online
Newshour and wife of former Club President Jonathan D. Salant. She passed away
in 2007 from complications arising from Lyme disease.
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 winners of the Friedenberg Online Journalism Award last
year were Peter Eisler and Alison Young of USA Today for their package
"Ghost Factories," which uncovered hundreds of forgotten lead
factories and the health problems they can cause.
The Journalism Contest also includes awards for breaking
news, political reporting, regional reporting on Washington, international
coverage, consumer reporting and newsletter journalism. It also includes a
group of awards for areas as diverse as the news industry, aerospace and the
airline industry, problems facing the elderly and humor writing.
History of the
NewsHour: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/history/
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