NPW Provides…
NETWORKING
NPW spring and fall conferences provide networking and professional development opportunities. The conferences are held in various locations around the state and utilize area experts. Each conference features workshops, speakers and discussions designed to enhance members’ knowledge and skills as well as to promote interaction and the exchange of ideas and information.
FEEDBACK
Media professionals provide feedback on every entry submitted to NPW’s annual communications contest. First place entries advance to the national competition. This method is used for both the professional contest and for the high school contest, which is endorsed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.
RECOGNITION
Each year NPW recognizes a Communicator of Achievement from within its organization and also inducts new members into the Nebraska Women Journalists Hall of Fame, open to all. In addition, NPW provides two scholarships: one to a high school senior planning to seek a post-secondary education in a communications-related field, and one to a Nebraska full-time college or university communications student entering at least the junior year.
NPW is …
Nebraska Press Women is a dynamic organization of women and men who are engaged in careers spanning the communications spectrum. Some are new to the communications industry. Many are experienced professionals, both active and retired. Some live in rural areas, others in cities.
Individually, we work in print and electronic journalism, public relations, advertising, freelancing, graphic design, digital media, marketing, photography and more. We’re authors and educators. We work for schools, government, non-profits and companies, both large and small.
Collectively we are committed to the highest ethical standards in communications, protecting First Amendment rights, professional growth, the next generation of communicators and networking with each other.
We draw strength, enrichment and friendship from one another.
Upcoming Events…
Latest NPW News…
Barb Batie Inducted into Nebraska Women Journalists Hall of Fame
Barb Bierman Batie, a veteran reporter and photographer who worked for Cozad, Norfolk, North Platte and Lexington newspapers, then went on to be a correspondent for the Midwest Messenger and other publications, is the 2026 inductee into the Marian Andersen Nebraska...
Professional Communications Contest Winners Announced
Seventeen members of Nebraska Press Women won awards in the 2026 Professional Communications Contest. Awards were presented at the group’s spring meeting in Lincoln April 25. The contest accepts entries in 56 categories, including print and online journalism, public...
Nebraska Students Win NPW Communication Awards
Nebraska high school students recently received awards in the Nebraska Press Women (NPW) High School Communications Contest. Students from 21 schools submitted 508 entries that were judged in 23 categories. Those categories included writing, photos,...
Thompson Named 2025 COA
Sherry Thompson of Omaha was named the 2025 Nebraska Communicator of Achievement (COA) at the fall statewide meeting of Nebraska Press Women (NPW), held in Red Cloud. Thompson has won state and national writing and editing awards for work done in her jobs for Saving...
Register Now for April 25 Conference
Registration is open for Nebraska Press Women’s spring conference April 24- 25 in Lincoln. The pre-tour on Friday, April 24, includes a morning docent-led tour of the exhibit, “Remnant” works by Cora Nimtz, at the International Quilt Center. Lunch will be at the...
Pulitizer Prize Winners to Speak at Spring Conference
Two Pulitzer Prize winners will speak at the Nebraska Press Women (NPW) Spring Conference on Saturday, April 25, in Lincoln. Both are faculty members at the University of Nebraska College of Journalism and Mass Communications (CoJMC) where daytime sessions will be...
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