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Nine NPW Members Win National Awards; Two Are Sweepstakes Runners-up
Nine members of Nebraska Press Women won awards in the 2026 National Federation of Press Women’s annual Professional Communications Contest. The awards were presented Sept. 26 at the NFPW’s annual Professional Communications Conference in Ellicott City, Maryland....
Sherry Thompson is Runner-up National Communicator of Achievement
Sept. 26, 2026 – Sherry Thompson of Omaha, Neb., has been named the runner-up for the 2026 Communicator of Achievement Award from the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW). Thompson was recognized during a celebration at the organization’s annual...
Registration Underway for Fall Conference in Henderson
HENDERSON – Nebraskans have loved and cared for the land for generations. Nebraska Press Women will learn about and celebrate some of those efforts at the fall conference Saturday, Oct. 17. Board members will meet at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16 at Chances R, 124 W. Fifth...
Nebraska Students Win 21 National Communication Awards
Nebraska high school students earned four first, four second, two third and 11 honorable mention awards in the National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest. Winners were announced during a May 13 awards ceremony held via Zoom. First-place...
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...
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