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UNL, UNK students win NPW scholarships
Two students, one from Omaha and one from McCook, are the 2025 winners of $1,000 scholarships awarded annually by the Nebraska Press Women (NPW), a statewide organization of women and men involved in all fields of professional communications. Omaha native Josie Golka,...
NPW Members Win 26 National Awards
Nine members of Nebraska Press Women won a collective 26 awards at the 2025 NFPW Professional Communications Contest. The awards were presented Sept.13 at the annual National Federation of Press Women Conference in Golden, Colo. The contest drew more than 1,900...
NPW Members Win NFPW Communications Awards
Nine NPW members won 30 awards collectively in the NFPW Professional Communications Contest. The awards were presented June 24 at the annual NFPW conference in Cincinnati. Three members won first place awards: Erica Pritchard received two for her photography, both...
Nebraska Students Win 22 National Awards
Nebraska high school students earned three first places, five second places, seven third places and seven honorable mentions in the National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest. Winners were announced during a May 14 awards ceremony held via...
Two Inducted into Nebraska Women Journalists Hall of Fame
A veteran reporter for the Lincoln Journal-Star and the Omaha World-Herald and a Lincoln newspaper editor from the 1940s through 1971 were the 2025 inductees into the Marian Andersen Nebraska Women Journalists Hall of Fame April 12. Ceremonies were conducted during...
NPW Members Win Contest Awards
Thirteen members of Nebraska Press Women were winners in the 2025 Professional Communications Contest. The awards were presented April 12 at the NPW’s spring convention in Omaha. They entered work in 35 categories, including print and online articles, digital...
Nebraska Students win NPW Communications Contest Awards
Twenty-three first-place entries in the Nebraska Press Women (NPW) High School Communications Contest have advanced to the National Federation of Press Women competition. National award winners will be announced during an online celebration on May 14. Students from 16...
Nebraska Students Win 17 National Communication Awards
Nebraska high school students earned two first places, three second places, three third places and nine honorable mentions in the National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest. Winners were announced during a May 9 awards ceremony held via...
Nebraska Students Win NPW Communications Contest Awards 2024
Ten winners in the 2024 NPW High School Communications Contest were recognized during the spring conference lunch. Students attending were from Hastings High, Gretna East, Bellevue West and Adams Central. Twenty-three first-place entries in the Nebraska Press Women...
Two Inducted into Press Women’s Hall of Fame
A veteran small town newspaper editor and publisher and a college news bureau director and journalism instructor were the 2024 inductees into the Marian Andersen Nebraska Women Journalists Hall of Fame this weekend. Ceremonies were conducted Saturday night during the...
NPW Members Win NFPW Communications Awards
Nine NPW members won 30 awards collectively in the NFPW Professional Communications Contest. The awards were presented June 24 at the annual NFPW conference in Cincinnati. Three members won first place awards: Erica Pritchard received two for her photography, both...
Join NPW in Gothenburg for the 2023 Fall Conference
Come explore the past and present in journalism at the 2023 Nebraska Press Women’s fall conference in Gothenburg on Saturday, Oct. 14. The guest speaker lineup will feature a presentation on Kearney’s first female journalist and two authors who will address the pros...
Batie Named Runner-Up NFPW Communicator of Achievement
Barb Bierman Batie of Lexington, Neb., has been named the runner-up for the 2023 Communicator of Achievement Award from the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW). Batie was recognized during a celebration at the organization’s annual conference held June 22-24,...
Nebraska Students Win 17 National Communication Awards
Nebraska high school students earned two first places, two second places, four third places and nine honorable mentions in the National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest. Winners were announced during a May 17 awards ceremony held via Zoom....
NPW Communications Contest Winners Announced
All three NPW Sweepstakes Award recipients in the Nebraska Press Women Communications Contest this year are from central Nebraska. The three and their placements include: Mary Jane Skala, Kearney Hub lifestyle writer and columnist, first; Lori Potter, Kearney-based...
Two Added to Hall of Fame
Two trailblazing journalists, one in broadcast journalism and the other in journalism education, were inducted into the Marian Andersen Women Journalists Hall of Fame on April 22. Ceremonies were conducted during the Nebraska Press Women’s spring conference awards...
Nebraska Students Win NPW Communications Contest Awards
Twenty-three first-place entries in the Nebraska Press Women (NPW) High School Communications Contest have advanced to the National Federation of Press Women competition. National award winners will be announced May 17 during an online celebration. Students from 13...
Barb Batie Named COA
Lexington journalist Barb Batie was named the 2022 Communicator Achievement (COA) by the Nebraska Press Women (NPW) at its recent fall conference in Kearney. This award is the organization’s highest honor for members. It recognizes professional achievement, community...
Rights and Responsibilities of Freelancers is Fall Conference Topic
Newspaper staffs continue to be cut and some Nebraska Press Women members are choosing to be freelancers as they retire from full-time work or simply want to be self-employed. The keynote workshop at NPW’s fall conference Oct. 8 at Kearney Public Library, 2020 First...
LuAnn Schindler Names National Communicator of Achievement
LuAnn Schindler of Clearwater, Neb., has received the 2022 Communicator of Achievement Award from the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW). This prestigious award has been given for 65 years. Schindler received the award during a celebration at the organization’s...
NPW Contest Winners Announced: Potter Wins Sweepstakes Award
Nebraska Press Women Communications Contest award recipients were recently announced at the organization’s spring convention in York. Of the more than 120 entries, 39 earned first place awards and will go on to national competition, according to Mary Jane Skala, NPW...
Scholarship Winners Announced
Two young women with a passion for journalism as well as career interests in the law are the winners of this year’s Nebraska Press Women scholarships. The $1,000 Marianne Beel Scholarship for a high school senior goes to Elleiana Green of Omaha. The Marian High School...
Nebraska Students Win 12 National Awards
Nebraska high school students earned three first places, six third places and three honorable mentions in the National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest. Winners were announced during a May 16 awards ceremony held via Zoom. First-place...
Westside, Marian Win Sweepstakes Honors
Twenty-two first-place entries in the Nebraska Press Women (NPW) High School Communications Contest have advanced to the National Federation of Press Women competition. National award winners will be announced during an online high school awards celebration on Monday,...
Three Journalists Join Hall of Fame
Three journalists who worked in Nebraska over the last two centuries were inducted into the Marian Andersen Nebraska Women Journalists Hall of Fame Saturday, April 23, in York. Nina Meisinger, Mary Kay Quinlan and Shirley Sneve were inducted at the awards luncheon...
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