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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...
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...
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