Membership
NPW welcomes all women and men working as professionals in any area of communications for at least one year immediately prior to membership.
Conventions
NPW has a fall and a spring convention at various locations around the state. Each convention features workshops, speakers and panel discussions designed to enhance members’ knowledge and skills.
Scholarships
NPW has a fall and a spring convention at various locations around the state. Each convention features workshops, speakers and panel discussions designed to enhance members’ knowledge and skills.
What is
Nebraska Press Women?
Nebraska Press Women is an organization of women and men from all areas of the communications industry. NPW provides professional development opportunities and offers a forum for discussion of issues common to all.
News
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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...
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...
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...
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