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…
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...
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