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2007
September
2007 Contest Winners Recognized
Winners in three competitions were announced during NFPW's 70th anniversary conference, Sept. 20-22 in Richmond. Va.
Read about our contest winners:
2007 Communications Competition (.xls, .cwk)
2007 Competition Sweepstakes Winner (.doc, pdf)
2007 Communicator of Achievement (pdf)
2007 High School Competition (.doc, pdf)
NFPW and National Women's History Museum collaborate on exhibit
In celebration of NFPW's 70th Anniversary, the National Women's History Museum (NWHM), will launch Women with a Deadline: Female Printers, Publishers and Journalists from the Colonial Period to World War I, an online exhibit honoring women's contributions to the printed word. The online exhibit can be viewed at www.nwhm.org. Read more...(pdf)
Women in Journalism Exhibit
In celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW), the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM), will launch Women with a Deadline: Female Printers, Publishers and Journalists from the Colonial Period to World War I, an online exhibit honoring women’s contributions to the printed word. (.doc, pdf)
March
Observe Sunshine Week
Celebrate Sunshine Week March 11-17, 2007, and help raise public awareness of the importance of access and open government. This is a weeklong observance of the public's right to access government information. Read the call to action (.doc, pdf) by Marsha Shuler, NFPW First Vice President and First Amendment Chair. Then download this pdf form to order your Sunshine Week bracelet.
Read more about Sunshine Week.
Take the Survey
“Why newspaperwomen leave their jobs”
NFPW invites you to participate in a study about what motivates newspaperwomen to leave their jobs. Your participation and/or referral of others is important because it will help inform the industry about what it can do to improve its treatment of female employees and control the loss of women from its ranks.
Any woman who has worked at a newspaper qualifies for the study. For more details on guidelines and the study, read the full story (.doc, pdf). If you have questions, contact Amber Willard, a former journalist and doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin who is conducting the study, at awillard@mail.utexas.edu.
2006
October
Act before Nov. 7 to make Women's History Museum a Reality!
The National Women's History Museum Act, S 501, which provides for a building site, has passed the U.S. Senate twice on unanimous consent (with every woman Senator among the co-sponsors) only to meet with roadblocks in the House.
Rep. Jim Oberstar is the Ranking Member on the Transportation Committee where the bill sits. He needs to hear that we want to see this legislation passed. Please join us in sending him a letter or e-mail urging passage of this bill before the election Nov. 7.
Sample letter (.doc, pdf)
You may e-mail your letter
to his Duluth office in care of jackie.morris@mail.house.gov.
Phone: 218-727-7474
Fax: 218-727-8270
Address:
Duluth Federal Building
Room 231
Duluth, Minnesota 55802
Thank you for helping make this important museum a reality!
September
2006 Communicator of Achievement Named
Betty Packard of San Francisco was named the NFPW 2006 Communicator of Achievement at the annual conference in Denver. Learn about Betty's many "firsts"... (.doc, pdf)
2006 Sweepstakes Winners Announced
Marilyn Newton of Nevada was named the NFPW 2006 Sweepstakes Winner in the annual communications competition...and Virginia was named the affiliate with the highest number of points. Learn who else captured awards...(.doc, pdf)
Check out the complete list of all competition winners. (xls)
2006 Contest Winners Announced
Check out these winners of the NFPW 2006 Communications Competition. Awards were presented at the banquet Saturday, Sept. 9, in Denver.
The event concluded NFPW's annual communications conference, Sept. 7-9 at the Adams Mark Hotel. Professional development sessions, panel discussions, tours and other events were scheduled for the event that drew hundreds of NFPW members from throughout the nation.
2006 High School Winners Announced
Winners in the 2006 High School Communications Competition, representing all corners of the nation, competed in 12 categories ranging from editorials to feature stories to graphics.
Winners were honored at the National Federation of Press Women conference Sept. 9 in Denver, Colo.
Now, see if any winners are from your home state... (.doc, pdf)
June
Will contest changes affect you?
A few changes have been made in the 2007 Communications Contest categories, approved by the board at its spring meeting April 28 and 29 in Kill Devil Hills, N.C.
Suggestions for changes were submitted to Contest Director Donna Hunt of Texas by members from over the country, then studied by a contest review committee composed of Katherine Ward of Delaware, Cecilia Green of Illinois and Diana Saenger of Southern California, who made the recommendations.
The changes include the addition of several subcategories and the elimination of others, along with wording changes that hopefully will make the categories easier to understand and follow, and make some categories and subcategories more realistic.
Check to see if these revised categories affect you! (pdf, .doc)
The contest is reviewed every two years and will be studied again in 2008 for contest year 2009. Suggestions must be submitted in writing.
This year an effort has been made to update the categories in mid-summer and place them on the Web so that affiliates and individual members can begin making plans for the 2007 contest. The contest and rules also will be available at the 2006 Conference in Denver, Colo.
The board is encouraging greater participation in the 2007 contest from individual members and affiliates. First-place wins in affiliate and at-large competitions are entered in the national contest.
Check back here for upcoming promotional material on contest and a listing of 2006 winners.
April
Board meets in Kill Devil Hills, NC
(Story by Donna Hunt, NFPW Contest Director)
There’s nothing like having breakfast with "Queen Elizabeth" (the first) and spending time with Orville and Wilbur Wright, all in the same day.
This is what happened a couple of weeks ago prior to the spring board meeting of the National Federation of Press Women on the Outer Banks of North Carolina at Kill Devil Hills – the next door neighboring town to Kitty Hawk.
Kill Devil Hills is the home of a long-time very good Press Woman friend, Gwen White, with whom I share duties of directing the national communications contest. Gwen had planned a weekend retreat for the NFPW board and chairpersons, complete with a three-story beach house overlooking Albemarle Sound and lots of activities for those of us who came in two days early.
To find out more... (.doc, pdf)
Meg Hunt of South Carolina, NFPW president, Gwen White of Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Marsha Shuler of Baton Rouge, LA, and Carol Pierce of Alexandria, VA chat with Queen Elizabeth I in Kill Devil Hills.
March
Support sought for National Women’s History Museum
 National Federation of Press Women is part of a national coalition launching a campaign to help ensure the opening of the National Women’s History Museum. The campaign is encouraging supporters to call their representatives to voice support for S.501, the National Women’s History Museum Act. The U.S. Senate already has given its support for the use of the building chosen to house the permanent museum, the first of its kind.
February
Sunshine Week Web Site Goes Live
Celebrate Sunshine Week March 12-18, 2006, and help raise public awareness of the importance of access and open government. This is a weeklong observance of the public's right to access government information. Then don't forget to order your Sunshine Week bracelet (see below).
http://www.sunshineweek.org
Sunshine Week Bracelets Now Available
Click here to download this pdf form to order your Sunshine Week bracelets.
NFPW member’s book predicted lack of disaster readiness
Pennsylvania affiliate member Walter Bausch and his wife, Rosemary, predicted a failed response to a catastrophic natural disaster two years before Katrina devastated New Orleans. (.doc, pdf)
January
FOIA Officers Named
Federal agencies have announced new chief Freedom of Information officers (.doc, pdf), in response to President Bush's December executive order requiring improvements in transparency. (Most recent appointments are highlighted.) The agencies will be required to produce a report by June 30 describing progress in improving FOIA operations.
Read the NFPW First Amendment Network (FAN) Alert on this issue. (.doc, pdf)
2005
September
 Meg Hunt of South Carolina will lead NFPW the next two
years. Read about our new president and other officers. (.doc,
pdf, AppleWorks)
 Our 2005 Communicator of Achievement is Ree Strange Sheck
of New Mexico. Read all about this amazing woman! (.doc,
pdf, AppleWorks)
Television journalist Rhonda McBride of Alaska has been
named Communicator of Achievement first runner-up. (.doc,
pdf, AppleWorks)
Mindie Paget of Kansas is our new 2005 Sweepstakes winner
in the annual Communications Competition. Read about Mindie
and other winners. (.doc,
pdf, AppleWorks)
Youth Competition Winners Announced (.doc,
pdf, AppleWorks)
Youth Competition 2005 Program (.doc,
pdf, AppleWorks)
July
2005 Contest Results (partial) (Excel,
pdf, AppleWorks)
NFPW Alert: Federal Laws
Should Permit Journalists to Protect Their Sources, NFPW
Leader Says (.doc, pdf,
AppleWorks)
2006 Sunshine Week Bracelets Now Available (.doc,
pdf, AppleWorks)
Click here to order
your 2006 Sunshine Week bracelets!
June
National Competition to Help Launch Two New State News Councils
(.doc, pdf,
AppleWorks)
April
2005 Communicator of Achievement Judges Named (.doc,
pdf)
March
2005 Milestone Members Announced (xls,
pdf)
February
Sunshine Week Web Site Goes Live (.doc,
pdf)
http://www.sunshineweek.org
Sunshine Week Bracelets Now Available (.doc,
pdf)
Click here to download
this pdf form to order your Sunshine Week bracelets.
Check out this Web site on Secrecy News from the Project
on Government Secrecy, Federation of American Scientists:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/
Through research, advocacy and public education, the FAS
project works to challenge excessive government secrecy
and to promote public oversight.
2004
December
FAN ALERT: Prepare for Sunshine Sunday
in March! (.doc,
pdf)
November
Former National President Vivien Sadowski Dies
(.doc, pdf)
October
COA Replacement Disks Available
September
2004 Communications Contest Winners (.xls,
AppleWorks)
NFPW Announces Sweepstakes
Awards in Contest (pdf)
Barbara Micek wins Sweepstakes (.doc,
pdf)
High School Journalists Win
National Awards (pdf)
NFPW Names 2004 Communicator
of Achievement (pdf)
July
NFPW part of founding
coalition of National Women’s History Museum (pdf)
June
Race to Success with 2004
Conference (pdf)
2003
NFPW honors its first
65-year member (pdf)
National Federation Of
Press Women Announces Sweepstakes Awards In Contest
(pdf)
High School
Journalists Win National Awards (pdf)
National Federation
Of Press Women Names 2003 Communicator Of Achievement
(pdf)
2002
Women Communicators Exploring
New Frontiers at North Dakota Conference (pdf)
NFPW Names 2002 Communicators
of Achievement (pdf)
High School Journalists
Win National Awards (general announcement) (pdf)
High School Journalists
Win National Awards (by state) (pdf)
High School Journalists
Win National Awards (by category) (pdf)
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