53rd Annual National Press Club Journalism Awards Dinner

Schedule

Wed Aug 26 2026 at 06:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-04:00
Location

National Press Club | Washington, DC

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About this Event

Join us for the 53rd Annual NPC Journalism Awards Dinner, a night of celebration and recognition for outstanding journalists! This in-person event will be held at the National Press Club on Wednesday, August 26.



Winners

Angele Gingras Satire Award

Mark D. Harmon, Boston Globe & Knoxville News Sentinel for “A Year of Trumpian Excess”

Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award (Broadcast)

ABC News Live in Partnership with Global Conservation for “Last Lands: South Africa”

Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award (Print/Online)

Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone and Wildlife Investigative Reporters & Editors for “The Parrot Cartel”

Arthur E. Rowse Award for Examining the News Media

Habib Battah, Christina Cavalcanti and Annia Ciezadlo, The Public Source for “Israel's Willing Propagandists: What the Media Won't Tell You When it Embeds with the Military”

Breaking News Award (Broadcast)

CBS News for “Los Angeles Wildfires”

Breaking News Award (Print/Online)

The Los Angeles Times for “L.A. Firestorms”

Consumer Journalism Award (Broadcast)

CBS News for “The Price of Milk: The Immigrants Behind American Dairy”

Consumer Journalism Award (Print/Online)

The Guardian US, Consumer Reports and the Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) for "The Price We Pay"

Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence

Hana Kiros, The Atlantic for “Foreign Aid Under Trump”

Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism Award

The Washington Post for “Measuring the TikTok User Experience through Crowdsourced Data”

Joseph D. Ryle Award for Excellence in Reporting on Aging

Emily Hoerner, Christy Gutowski and Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune for “Hospitals and Guardianship”

Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis

WIRED for “DOGE Takeover”

Michael A. Dornheim Award for Aerospace, Defense, and Aviation Reporting

Joel Schectman and Aruna Viswanatha, The Wall Street Journal for “The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America’s UFO Mythology”

Nell Minow Award for Cultural Criticism

Charles McNulty, The Los Angeles Times for “Theater Criticism”

News Photography Award

Tess Crowley, Deseret News for “Charlie Kirk Assassination”

Newsletter Journalism Award

Bob Herman, STAT for “Health Care Inc.”

Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism

Hannah Natanson, The Washington Post for “The year Trump broke the federal government”

Washington Correspondence Award

PBS Frontline & NPR for “Hurricane Helene's Deadly Warning”



Agenda

🕑: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Cocktail Reception
🕑: 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Dinner & Award Program
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Where is it happening?

National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, United States

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USD 70.00 to USD 87.21

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