Legendary investigative journalist and author Bob Woodward will be honored with the National Press Foundation’s W.M. Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism Award.

NPF judges cited Woodward’s five decades of extraordinary journalism – investigating nine presidents, from Nixon to Trump – and praised him as a relentless shoe-leather reporter who never rested on the laurels heaped upon him.

Paul Wiseman, Joe McDonald and Anne D’Innocenzio of The Associated Press have won the National Press Foundation’s inaugural Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade.

NPF judges said: “The AP series offers a big-picture historical look at America’s trade history and the factors driving the trade disputes. The reporters cut through the political rhetoric and dug beneath the headlines to effectively explain the realities of trade on a granular level. The writing is colorful, lively and admirably clear.”

Michael Kruse of Politico is the winner of the National Press Foundation’s Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress for an insightful series on one of the newly elected moderates in Congress.

NPF judges said: “Kruse skillfully described how the congressional process works through the lens of first-year Rep. Mikie Sherrill, and more specifically how moderates like Sherrill slowly pivoted toward impeachment. His reporting and writing revealed the tensions within the Democratic caucus.”

NPF will hold a fellowship Jan. 26-29, 2020 in West Palm Beach, Florida, to look at all facets of heart health and heart disease: who is at risk, symptoms, preventive care, treatment, demographics, data and the latest science and medicine. Learn more and apply now!