Two Reporting Awards
$12,000 in PrizesDeadline, Friday, March 16
Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health ReportingThe National Press Foundation established a journalism award to honor excellence in mental health reporting. The award, which comes with a $10,000 cash prize, recognizes exemplary journalism that illuminates and advances the understanding of mental health issues and treatments for the illness. All details and the application can be found here.
Thomas L. Stokes Award for Best Energy WritingEach year, the National Press Foundation presents the Thomas L. Stokes Award to a U.S.-based journalist for the best writing on the subject of energy, natural resources or the environment. This award, with a $2,000 cash prize, is open to all media; the journalism may be reporting, analysis or commentary. All details and the application can be found here.
NPF 2018 Awards DinnerOn February 15, more than 1,000 people packed the ballroom in the Marriott Marquis DC to champion the First Amendment. Award winners, including Sally Jenkins (above), Clarence Page, Bret Baier, Nicole Carroll, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, spoke of the vital need for journalism, now, more than ever. Watch their acceptance
speeches. All proceeds from the NPF awards dinner fund NPF training throughout the year and go toward our mission of "making good journalists better."
Covering the Opioids CrisisOn February 23, NPF produced a day-long training for journalists on opioids issues. The sessions were streamed live on Facebook and all content can be watched here. Below are just some of the topics covered.
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