Nominations are being accepted through Jan. 24, 2015, for the Marian Andersen Nebraska Women Journalists Hall of Fame. The hall of fame was created by Nebraska Press Women in 2011 to recognize women journalists who have made a difference for their profession and their communities. The general public is invited to submit nominations for the […]
Ruth Raymond Thone of Lincoln received the 2014 Nebraska Press Women Communicator of Achievement in absentia. She could not be at the fall convention because her husband, Charlie, was in poor health. But she got to hear the award presentation through the magic of cell phones. Ruth is a freelance writer, an author, a community […]
YORK — A chance to show your creative side, and to take not one, but two walks down memory lane are on the agenda for the Nebraska Press Women Fall Conference set for Saturday, Oct. 4, at the York Country Club. Twyla Hansen, Nebraska’s state poet, will be the featured speaker at the conference. Leta […]
Twelve Nebraska high school students won first place awards in the 2014 High School Communications Contest sponsored by Nebraska Press Women. Students winning first place in each of the 20 categories, including both school newspaper and yearbook work, qualified to have their entries submitted to the National Federation of Press Women contest. Those awards will […]
YORK — Nebraska State Poet Twyla Hansen of Lincoln will be the featured speaker when Nebraska Press Women host their 2014 fall convention Oct. 4 at the York Country Club. Hansen will lead a writing workshop, “For the Love of Words: Poetry, Prose and the Creative Writing Process.” Her newest book, “Dirt Songs: A Plains […]
OGALLALA — Lori Potter, a reporter with the Kearney Hub, won the 2014 Marianne Beel Sweepstakes Award in the annual Nebraska Press Women professional communications contest. Mary Pierce of Ogallala placed second, and Carla Chance of Cedar Creek placed third. The sweepstakes award is named in honor of the late Marianne Beel, a writer and […]
A junior broadcasting major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is the 2014 Nebraska Press Women Memorial Scholarship winner. Chelsea Eaton is the daughter of Shari and Joseph Eaton of Eagan, Minn., and is well on her way to a successful broadcasting career. As a high school senior, Chelsea spent six months as a news […]
May 3, 2014 – Leta Powell Drake, Gwen Lindberg and Elia Peattie were inducted into the Marian Andersen Nebraska Women Journalists Hall of Fame during the Nebraska Press Women’s (NPW’s) spring conference at Mid-Plains Community College in Ogallala on May 3. The Marian Andersen Nebraska Women Journalists Hall of Fame was established in 2011 to […]
Mary Pierce, the award-winning news editor of the Keith County News, was named the NPW 2013 Communicator of Achievement at the fall convention in Lincoln. In the presentation, Pierce was described as the “epitome” of the community journalist. She has said that her job is her community project. She loves telling people about what is […]
by Kerry Hoffschneider Feeding the world, heart, soul and creative mindset, will be just some of the topics covered during the Saturday, October 12, Nebraska Press Women fall convention to be held in Lincoln at the DuPont Pioneer Western business unit. The convention will begin at 8:30 a.m. with registration, coffee and rolls at the […]
