LuAnn Schindler of Clearwater, Neb., has received the 2022 Communicator of Achievement Award from the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW). This prestigious award has been given for 65 years. Schindler received the award during a celebration at the organization’s annual conference, held June 23-25, 2022, in Fargo, N.D. Now in its 85th year, NFPW is […]
Nebraska Press Women Communications Contest award recipients were recently announced at the organization’s spring convention in York. Of the more than 120 entries, 39 earned first place awards and will go on to national competition, according to Mary Jane Skala, NPW contest director. Entrants from Omaha and Lincoln on the east to Scottsbluff and North Platte […]
Nebraska high school students earned three first places, six third places and three honorable mentions in the National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest. Winners were announced during a May 16 awards ceremony held via Zoom. First-place entries in the Nebraska Press Women High School Communications Contest advanced to the national round of […]
Two young women with a passion for journalism as well as career interests in the law are the winners of this year’s Nebraska Press Women scholarships. The $1,000 Marianne Beel Scholarship for a high school senior goes to Elleiana Green of Omaha. The Marian High School student is manager-in-chief of Marian’s school newspaper and is […]
Twenty-two first-place entries in the Nebraska Press Women (NPW) High School Communications Contest have advanced to the National Federation of Press Women competition. National award winners will be announced during an online high school awards celebration on Monday, May 16. The 258 entries in the contest were the most in recent years, with several categories […]
Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 NPW Communications Contest. Winners are listed by category: 1-A. News story, newspaper First: Lori Potter, Kearney Hub, “First a flood, now a pandemic” Second: Erika Pritchard, Kearney Hub. “Summer Prom” Third: Erika Pritchard, Kearney Hub, “Record Revival” HM: Barb Batie, Midwest Messenger, “Palm Sunday Cruise-in” HM (tie): Ellen […]
Mary Jane Skala of Kearney was named national runner-up for the 2021 Communicator of Achievement Award. The announcement was made June 12 during the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) virtual convention. Skala is a national award-winning newspaper editor and reporter who was named Sweepstakes Winner of the NFPW Communications Contest in both 1996 and 2020, finishing […]
Congratulations to the 11 Nebraska Press Women members who won a total of 34 awards in the National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest. These members won first place in the Nebraska contest to advance to the national competition. NPW members also placed in the sweepstakes contest. Mary Jane Skala of Kearney, a reporter for […]
Nebraska high school students earned two first places, four second places, three third places and seven honorable mentions in the National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest. Winners were announced during a May 22 awards ceremony held via Zoom. First-place entries in the Nebraska Press Women High School Communications Contest advanced to the […]
Marian High School in Omaha has earned the Sweepstakes Award in the Nebraska Press Women (NPW) High School Communications Contest, Sherry Thompson, NPW High School Contest director, announced this week. The annual competition included 218 entries by students from 15 Nebraska high schools. The contest, which is open to high school students across the state, […]
