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, […]
Congratulations to all of the Nebraska Press Women members who received awards in the 2020 National Federation of Press Women Contest. There were more than 1,800 entries from across the country this year, with nearly 300 award winners. NPW members were awarded 11 first-place, 12 second-place, 5 third-place and 11 honorable mention awards. Awards went […]
The Kearney Hub’s Mary Jane Skala is the overall sweepstakes award winner in the National Federation of Press Women’s 2020 Professional Communications Contest. The award was announced June 20 in an NFPW online event. The 2020 national conference in Little Rock, Ark., was canceled because of COVID-19. Skala writes features and covers health issues. Her […]
Twenty-nine members entered nearly 260 entries in the 2019 Nebraska Press Women Professional Communications Contest, making it one of the largest in recent history. Of those entries, 52 received first-place awards and advanced to the national contest sponsored by the National Federation of Press Women. National winners will be announced June 6 in an online […]
Nine Nebraska students are among award winners throughout the United States who are being honored for their outstanding communications efforts. Nearly 2,000 students participated in this year’s High School Communications Contest sponsored by the National Federation of Press Women Education Fund. First-place entries in state contests, including one held by Nebraska Press Women, advanced to […]
