LEXINGTON — A total of 55 Nebraska journalism students received awards in the 2015 Nebraska Press Women High School Journalism contest. The awards were presented Saturday, April 25, at the NPW Spring Convention Awards Luncheon at the Lexington Public Library. This year’s contest added a Sweepstakes Award for the school with the most awards. The […]

Two new members were inducted into the Marian Andersen Nebraska Women Journalists Hall of Fame during Nebraska Press Women’s spring convention luncheon April 25 at the Lexington Public Library. The 2015 honorees are Joan Rossiter Burney of Lincoln and Beverly Deepe Keever of Honolulu, Hawaii. Burney is a Hartington native who discovered her talent for […]

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln journalism student and a spring graduate of Arthur County High School have been named as 2015 recipients of Nebraska Press Women scholarships. UNL student Mara Klecker is the NPW Memorial Scholarship recipient, while Morgan Peterson of Arthur received the Marianne Beel Memorial Scholarship. 2015 NPW Memorial Scholarship Klecker is a junior […]

Winners in the Nebraska Press Women 2015 Communications Contest were announced April 25 at the close of the NPW spring convention in Lexington. The Marianne Beel Sweepstakes Awards were presented to the top three award winners. Taking first place was Lori Potter of Kearney (at right in photo), the agriculture/natural resources reporter for the Kearney Hub. Placing second was […]