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 […]
Omaha Marian students won two national first place awards in the National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest, and Hastings High School had a repeat first place winner. A Marian student also won a third place award, and Grand Island Senior High students won a third place and an honorable mention. Awards were […]
OMAHA — Omaha Westside topped other Nebraska high schools in the 2013 Nebraska Press Women High School Communications Competition. Omaha Westside students received first places in seven of the 17 categories in which there were entries. First place winners were recognized April 20 at the NPW spring convention at Creighton University in Omaha. The high […]
Two women were inducted into the Marian Andersen Nebraska Women Journalists Hall of Fame during the Nebraska Press Women’s spring conference in Omaha on April 20. Clara Bewick Colby and Maxine Moul were chosen as the 2013 honorees. The induction was conducted during a noon luncheon at Creighton University. Clara Colby (1846 – 1916), Nebraska’s […]
In NPW’s 2012 High School Communications Competition, Omaha Westside students captured first place in seven of the 16 categories that received submissions while Hastings students took home six first place awards. Other schools with submissions that placed first include Marian High with two and Grand Island Senior High with one first-place win. Results were announced […]
Lori Potter, Kearney Hub agriculture/natural resources reporter, was elected president of the National Federation of Press Women on Thursday, Sept. 8, at the organization’s conference at Harrah’s in Council Bluffs. She will serve a two-year term leading NFPW. Potter joined NPW and NFPW in 1979. She has served as NPW president and has been on […]
Stephanie Geery-Zink, a two-term past president of Nebraska Press Women, was named Thursday as the 2011 NPW Communicator of Achievement. Geery-Zink, of Lincoln, is the communications director for the Center for People in Need, a Lincoln nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive services and opportunities to help people pull themselves out of poverty. Her selection was […]
