WASHINGTON, November 10: The National Press Foundation has announced the winners of the 2009 Everett McKinley Dirksen Awards for Distinguished Coverage of Congress, perhaps the nation’s leading award for Capitol Hill reporters. Both winners provided detailed looks at the economic bailout packages as they were considered by lawmakers. The winner of the print Dirksen award is Julie Hirschfeld Davis, of the Associated Press. The winner of the broadcast Dirksen award is Brianna Keilar of CNN.
Davis and Keilar will receive $5,000 each. The awards will be presented at the Foundation’s 27th annual awards dinner, on Tuesday night, February 16th, 2010, at the Hilton Washington Hotel. Awards in six other categories will also be presented. More than 1,000 people will attend.
The National Press Foundation is a 501-c-3 which provides no-cost, all-expenses paid educational opportunities to journalists in the U.S. and internationally. It does not take U.S. government money. The dinner is its largest source of unrestricted revenue.
For information about the dinner, contact Kerry@nationalpress.org or call 202-663-7282. For information about NPF, contact NPF’s president, Bob Meyers, bob@nationalpress.org.
