National Federation of Press Women

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The National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) is a United States-based organization of professional women and men pursuing careers in the field of communications, including electronic, broadcast and print journalism, public relations, marketing, advertising, freelancing, graphic design, digital media and photography. They are also educators and authors of all genres.[1][2][3] Part of the coalition founding the National Women's History Museum, the NFPW supports literacy and women's rights as well as freedom of information and advocates for First Amendment issues.

History[]

The National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) was organized May 6, 1937, when and other members of the Illinois Woman's Press Association (IWPA organized in 1885), along with women from five other organized states and the District of Columbia, who met at the Chicago Women's Club in order to promote communication between women writers, and advance the interests and standards of women in the press. One of the major concerns of these women was that copyright legislation was not being applied equally to women's creative work.[4] Among the 39 women attending were 24 from Illinois, six from Indiana, nine from Ohio, New York, Michigan, and Washington D.C.. Incorporation of the Federation was effected in 1938 in Illinois. By 1939 nine states had affiliated, including New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Texas,[5] Oregon, and Michigan; and a New England press group. Of these new affiliates, the two oldest were Illinois (IWPA), 1885,[6] and Texas, (the Texas Woman's Press Association) 1893[7] - the only two states organized prior to 1900.[8]

Presidents (by term dates)[]

  1. , (Illinois) 1937–1938
  2. , ( New York ) 1938–1939
  3. , ( Missouri) 1940–1941
  4. , (Illinois) 1942–1943
  5. , (Wisconsin) 1943–1945
  6. , (Kansas) 1945–1947
  7. , (Colorado) 1947–1949
  8. , (Minnesota) 1949–1951
  9. , (Missouri) 1951–1953
  10. , (Kansas) 1953–1955
  11. , (Nebraska) 1955–1957
  12. , (Wisconsin) 1957–1959
  13. , (Iowa) 1959–1961
  14. , (Arkansas) 1961–1962
  15. , (acting) (Illinois) 1962
  16. , (Indiana) 1962–1965
  17. , (Oregon) 1965–1967
  18. , (Virginia) 1967–1969
  19. , (Missouri) 1969–1971
  20. Louise Shadduck, (Idaho) 1971–1973
  21. , (Indiana) 1973–1975
  22. , (Washington) 1975–1977
  23. Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder, (Arkansas) 1977–1979
  24. , (Texas) 1979–1981
  25. , (South Dakota) 1981–1983
  26. , (Louisiana) 1983–1985
  27. , (Iowa) 1985–1987
  28. , (Mississippi) 1987–1989
  29. , (New Jersey) 1989–1991
  30. Marj Carpenter, (Kentucky) 1991–1993
  31. , (North Carolina) 1993–1995
  32. , (Colorado) 1995–1997
  33. , (Wyoming) 1997–1999
  34. , (Kansas) 1999–2001
  35. , (Alaska) 2001–2003
  36. , (Indiana) 2003–2005
  37. , (South Carolina) 2005–2007
  38. , (Louisiana) 2007–2009
  39. , (Virginia) 2009–2011
  40. , (Nebraska) 2011–2013
  41. , (Idaho) 2013–2015
  42. , (Iowa) 2015–2017
  43. , (Illinois) 2017–2019
  44. , (Kansas) 2019-present

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Activity[]

The NFPW conducts annual surveys about women in communications jobs.[10]

NFPW also created its own publication, Press Woman.[11] AGENDA is the Federation's current publication.

Competitions[]

Professional Communications Contest[]

Each year NFPW sponsors competitions to reward excellence in communication.[12] Winners are honored at the NFPW Professional Communications Contest Awards Banquet, which is held in conjunction with a yearly conference. The Federation's annual communications contest was established in 1940 during the presidency of of Missouri.[13] The presentation of honor award certificates to national winners and the announcement of the national sweepstakes winner remains a conference highlight. NFPW affiliates throughout the United States have annual communications contests that provide affiliate members an opportunity to compete against regional colleagues in a broad range of categories set by NFPW. All entrants to the national contest are required to be professional, student or retired members of NFPW. Where there is no state affiliate, the member is eligible to compete in the At-Large contest.[14]

National High School Communications Contest[]

The NFPW High School Communications Contest honors excellence in student journalism and is the only nationwide communications competition for high school students. Winners at the national level are chosen by winning at the state level first.[15] It is endorsed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Dow Jones announces first-place winners and promotes the competition in its publication distributed to journalism advisers across the nation, giving students and their teachers/advisers local and nationwide recognition.[16]

Communicator of Achievement[]

Each year, a professional communicator is selected as the National Communicator of Achievement. This program was established during the presidency of of Nebraska. NFPW started the program as the Woman of Achievement award which was first given at the 1957 convention in San Antonio, Texas. The first honoree was of Washington. The award was renamed Communicator of Achievement in 1989. Today, the Communicator of Achievement Award is the highest honor bestowed by the National Federation of Press Women upon those members who have distinguished themselves within and beyond their profession.

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, the 1975 Woman of Achievement, was an author of 20 books, numerous short stories and essays about Native American life and culture, a member of the South Dakota affiliate, and the recipient of the National Medal of Humanities. The Medal of Humanities was presented by President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on Dec. 20, 2000, at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in Washington DC.[17]

, a member of the Illinois Woman's Press Association affiliate, was the 2017 Communicator of Achievement winner, becoming the first man to take the honor in 60 years.

Communicator of Achievement Honorees[]

The following individuals have been honored:[18]

  • 1957 (Washington)
  • 1958 (Louisiana)
  • 1959 (Oregon)
  • 1960 (Arkansas)
  • 1961 No Award
  • 1962 Agness Underwood (California)
  • 1963 (Ohio)
  • 1964 Olive Burt (Utah)
  • 1965 (Arizona)
  • 1966 (Indiana)
  • 1967 (Illinois)
  • 1968 (Kansas)
  • 1969 (Washington)
  • 1970 (Arkansas)
  • 1971 Hazel Brannon Smith (Mississippi)
  • 1972 Marjorie Holmes (Virginia)
  • 1973 (Michigan)
  • 1974 (Alaska) / Katharine Graham (District of Columbia)
  • 1975 Virginia Sneve (South Dakota)
  • 1976 (Virginia)
  • 1977 (Arkansas)
  • 1978 (Colorado)
  • 1979 (Colorado)
  • 1980 (Louisiana)
  • 1981 (New Mexico)
  • 1982 (Alaska)
  • 1983 (South Dakota)
  • 1984 Marj Carpenter (Georgia)
  • 1985 (Nebraska)
  • 1986 (Illinois)
  • 1987 (Alaska)
  • 1988 (Washington)
  • 1989 (Texas)
  • 1990 (South Dakota)
  • 1991 (Indiana)
  • 1992 (Illinois)
  • 1993 (Nebraska)
  • 1994 (Iowa)
  • 1995 (Alaska)
  • 1996 (Kansas)
  • 1997 (Virginia)
  • 1998 (Kansas)
  • 1999 No Award
  • 2000 (Arkansas)
  • 2001 (North Dakota)
  • 2002 (Delaware)
  • 2003 (Michigan)
  • 2004 (Missouri)
  • 2005 (New Mexico)
  • 2006 (California)
  • 2007 (Oregon)
  • 2008 (North Carolina) / (New Mexico)
  • 2009 Heloise (Texas)
  • 2010 (North Dakota)
  • 2011 Delaware)
  • 2012 (Virginia)
  • 2013 (Illinois)
  • 2014 (Kansas)
  • 2015 (Colorado)
  • 2016 (New Mexico)
  • 2017 (Illinois)
  • 2018 (Delaware)[19]
  • 2019 (Nebraska)[20]
  • 2020 (Colorado)[21]

References[]

  1. ^ Lesher 2000.
  2. ^ "National Federation of Press Women". National Federation of Press Women. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. ^ "National Federation of Press Women, Inc". Council of National Journalism Organizations. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  4. ^ Burt 2000, p. 82.
  5. ^ "Louise Hill Presided At Press Women's Meet". Silsbee Bee. 17 November 1966. Retrieved 5 April 2016 – via Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ Anderson, H. Allen (15 June 2010). "Texas Press Women". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  8. ^ Press Woman/June 1978
  9. ^ Wolf-Astrauskas, Marianne (2013). Leadership 1937–2013, The First Forty Presidents of the National Federation of Press Women (First ed.). United States: Dreamers Tapestry, Inc. pp. 1–130. ISBN 9780974587820.
  10. ^ "NFPW Survey Shows Some Gains". Women's International Network News. 19 (3). 1993. p. 77. Retrieved 7 April 2016 – via EBSCO.
  11. ^ Burt 2000, p. 39.
  12. ^ [2] NFPW Competitions Page
  13. ^ http://www.mpc-nfpw.org/
  14. ^ NFPW Times/Sept.2012
  15. ^ Impraim, Eric (20 January 2003). "Contest is for Young Journalists". AZ Daily Star. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016 – via HighBeam Research.
  16. ^ [3]
  17. ^ NFPW Times/Sept. 2012
  18. ^ "past COA winners" (PDF). NFPW.org. National Federation of Press Women. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  19. ^ "Billie Travalini Named 2018 NFPW Communicator of Achievement" (Press release). Delaware Press Association. September 20, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  20. ^ "Eileen Wirth Named NFPW Communicator of Achievement". Nebraska Press Women. July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  21. ^ "Sandy Nance, 2020 National & Colorado Winner". Colorado Press Women. April 2, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2020.

Sources[]

  • Burt, Elizabeth V., ed. (2000). Women's Press Organizations, 1881-1999. Greenwood. ISBN 9780313306617.
  • Lesher, Tina (2000). "National Federation of Press Women, 1937–Present". In Burt, Elizabeth V. (ed.). Women's Press Organizations, 1881-1999. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 137–145. ISBN 978-0-313-30661-7.
  • Wolf-Astrauskas, Marianne (2013). Leadership 1937-2013, The First Forty Presidents of the National Federation of Press Women. DreamersTapestry, Inc. ISBN 9780974587820.

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