Katie Awards reception set for Nov. 15
September 29, 2008
Press Club of Dallas Announces 2008 Katie Award Categories, Winners To Be Announced November 15 at Sixth Floor Museum Reception
DALLAS, TX – The Press Club of Dallas and Press Club of Dallas Foundation said today that winners will be announced in the following categories at the Saturday, Nov. 15th gala reception for the 2008 Katie Awards. The awards reception will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas.
Magazines: Best Cover, Best Story, General Excellence, and Writer of the Year;
Newspapers, Large: Best Business Reporting, Best Column, Best Feature, Best Headline, Best Investigative Series/Story, Best Series, Best Specialty Reporting, and Best Sports Reporting;
Newspapers, Small: Best Business Reporting, Best Column, Best Feature, Best Investigative Series, and Best Specialty Reporting;
Online: Best Blog, Best Website;
Photography: Photographer of the Year;
Wire: Best Business News Story
These 21 categories all received a sufficient number of entries for an award to be given in that category. For more information about previously announced categories which did not receive sufficient entries, please visit the Press Club of Dallas website at www.pressclubdallas.com. Entry fees for categories which did not receive sufficient entries will be refunded.
Entries are being judged by the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, FL, and Michael Ruby and Merrill McLoughlin, former co-editors of U. S. News & World Report and assistant editors of Newsweek. The judges have been instructed to announce only the winner in each category.
Press Club of Dallas Foundation President Cheryl Hall and board member Gloria Campos are co-chairing the 2008 Katie Awards. Keynote speaker will be author and award-winning journalist Hugh Aynesworth. For more information about the 2008 Katie Awards, please visit www.pressclubdallas.com.
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Katie Awards Deadline extended to Sept. 8
September 4, 2008
Press Club of Dallas Extends Katie Awards Deadline
To 5 p.m. Monday, September 8, 2008
DALLAS, TX – The Press Club of Dallas and Press Club of Dallas Foundation have announced they will extend the deadline for Katie Awards entries to 5 p.m. Monday, September 8, 2008. Entries must be delivered to Press Club Katie Awards, Attention Michael Patterson at Edelman, 3131 Turtle Creek Blvd., #500, Dallas TX, 75219, to be eligible for the 2008 awards.
Press Club board member Tony Pederson, Professor and Belo Distinguished Chair in Journalism, Southern Methodist University, says, “This extension is being offered in order to ensure the most competitive Katie Awards possible. We also want to make sure that everyone has a chance to enter. While we have a number of categories with competitive entries, there are a few categories in danger of being scrapped unless more entries are received by the new deadline.”
The categories and entries to date are shown on the spreadsheet posted on www.pressclubdallas.com).
Entries will be judged by the faculties of the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, FL, the University of Missouri, and Michael Ruby and Merrill McLoughlin, former co-editors of U.S. News & World Report and assistant editors of Newsweek. Pederson said, “Immediate Press Club Past President Hugh Aynesworth, Press Club Foundation Past President Rand LaVonn, and I have worked hard to line up an extraordinary group of judges for the various categories for the Katie Awards. We have made personal contact with the judges, and we believe we have everything in place to restore the integrity of the process.”
Press Club of Dallas Foundation President Cheryl Hall and board member Gloria Campos are co-chairing the 2008 Katie Awards. All winners will be announced at a gala reception to be held at the Sixth Floor Museum Saturday, November 15, 2008. Keynote speaker will be author and award-winning journalist Hugh Aynesworth. Unlike previous years, only a winner in each category will be announced. There will be no finalists.
Hall said, “This will be the 50th Katie Awards competition and the first since it was cancelled in 2007, when judging improprieties were discovered. The Press Club of Dallas Foundation, which oversees scholarships generated by the Katies, has worked arduously with the Press Club to restore integrity to the competition.”
For more information, including downloadable copies of the Katie Award categories and entry forms, go to www.pressclubdallas.com.
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