2011 Front Page Award Winners
Each year the Newswomen’s Club of New York honors the best journalism by women in the New York Metropolitan area for their work in print, wires, broadcast and online media with the Front Page Awards.
See the 2011 Front Page Awards Winners.
This year’s winners were feted at the club’s annual black-tie gala on Nov. 10, at the Downtown Association in Manhattan.
The Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Sue Simmons, the lead female news anchor at WNBC television in New York City since 1980. The Reporter of the Year Award went to CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo for her continuing coverage of the financial crisis.
View the 2011 Front Page Awards Photo Gallery.
For information on the 2012 Awards please visit our How To Enter and Categories pages.
The entry deadline for the 2012 Awards is September 7. Winners will be honored at the annual Awards Gala at the Down Town Association on Nov. 15.
Newswomen’s Club Marks 90th Anniversary
Emma Bugbee
The Newswomen’s Club of New York began its 90th year on March 8. On that date in 1922, some of the most famous newswomen in the world met to form a club. They appointed a board, and Emma Bugbee, who was named secretary, took these minutes:
“The first meeting of newspaperwomen was held at the Hotel Vanderbilt on Wednesday evening, March 8. 24 were present. It was noted to organize as The New York Newspaperwomen’s Club.”
“Miss Martha Coman was appointed temporary president, Miss Theodora Beau, treasurer, and Miss Emma Bugbee, secretary. The president was authorized to appoint a committee of five to attend to the details of organization.”
“It was agreed that membership should be limited to women who make newspaper work their profession. Active members to be those regularly employed, on salary or guarantee, on the editorial staff of the New York newspapers. Twenty-five dollars was named as the amount of the annual dues.”
Emma Bugbee, Temporary Secretary
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