The Newswomen’s Club of New York hosted its 82nd annual Front Page Awards on November 7 2019, which celebrated the best and brightest in journalism from women journalists in the New York City area.

The year’s theme was “Speaking Truth to Power: Restoring The Narrative,” which recognized the media industry’s collective efforts to include and recognize authors and subjects who were considered the “other” and whose narratives had been dismissed or under-reported. Those stories included that from women, immigrants, minorities, and the LGBTQ community.

This year’s marquee winners were Vice’s Isobel Yeung, who won Foreign Correspondent of the Year, The New York Times’ Nikole Hannah Jones won Journalist of the Year, and Quartz’s Xana Atunes was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Special thanks to our sponsors – many of whom are women and minority-owned businesses: Reuters, Kettle Space, Book of the Month, Brode, iCloth, Bono Olive Oil, Hound & Gatos, Fashion 360 Magazine, Lunch Unpacked, True Lemon, Monrovian Beauty, Blushington, City Brew Tours, Ode Paris, Cloud 10, Clyde Frazier’s Wine and Dine, Fiber Seal, Tube, Mister Burlap, HEED NYC, Still Standing, Laurent & Altieri, Beautiful Amore, Tushy, Dosha Bar, Brooklyn Brewery, Spark Now Intimates, Quartz, Penguin Randomhouse, The Newsguild of New York, The New York Times, Fiber-Seal, The Anne O’Hare McCormick Memorial Scholarship Fund and ABC News.

At a Newswomen’s Club and Bloomberg panel on women and the midterms, one panelist was Republican, the other a Democrat. But while in disagreement of political party, they still agreed on the difficulties women candidates face even after being elected, and the need for more support among women in politics. Read more…

More than 150 guests enjoyed an evening of photographic excellence, jazz and special prizes at the annual Newswomen’s Club Photo Auction and Reception.

The auction and reception, held May 16, 2018 at the historic Ukrainian Institute of America, is the only event of its kind that showcases journalistic photography.

The evening's proceeds will benefit the Newswomen’s Club’s programs and resources.

The Newswomen’s Club of New York recently hosted an intimate discussion on covering the #MeToo movement and its impact in the newsroom and beyond. More than 100 people attended the talk April 5 at the New York Times, which featured the Times’ Gender Editor, Jessica Bennett and Jezebel’s Editor-in-Chief, Koa Beck. Meredith Mandell, vice president of the Newswomen’s Club, moderated the impactful discussion, which touched on topics including the stories behind the headlines from covering the #MeToo movement and the journalism industry's efforts to grapple with systemic and pervasive problems with sexual harassment. After the discussion, all attendees received a signed copy of Bennett’s book, “The Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace.”

The Newswomen's Club of New York celebrated excellence in journalism at its 80th annual Front Page Awards on Nov. 9, 2017.

Guests representing some of the most respected media organizations in the business attended the black tie gala to honor outstanding work from newswomen over the last year. 

The event paid tribute to immediate past President Toni Reinhold, who received a special award for outstanding service to the club.
The Front Page Awards 2017 winners included Jenni Monet, who won Journalist of the Year for her coverage of the Standing Rock Protests for various news outlets, while Selam Gebrekidan of Reuters won the Marie Colvin Award For Foreign Correspondence for her coverage of the international refugee crisis. Juju Chang, host of ABC's "Nightline," received the Front Page Award for Lifetime Achievement. 

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The Newswomen's Club of New York's Annual Spring Photography Show and Auction showcases the work of some of the best photojournalists in the news business. More than 30 photographers were represented at this year's event, held May 10, 2017 at the Ukrainian Institute of America, a culture and arts center.

(Photos by Gareth Smith)

May 25, 2017

Congratulations to the Newswomen's Club newly elected members of the board!  Pictured from left to right: Janice Hopkins Tanne, recording secretary; Meredith Mandell, vice president for programs; Jennifer Cunningham, president; Stephanie Brumsey, vice president for special events; and Lillian Rizzo, vice president for membership. Also elected were Mackenzie Dawson, deputy vice president for membership;  Britta Lokting, deputy vice president for programs; and Judith Schoolman, deputy recording secretary. 

March 10, 2017

The Newswomen's Club celebrated its 95th year of service with a gathering at the club's headquarters at the National Arts Club. Originally founded on March 8, 1922, as the New York Newspaper Woman’s Club,  its first president was Martha Coman, one of the first female reporters for the New  York Herald.  The club's original mission--to achieve professional equality for newswomen, meritocracy in newsrooms, and to build a network through which newswomen could help each other -- continues to resonate.
 

April 5, 2016

New York Times reporters Kim Barker (left) and Somini Sengupta (right) spoke to club members about their  books. Edith Lederer (center) of The Associated Press moderated the discussion. Barker was a correspondent in Afghanistan and Pakistan,  and her memoir, "The Taliban Shuffle," inspired the Tina Fey film "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot." Sengupta, former New Delhi bureau chief for the Times, is the author of "The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India's Young."

Jan. 12, 2017

The Newswomen's Club of New York celebrated the club's achievements over the past year at the annual holiday merit party, held at the Downtown Association in Lower Manhattan. We toasted members and friends who have helped us make our recent events such a success.  We look forward to continuing our work throughout 2017, the club's 95th year in operation.

Dec. 9, 2016

Newswomen's Club member Elizabeth Koraca, an executive coach and former financial TV news anchor for Reuters, led a workshop on developing and improving on-air skills to help make journalists more marketable for a wider range of opportunities in television, video, and radio. She shared tricks of the trade to develop confidence when doing an on-camera interview, making a powerful video presentation or hosting an engaging webcast. 

May 13, 2015

The annual Photography Exhibition and Auction, which promotes great photojournalism and fine art photography,  took place at the Ukrainian Institute of America. Some 200 guests attended the event and bid on over sixty photographs, including three contributed by Bloomberg News. Proceeds support programs sponsored by the Newswomen’s Club of New York.

March 4, 2015

Three distinguished authors shared their insights on the art of book-writing while working as a journalist. They discussed the genesis of their respective works and the challenges they overcame to get published. 

Pictured from left to right are Cynthia Cooper, author of “Cheating Justice: How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of Law, Plotted to Avoid Prosecution,” Emily Barker, author of “The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic,” and Erin Arvedlund, author, “Open Secret: The Global Banking Conspiracy That Swindled Investors Out of Billions.”

February 4, 2016

Our first panel discussion for the year featured NY Times reporter Sarah Maslin Nir, speaking about her investigative expose on nail salon practices throughout New York City. Joining her were two translator reporters, Yuhan Liu and Isvette Verde, who helped put the story together.

January 13, 2016

We saluted our dedicated Front Page Awards judges, our sponsors, the photographers who donated work to our 2015 photo auction, and others who have helped out the Club over the past year. Members joined in the festitvies, which took place at the Down Town Association.

May 11, 2016

The Newswomen's Club annual photo auction took place at the Ukrainian Institute of America on Manhattan's Upper East Side. One of our biggest events of the year,  the auction brings members and guests together for an evening of eating, drinking, socializing, and bidding on the work of some of the most talented photographers in the news business. We'd like to thank all of the photographers who donated their masterpieces as well as friends who joined us for the event and made generous bids that will help us keep our Club going strong!

November 12, 2015

Protests over the death of Eric Garner, mayhem in the Middle East, mass shootings in the United States, the complexities and challenges of being transgender, and a stunning escape from a maximum security prison are among the stories covered by this year’s Front Page Award winners.

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