Honoring THe BesT in AMeriCAn JournAlisM

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Honoring the best in

American Journalism

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Reception
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
7:30 p.m.
Post-Dinner Reception
9:30 p.m.

Hilton Washington Hotel

International Ballroom
1919 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC

Business Attire
 A n n u a l J o u r n a l i s m Aw a r d s
Paul Anger
Detroit Free Press
The Benjamin C. Bradlee
Editor of the Year Award
Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Associated Press
Brianna Keilar
CNN
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Awards for Distinguished
Coverage of Congress
CBS 60 Minutes Bill Kovach
Sol Taishoff Award Committee of
for Excellence in Concerned Journalists
Broadcast Journalism W.M. Kiplinger
Distinguished Contributions
to Journalism Award
Mike Keefe
The Denver Post
Clifford K. & James T. Pulitzer Center on
Berryman Award for Crisis Reporting
Editorial Cartooning Excellence in Online
Journalism
Honorable Mentions:
Matt Wuerker Honorable Mentions:
Politico AP Mobile
Ann Telnaes ClimateWire
washingtonpost.com CNN.com
Washingtonpost.com
Special Citation:
Bill Day
United Feature Syndicate

2 0 1 0 A n n u a l Aw a r d s D i n n e r C h a i r s
Peter Cherukuri John Walcott Robert DeFillippo
McClatchy Newspapers Prudential Financial, Inc.

Dinner Committee
Frank Aukofer Kevin Goldberg Jason Oxman
Scripps Howard News Service Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth Consumer Electronics
Association
Elisabeth Barna Imani Greene
American Trucking Ogilvy Washington Johanna Schneider
Associations Business Roundtable
Sandy Johnson
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum AARP Gerald Seib
The Washington Times The Wall Street Journal
Ray Kerins
George E. Condon Pfizer Inc Jeffrey Smith
Congress Daily, National American Honda Motor
Chanel Lagarde
Journal Group Co., Inc.
Entergy Corporation
Lisa R. Davis Anne Marie Squeo
Charles J. Lewis
AstraZeneca Lockheed Martin
Hearst Newspapers
Deborah Dingell Susan Swain
Sean McBride
American Automotive Policy C-SPAN
Grocery Manufacturers
Council
Association Gerald E. Udwin
Gloria Story Dittus The Udwin Group
Tamara Mlynarczyk
Kathryn Gest Mazda North American Joan Walker
National Democratic Institute Operations Allstate Insurance Company
Ta b l e s , T i c k e t s & A dv e r t i s e m e n t s
Benefactor: $10,000
• Tickets for 10 to the invitation-only VIP Reception
• Priority seating for table of 10
• Corporate logo or company name on reception signage & overhead video screen

Patron: $6,000
• Tickets for 2 to the invitation-only VIP Reception
• Favored Seating for table of 10
• Corporate logo or company name on reception signage

Sponsor: $3,500
• Table of 10 at the awards Dinner
• Recognition in the Dinner program
• Invitation for 10 to the Pre- and Post-Dinner receptions

Individual tickets -- $300

Program Advertisements
Table Buyers
Half–page $1,000
Full-page $1,500
Non Table buyers
Half-page $2,000
Full-page $3,500
(Both ad sizes include 2 tickets to the dinner)

Contact: Kerry Buker

kbuker@nationalpress.org
202-663-7282
www.nationalpress.org/awardsdinner

2 0 1 0 A n n u a l Aw a r d s D i n n e r S u pp o r t e r s
Gold SponsorS Gold Sponsor of Benefactors
Allstate Insurance Company the VIP Reception Bristol-Myers Squibb
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Prudential Financial, Inc.
C-SPAN
Ogilvy Public Relations
Silver Sponsor of the Consumer Electronics
Silver Sponsor Pre-Dinner Reception Association
AstraZeneca Business Roundtable
Toyota Motor Sales, USA
Bronze Sponsor of the
Bronze Sponsor
Post-Dinner Reception Patron
PhRMA
Pfizer Inc AARP
Sp o n s o r s h i p Opp o r t u n i t i e s
Premier Sponsor $50,000
• Overall event sponsor with major recognition on ballroom signage and overhead video screens
• Representative of the premier sponsor seated on dais; Organization thanked in opening remarks
• Three tables of ten with priority seating; all guests invited to VIP reception
• Full- page ad on the outside back cover of the Dinner program
• Branded sponsorship on five one-day educational seminars on Capitol Hill on current topics

Gold Sponsor $20,000

Option 1: Branded underwriting of the 2010 Online Journalism award
Option 2: Branded sponsorship of three half-day NPF Capitol Hill briefings
Both options receive the following benefits:
• Two tables of ten with priority seating
• All guests invited to VIP reception
• Full-page ad in the Dinner program

Silver Sponsor: $15,000

Option 1: Branded sponsorship of two Capitol Hill briefings or two NPF webinars
Option 2: Branded sponsorship of the NPF gift bag, with logo
Both options receive the following benefits:
• One table of ten with favored seating
• Full page ad in the Dinner program

All Sponsor Levels receive the following benefits:

• Recognition on prominently displayed event signage and overhead video screens
• Mention of sponsorship in Dinner press releases and communications
• Logo on Awards Dinner Web site
• Opportunity to place branded item in the Dinner gift bag

Sponsors Levick Strategic Communications Pulitzer Center on Crisis

APCO Worldwide
Center for Strategic and
International Studies
CNN Washington
Edelman Public Relations
Worldwide
Independent Community
Bankers of America
Mazda North American
Operations
North American Operations
McClatchy Newspapers
National Association of
Broadcasters
Nuclear Energy Institute
Reporting
Royal Bank of Canada
Wall Street Journal
The Washington Times
As of December 7, 2009
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n at i o n a l P r e s s F o u n dat i o n
Board oF direCtors
susAn sWAin JOHN HARRIS
Chair
MELINDA HENNEBERGER
gerAld seiB
DEBORAH HOWELL
Vice Chair
SANDY JOHNSON
KATHrYn gesT
Secretary AUSTIN H. KIPLINGER
CHARLES J. LEWIS
JEFFREY H. BIRNBAUM DAVID RAPP
JAMES M. BRADY TOM ROSENSTIEL
PETER CHERUKURI JON SAWYER
GEORGE E. CONDON JOHANNA SCHNEIDER
KAREN DOYNE ANNE MARIE SQUEO
GLORIA STORY DITTUS STEPHEN G. SMITH
KEVIN M. GOLDBERG GERALD E. UDWIN
IMANI GREENE JOHN WALCOTT