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AWARDS

Mark Twain Journalist of the Year Award

Given each year by the Connecticut Press Club to a candidate who has made a notable contribution to Connecticut. The candidate may or may not be a member of the CPC.

List of Winners

For Mark Twain award criteria, click here.
For background details about Mark Twain past winners, click here.

Background on 2008 winner Faith Middleton.

WNPR interviewer Faith Middleton is one of only two dozen interviewers in the world who have ever received the The George Foster Peabody Award ("Pulitzer" of national broadcast journalism) twice. She joins the ranks of Ted Koppel, Walter Cronkite, Charles Kuralt, Diane Sawyer, Robert MacNeil, Jim Lehrer, Scott Simon, and Susan Stamberg. Faith has interviewed more than 7,000 people and is the author of The Goodness of Ordinary People (Crown, now in its third printing). She is a contributor to CPTV and to National Public Radio's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. She has guest hosted Fresh Air With Terry Gross, and her print stories have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Denver Post, The Hartford Courant, and a variety of national magazines. In addition, she has taught The Art of the Interview at Yale University, where she is an associate fellow.

CPC Annual Awards Contest

Each spring an Awards Banquet is held to honor the winners of the CPC Annual Awards Contest. The contest is open to anyone, members and non-members alike. However, CPC award winners must be both CPC members and National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) members in order for their entries to be submitted into the national contest. Membership is open to both men and women.

2008 Winners
Best Publication Geoffrey Morris, Ridgefield Magazine
Best Feature Jamie Marshall
Best Creative Writing Theresa Vara
Best Column Theresa Vara
Best Children's Book Marianne Prokop
Best Adult Fiction Amy Bloom
Best Adult Non-Fiction Edward Alwood
Best Audio-Visual Weston Woods
Best Prepared Sports David Springer, Mark Sogofsksy, News 12
Best on the Scene Coverage Debra Alfarone, Joe Connors, Matthew Cyr, News 12
Best Prepared Feature David Springer, Christopher Wood, News 12
Best Investigative Report Dave Grunebaum, Frank Bruce, News 12
Best Creative Report David Springer, News 12
Best Blog Heather Kovar, News 12


List of Past Winners

For award certificate sample, click here.

Contest Rules 2008

For contest 2008 rules, click here.
For contest 2008 application, click here.

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