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- 2008 Faith Middleton
- 2007 Hugh Mulligan
- 2006 Robert E. Button
- 2004 Morton Schindel
- 2003 Andree Aelion Brooks
- 2002 Diane Smith
- 2001 Lawrence Fellows (Post-humously)
For Mark Twain award criteria, click here.
For background details about Mark Twain past winners, click here.
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.
