The National Press Club announced today that ABC News, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, PBS Frontline, and NPR are among the winners of this year’s prestigious National Press Club Journalism Awards. In a contest that included news outlets and journalists from across the country, spanning a range of topics and media forms, the Press Club selected a total of 18 journalism entries for recognition this year.
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The award-winning entries being honored brought clarity and humanity to some of the most covered events of the year, gave meaningfulness and urgency to topics in danger of being overlooked, and demonstrated journalism's continued necessity and relevance in modern America.
“High-quality journalism deserves to be celebrated, and we’re proud to recognize our honorees for producing some of the very best journalistic works of the year,” said National Press Club President Mark Schoeff Jr. “Looking at the breadth of coverage this year, often delivered in increasingly complex and challenging environments, we’re reminded that the free, independent press that has been central to America’s democracy over the past 250 years remains hard at work.”
Multiple awards recognize journalism that captured the growing toll extreme weather is having on American communities. CBS News will earn the Breaking News Award in the broadcast category for its comprehensive coverage of the Los Angeles wildfires—coverage that included dozens of journalists collaborating to tell one of the defining stories of 2025. The Los Angeles Times will receive an award for their print coverage of the fires.
In a year resplendent with symbolism and substance, Rolex marks the 50th anniversary of its pioneering Awards program by announcing five extraordinary women as the 2026 Laureates, including our own GC Hero Farwia Farhan.