Art Brauer has been selected 2016 Communicator of Achievement by the Illinois Woman’s Press Association. This prestigious award is the highest honor given by the IWPA to members who have distinguished themselves within and beyond their profession. Each year an award recipient, chosen from nominees selected by state affiliates is nationally recognized for exceptional achievement [...]
Category Entry Title First Name Last Name Company/Organization Score Title Editorial "The Elephant in the Classroom" Bridget Ryan Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School 5 Editor-in-Chief - Inscape - Newsmagazine Editorial More Space for Raider Nation Adam Reckamp Huntley High School 4 Editor In Chief, The Voice Editorial Project Based Learning Needs to Improve Courtney [...]
The winner of Illinois Woman’s Press Association’s 2016 Silver Feather Award is Becky Sarwate, IWPA’s current and 49th President. Her work growing a community for the state’s communicators embodies IWPA’s historic mission of support and opportunity. The Silver Feather Award is bestowed annually by IWPA in recognition of excellence across multiple Mate E. Palmer Communications [...]
The Constitution's framers intentionally provided the press with broad freedom, believing it necessary to the establishment of a strong, independent (if unofficial) "fourth branch" of the government. At the end of each month, IWPA's First Amendment network offers a roundup of free speech discussions trending in the media. Have you read about, or experienced an issue impacting First Amendment [...]
Illinois Woman’s Press Association P.O. Box 180150, Chicago, Illinois 60618 www.iwpa.org CHICAGO – March 28, 2016 -- The Illinois Woman’s Press Association (IWPA), in cooperation with the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW), honors the best professional journalists, writers and communicators in the state through the annual Mate E. Palmer Professional Communications Contest. Today, IWPA [...]
This article is from contributing writer and IWPA Recording Secretary, Lolita Ditzler. She has been a writer and journalist for over 45 years and an IWPA member for the past 32 years. “You’ll get your dad fired and the kids’ll flunk--all because you can’t keep your nose out of where it isn’t wanted!” My husband slammed out [...]
Maude Swalm Evans During the 1920s, Chicago newspapers often featured the activities of the Illinois Woman’s Press Association in their “Women’s Club Page.” Two such events during this time hosted by IWPA’s active membership included an Easter “Charity Bazaar” which was held at the Blackstone Hotel. The Association collected autographed books from Illinois [...]
The Constitution's framers intentionally provided the press with broad freedom, believing it necessary to the establishment of a strong, independent (if unofficial) "fourth branch" of the government. At the end of each month, IWPA's First Amendment network offers a roundup of free speech discussions trending in the media. Have you read about, or experienced an issue impacting First Amendment [...]
I’ve been the wife of a combat veteran for the past 14 years. I met my husband back in 1994, just months after he was medically retired from the Army, and about two-and-a-half years after fighting in the first Gulf War. Just mere minutes into our first conversation where we met at a health club, [...]
