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90th National Headliner Awards winners honored
The 90th National Headliner Award winners honoring the best journalism in the United States in 2023 were announced today. The awards were founded in 1934 by the Press Club of Atlantic City. The annual contest is one of the oldest and largest in the country that recognizes journalistic merit in the communications industry. The Best in Show Newspapers Award went to the staff of the Miami Herald in...

Flashbulbs and Flashbacks: 90 Years of National Headliner Awards
At the first Headliners award dinner in 1935, New Jersey Gov. Harold Hoffman explained he was once a cub reporter, making $8 a week. And, he said, judging by editorials in New Jersey papers, some editors still felt “I was worth about $8 a week.” National Headliners was hatched in 1934 from the bluff and bluster of publicity-hungry Atlantic City, then the nation’s foremost seaside resort. Its...
Flashbulbs and Flashbacks: Awards Emphasize Innovative Reporting
The National Headliner Awards have always stood apart from other competitions, whether it’s as an early adopter of television and online journalism, or its emphasis on innovative reporting techniques.
Flashbulbs and Flashbacks: Women Honored Early by Headliners
In an industry dominated by men, it took Headliners nearly a decade to honor a woman. She was Helen Hiett, who demonstrated that shoe leather comes on dancing shoes, too.
90th National Headliner Awards winners honored
Miami Herald, Oregonian, Minnesota Public Radio, Reuters and ESPN take the Best in Show awards.
Flashbulbs and Flashbacks: 90 Years of National Headliner Awards
National Headliners was hatched in 1934 from the bluff and bluster of publicity-hungry Atlantic City. Its midwife was the Press Club of Atlantic City.