2022 Dateline Awards & Hall of Fame Dinner

529 14th Street Northwest,Washington DC 20045

14 June, 2022

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Join us to honor three new inductees into our chapter’s Hall of Fame, the 2022 recipient of the SPJ-DC Distinguished Service in Local Journalism Award, and this year's finalists and winners in the Dateline Awards for excellence in local journalism contest. The evening starts with a reception and cash bar cocktails at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Dress is business attire. We are offering all attendees the ticket price equal to the early-bird price for members the last time the dinner was held in person -- June of 2019 -- in hopes that all will come back to our annual tradition after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on gatherings indoors. Please RSVP by June 8 to take advantage of this price before it goes up! Please be aware that the National Press Club currently requires proof of vaccination against COVID-19 before entry to the facility is allowed. Read here for more information about other measures in place at the Club to ensure a safe experience for all. Our Hall of Fame inductees are three veteran Washington journalists: Jane Mayer, staff writer for The New Yorker covering politics, culture and national security Pierre Thomas, chief Justice correspondent who reports for "World News Tonight," "Good Morning America" and all other ABC News platforms: television, radio and digital Doug Mills, winner of multiple awards at last year’s Eyes of History Still Contest of The White House News Photographers Association, a Photographer of the Year and Political Photo of the Year honoree for a shot of then-President Trump leaving Air Force One during a lightning storm ALSO: Frank LoMonte, currently counsel for CNN, will be honored with the Distinguished Service in Local Journalism Award for his years of service to the local journalism community through a decade as executive director of the Student Press Law Center in Washington, D.C. Each will be introduced by a person he or she selects for the honor, and will speak to the audience. You can read more about them here. Four very motivated area college journalism students will be presented scholarships granted by the chapter’s local SDX Foundation: Jessica Umbro, who will be a senior at the University of MarylandAmanda Hernandez, who will be a senior at the University of MarylandAdriana Doria, who will be a senior at American UniversityMelanie Martinez-Lopez, who will be a senior at Marymount University Our MC for the evening is radio legend Kojo Nnamdi (host of current "The Politics Hour with Kojo Nnamdi" and former “The Kojo Nnamdi Show” on WAMU 88.5), helping us honor all the award winners, including our 2022 Dateline Award winners and the scholarship recipients. You may contact SPJ DC corresponding secretary and dinner co-chair Amy Fickling at [email protected] for ticket information or other questions about the dinner. For any questions about the honorees (other than Dateline Awards -- those winners will not be announced ahead of the dinner, but during the dinner), please contact Hall of Fame Committee co-chair Steve Taylor at 571-355-2536 or at [email protected]. A guest list will be at the door. NO tickets are mailed, so keep your receipt from Eventbrite for presentation at the event sign-in.  Find out about SPJ membership and more at spjdc.org.