The '''Front Page Award''' is an award given by the Newswomen's Club of New York to honor journalistic achievement by women.<ref>October 11th 2014, The Economist, [https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21623672-ward-award Ward Award], Retrieved August 3, 2015, "...Rosemarie Ward ... has won a Front Page Award from the Newswomen’s Club of New York ..."</ref><ref name=twsNWC>Newswomen's Club of New York, [http://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/about-2/ The Front Page Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721130038/http://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/about-2/ |date=2015-07-21 }}, Retrieved August 3, 2015, "...One of the Most Prestigious Awards in Journalism..."</ref><ref name=twsNYDN>LARRY MCSHANE, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, October 7, 2014, [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/daily-news-win-3-front-page-awards-newswomen-club-new-york-article-1.1966264 Daily News win 3 Front Page Awards from Newswomen's Club of New York: The organization announced Sarah Ryley, Laura Bult and Debbie Egan-Chin were each recipients of its annual journalism awards.], Retrieved August 3, 2015, "The Daily News captured three Front Page Awards ... from the Newswomen’s Club of New York...The Front Page Awards, which date back to 1938,..."</ref><ref name=twsNYDN2>NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, October 5, 2006, [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/news-fotog-egan-chin-wins-award-article-1.596687 NEWS FOTOG EGAN-CHIN WINS AWARD], Retrieved August 3, 2015, ".... Egan-Chin scooped the coveted Front Page Award..."</ref><ref name=twsNYT2>The New York Times, [https://www.nytimes.com/ref/nyregion/bio-purnick.html Columnist Biography: Joyce Purnick], Retrieved August 3, 2015, "...Ms. Purnick’s other honors include the 1987 Peter Kihss Award for reporting on city government, given by the Fund for the City of New York, and a 1979 Front Page Award from the Newswomen's Club of New York..."</ref><ref name=twsNYT3>The New York Times, [http://events.nytimes.com/learning/students/ask_reporters/Sarah_Kershaw.html Sarah Kershaw: Metropolitan Reporter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204074432/http://events.nytimes.com/learning/students/ask_reporters/Sarah_Kershaw.html |date=2013-12-04 }}, Retrieved August 3, 2015, "...Women's Press Club of New York Front Page Award ..."</ref><ref name=twsWSJ2>Editorial staff, October 25, 2012, Wall Street Journal, [https://blogs.wsj.com/accelerators/vanessa-oconnell/ Vanessa O’Connell], Retrieved August 3, 2015, "..n 2004, her series on cigarettes and tobacco companies was honored with a Front Page Award, including “Bans on Smoking in Prison Shrink a Coveted Market”; “New Leaf: Why Philip Morris Decided to Make Friends With FDA”; and “Burning Question: U.S. Suit Alleges Philip Morris Hid Cigarette Fire Risk.”..."</ref> It has been given annually since 1937.<ref name=twsNWC/>
The awards were initially divided into three divisions – straight reporting assignments for a single story or a series of articles; regular features exclusively in the feminine field, including fashion columns, or sewing or cooking departments; any column or feature, including editorials, written consistently by a woman.<ref name=NYT-19370328>{{Cite news |title=Best Stories by City's Women Reporters To Bring Awards at the 'Front Page Ball' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/03/28/archives/best-stories-by-citys-women-reporters-to-bring-awards-at-the-front.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 28, 1937 |access-date=November 10, 2020 |page=6D |volume=LXXXVI |issue=28918 |edition=Late City}}</ref> Broadcast and magazine categories were added in 1972.<ref name=NYT-19721122>{{Cite news |title=Newswomen Name Winners of Awards |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/22/archives/newswomen-name-winners-of-awards.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 22, 1972 |access-date=November 10, 2020 |page=41 |volume=CXXII |issue=41941 |edition=Late City}}</ref> In 2024, 50 awards were presented at the Front Page Awards, alongside the Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Front Page Winners |url=https://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/2024-front-page-winners-pressrelease |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=THE NEWSWOMEN'S CLUB OF NEW YORK |language=en-US}}</ref>
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Category:American journalism awards Category:Awards established in 1937 Category:1937 establishments in New York City Category:Mass media awards honoring women
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