Press Club of Dallas Extends Katie Awards Deadline to 5 p.m. Monday, September 8, 2008

Press Club board member Tony Pederson, Professor and Belo Distinguished Chair in Journalism, Southern Methodist University, says, "This extension is being offered in order to ensure the most competitive Katie Awards possible. We also want to make sure that everyone has a chance to enter. While we have a number of categories with competitive entries, there are a few categories in danger of being scrapped unless more entries are received by the new deadline."

The categories and entries to date are shown on the spreadsheet posted on http://www.pressclubdallas.com).

Entries will be judged by the faculties of the Poynter Institute inSt. Petersburg, FL, the University of Missouri, and several national magazine editors. Pederson said, "Immediate Press Club Past President Hugh Aynesworth, Press Club Foundation Past President Rand LaVonn, and I have worked hard to line up an extraordinary group of judges for the various categories for the Katie Awards. We have made personal contact with the judges, and we believe we have everything in place to restore the integrity of the process."

Press Club of Dallas Foundation President Cheryl Hall and board member Gloria Campos are co-chairing the 2008 Katie Awards. All winners will be announced at a gala reception to be held at the Sixth Floor Museum Saturday, November 15, 2008. Keynote speaker will be author and award-winning journalist Hugh Aynesworth. Unlike previous years, only a winner in each category will be announced. There will be no finalists.

Hall said, "This will be the 50th Katie Awards competition and the first since it was cancelled in 2007, when judging improprieties were discovered. The Press Club of Dallas Foundation, which oversees scholarships generated by the Katies, has worked arduously with the Press Club to restore integrity to the competition."

For more information, including downloadable copies of the Katie Award categories and entry forms, go to http://www.pressclubdallas.com.

SOURCE The Press Club ofDallas

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