Awards

Alicia Calzada First Amendment Award

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In keeping with the NPPA's mission of vigorously promoting freedom of the press in all its forms, this award recognizes an individual who has worked to promote and advance the First Amendment, especially as it relates to news photographers. The award is named after NPPA past president Alicia Wagner Calzada, the founder and longtime chair of NPPA's Advocacy committee, who is now an attorney specializing in media law.

PAST RECIPIENTS

2021
Leita Walker and Emmy Parsons, of Ballard Spahr

2020
Attorney David Bralow and the Press Freedom Defense Fund

2019
Merriam Mikhail
Joel Kurtzberg

2018
David Muraskin

2017
Frank LoMonte

2016
Chuck Tobin, Joel Roberson and Christine Walz of the Holland & Knight law firm

2015
Gregg Leslie

2014
Mickey H. Osterreicher

2013
Carlos Miller

2012
Simon Glik