The Washington Press Club Foundation presents the Lifetime Achievement Award every year at the Congressional Dinner. This award recognizes an individual whose outstanding accomplishments promote the journalistic profession and enhance the role of women journalists.

The 2013 Award Goes to Lynn Povich

Lynn Povich is an award-winning journalist who has spent more than 40 years in the news business. After graduating from Vassar, she began her career as a secretary in the Paris Bureau of Newsweek magazine, rising to become a reporter and writer in New York. In 1970, she was one of 46 women who sued the magazine for sex discrimination, the first women in the media to sue. Five years later, she was appointed the first woman Senior Editor in Newsweek’s history. Lynn has written a book about that landmark lawsuit, its bittersweet impact on the women involved and what has--and hasn't changed. THE GOOD GIRLS REVOLT was published September by PublicAffairs. 

Previous Winners:

2006  Helen Dewar

2007  Tad Bartemus

2008  Helen Thomas

2009  Nan Robertson

2010  Dorothy Gilliam

2011  Bonnie Angelo 

2012 Edith M. Lederer

To view Edie receiving her award at the 68th Annual Congressional Dinner click here