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Submission Deadline for Dateline Awards

 Published Date: March 10, 2024
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March 17, 2024 – March 18, 2024 all-day
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Each year, the SPJ DC Pro Chapter honors the best in print, broadcast and online journalism for coverage of the D.C. area. This year’s 2024 Dateline Awards contest has attracted new and old entrants. In light of industry news and to allow for more time to submit clips, the deadline is now SUNDAY, MARCH 17.

Submit your best work from 2023 at https://betternewspapercontest.com/DCDatelineAwards.

The contest is open to journalists who cover the Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Maryland. You do not have to be an SPJ member to enter.

Finalists and winners will be announced in June at the chapter’s annual Dateline Awards and Hall of Fame dinner at the National Press Club.

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