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# WaPo’s Lizzie Johnson to receive President’s Award from the National Press Club
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/wapos-lizzie-johnson-to-receive-the-presidents-award-from-the-national-press-club/
- Published: 2023-08-07T17:20:17.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-08T20:52:07.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Media, Awards, #wp-upper-left-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:53

Lizzie Johnson, The Washington Post, will receive the President’s Award from the National Press Club for her story about[ an alleged $500 million Ponzi scheme targeting Mormons](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/01/mormon-ponzi-scheme-vegas-fbi/?itid=lk%5Finline%5Fmanual%5F2&itid=lk%5Finline%5Fmanual%5F3&ref=capitolcommunicator.com) – done in partnership with the Las Vegas Review-Journal to honor the legacy of slain investigative reporter **Jeff German**. He also is being honored posthumously alongside Johnson.

National Press Club President **Eileen O’Reilly** summed up the meaning of Lizzie’s work in her announcement:

“The idea that Jeff’s journalism would endure beyond his death is profoundly moving and hopefully a kind of deterrent to bad actors who think that a journalist’s work can be silenced by their murder. Lizzie’s work and the spirit behind it is a strong and positive message for all in journalism. We just loved this project as a tribute to Jeff and the colleagues who supported him at the Review-Journal. We think what it says about the greater community of journalism is inspiring.”

Johnson’s story was published simultaneously by The Post and the Review-Journal.

PHOTO: The Washington Post