Robert E Webb, former Washington Bureau Chief of the Cincinnati Enquirer, who heads up the International Communications Forum in the USA, was awarded the National Press Club’s Vivian Award for 2012.

The Vivian Awards were established by former president Vivian Vahlberg to honour outstanding service to the National Press Club. ‘Your work on the Publications Committee has been a great contribution to your fellow members,’ wrote Theresa Werner, the club’s President.