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White House Correspondents' Dinner To Be Held May 1, 2010

Five reporters have been named winners of three of journalism's most prestigious awards, and they will be honored at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on May 1, 2010.

Ben Feller of the Associated Press and Jake Tapper of ABC News will receive the Merriman Smith Award for presidential coverage under deadline pressure in the print and broadcast categories, respectively.

Mark Knoller of CBS News will receive the Aldo Beckman award for sustained excellence in White House coverage.

Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman of the Contra Costa, California, Times will receive the Edgar A. Poe Award for excellence in coverage of news of national or regional significance.

The awards will be presented during the annual fundraising dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association at the Washington Hilton Hotel.

Seventeen Washington, D.C. students will receive $132,000 in college scholarships from the White House Correspondents' Association to pursue careers in journalism and will be introduced at the dinner as well.


This year's dinner will be headlined by Jay Leno.   Barack Obama was the keynote at the 2009 dinner (video), and comedian Wanda Sykes provided her ever-so-popular entertainment.

The president and First Lady are expected to attend this year's event as well.

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