Funniest DC Journalist Takes the Prize April 8

Commedia dell Media Tickets Going Fast

WASHINGTON, March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Forget Pulitzer, Polk, and Peabody. This year's most highly-sought media title will be awarded April 8 at the National Press Club. Tickets are going fast for Commedia dell Media, the charitable spectacle of hilarity that will determine "DC's Funniest Journalist."

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Veteran newsman and one-time "Washington's Funniest Celebrity" Matt Cooper will moderate the fierce battle featuring Melissa Bell (Washington Post), Jamila Bey (NPR/WAMU), Nancy Youssef (McClatchy), Rich Edson (FOX Business Network), Jamie McIntyre (Military.com), and Walter Shapiro (Politics Daily). Survivors of the inaugural Commedia dell Media, David Corn (Mother Jones), Mark Hosenball (Newsweek), Mike Walters (independent filmmaker) and Shaun Waterman (Washington Times), will sit in snarky judgment of this year's amateurs. The show will open and close with special performances by professional comedian Doug Hecox, the "Writer of Wrongs," and renowned impressionist Sylvia Traymore Morrison, appearing as Michelle Obama.

All proceeds from Commedia dell Media will benefit three great media causes: The Committee to Protect Journalists/Journalist Assistance Fund, The Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library, and Reporters Without Borders.

The CPJ Journalist Assistance Fund saves journalists who must go into hiding or exile to escape threats and helps those in need of medicine or material support in prison. National Press Club's Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library helps hone skills of current and future newsgatherers with an array of training programs and scholarships. Reporters Without Borders is the international non-profit organization dedicated to protecting journalists' rights, fighting censorship, and promoting freedom of expression.

Tickets on sale now at http://www.press.org/comedy/

COMMEDIA DELL MEDIA

When: Thursday, April 8, 2010

Doors and Bar: 7:00

Show starts: 8:00

Where: National Press Club ballroom, 529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor

How much: $15 in advance, $20 at the door

SOURCE National Press Club

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