On Wednesday night at the Washington Hilton, the National Press Foundation honored some of America’s most distinguished journalists at its 32nd Annual Awards Dinner. The dinner, co-chaired by Robert DeFillippo of Prudential Financial and Amos Snead of Story Partners, brings in NPF’s largest source of unrestricted funding.

The view from the @CQRollCall table at #NPFdinner pic.twitter.com/ufdjLJ2apj

— National Press Fndn (@NatPress) February 19, 2015

ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, winner of the 2015 Sol Taisoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, started the dinner off with a bang. Discussing his interview with Dennis Rodman, Stephanopoulos joked, “In the course of my career, I’ve interviewed people that I think… were drunk. Times I’ve interviewed people I think were high. I’ve also interviewed people who were hung over–never all three at the same time.”

AWARD WINNERS

The Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress went to CNN’s Drew Griffin as well as Buzzfeed News’ Gregory Johnsen, John Stanton and Kate Nocera.

#funfact: In 2013, Johnsen was named Buzzfeed News’ first Michael Hastings Security Fellow.

Gabriel Snyder, editor for The New Republic, gave a speech on the future of journalism:

Gilbert Bailon of the St. Louis Dispatch won the Benjamin C. Bradlee Editor of the Year Award for the paper’s coverage of Ferguson.

Re/code won the Excellence in Online Journalism Award.

USA Today’s Thomas Frank took home the “Freddie” Award for Reporting on Federal Rules and Local Impact.

The Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism went to the Knight Foundation’s Alberto Ibarguen.

Bloomberg News’ Christopher Martin, Mark Chediak, Jim Polson and Ken Wells were recognized with the Thomas L. Stokes Award for Best Energy Writing.

Clay Bennett of the Chattanooga Times Free Press was recognized for his wit with the Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons.

FAMOUSLY SPOTTED

Buzzfeed’s John Stanton and Kate Nocera, CNN’s Sam Feist, Lauren Pratapas, Jay Shaylor and Patricia DiCarlo, Daily Caller’s Alex Pappas, WSJ’s Byron Tau and Amy Harder, Roll Call’s Megan Wilson, Politico’s Lauren French and Dave Perera,  Story Partners’ Amos Snead, Carrie Blewitt, Gabrielle Beaumont, Cameron Coursen, Sam Pepi, Olivia McDonald and Michael Moroney. NextEra Energy’s Whitney Drew, ANGA’s Dan Whitten, The Internet Association’s Nika Nour, NIOA’s Robbie Myers, the U.S. Chambers’ Jared Parks and Brian Noyes, NAPTP’s Mary Lyman, Franklin Square Capital Partners’ Erica Elliott, Facebook’s Don Seymour and Andy Stone, InStrat Media’s Jenny Smuland, AdvaMed’s Wanda Moebius, House E&C’s Alexa Marrero and Patrick Currier, and Michael Steel from the Office of Speaker John Boehner.

h/t Story Partners – Lauren Culbertson and Michael Maroney