Going to the Awards Dinner as a journalist... or at least as a blogger-journalism-student hybrid

Tomorrow, I head down to D.C. for the NPF Annual Awards Dinner. A short trip, with less than 17 hours actually in the District. The Dinner will be different this year. It's switched from Thursday night to Tuesday night. They've instituted a new dress code: business attire, rather than black tie. And I'll be attending as a non-NPFer for the first time in four years.