National Press Club Selects 2002 Awards Winners

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National Press Club Selects 2002 Awards Winners 
U.S. Newswire
1 Jul 17:24

National Press Club Selects 2002 Awards Winners
To: National Desk
Contact: Paul Basken, 202-624-1827; or
John Aubuchon, 202-662-7517;
both of the National Press Club

WASHINGTON, July 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Threats to Americans
lurking in their food, hospitals and drinking water were among the
dangers detailed for their readers and viewers by this year's
winners in the 29th annual National Press Club journalism awards
competition.

Chosen from more than 250 entries in 22 categories from press
criticism to consumer journalism, the 34 honorees also helped their
audiences in such areas as understanding the California energy
crisis, looking behind the scenes at the White House, realizing
some of the problems facing Afghan women, and U.S. schoolchildren
abused because of their sexual orientation.

The judges also conferred a posthumous honor on Daniel Pearl, a
newspaper reporter killed while reporting from Pakistan.

"The overall quality of our entries was extremely high this
year," said John Aubuchon, president of the National Press Club.
"Our judges had a difficult task. And while the 9-11 attacks and
the war on terror justifiably have dominated many journalism
competitions this year, it's also good to recognize the outstanding
work being done day in and day out on the many, many other issues
that touch people's lives."

The winners will be recognized at an awards dinner July 22 in
Washington. See http://npc.press.org/programs/npcawards.shtml for
a description of the awards and the past winners.

This year's winners are:

Consumer Journalism - Newspaper
First Place -- Ames Alexander and Pam Kelley of The Charlotte
Observer for "On Guard for the Elderly"
Honorable Mention -- Diane Solov and Regina McEnery of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer for "Will your ER be there for you?"

Consumer Journalism - Periodicals
First Place -- Amanda Spake of U.S. News & World Report for
"Natural
Hazards"

Consumer Journalism - TV
First Place -- Colleen Rubino, Chris Hansen, Edie Magnus and
Josh Mankiewicz of Dateline NBC for "The Plane Truth"

Washington Correspondence
First Place -- Jim Puzzanghera of the San Jose Mercury News of
"The Politics of Energy"

Rowse/Press Criticism - Single Entry - Print/Online
First Place -- Willy Stern of The Nashville Scene for "Grading
the Daily"
Honorable Mention -- Matthew Rose of The Wall Street Journal for
"Pressing Issues"

Rowse/Press Criticism - Single Entry - TV/Radio
First Place -- Theodore BoGosian of BoGosian Productions for PBS
for "The Press Secretary"

Rowse/Press Criticism - Single Entry - Book
First Place -- William McGowan for "Coloring the News"

Rowse/Press Criticism - Body of Work - Print
First Place -- Alicia C. Shepard of the American Journalism
Review

Rowse/Press Criticism - Body of Work - TV/Radio
First Place -- Terence Smith of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Goldstein/Regional Reporting
First Place -- Bart Jansen of the Portland Press Herald/Maine
Sunday Telegram for "MBNA big donor behind debtor bill"
Honorable Mention -- Michael Doyle of McClatchy newspapers.

Hood/Diplomatic Correspondence - Print
First Place -- Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek for "Why They Hate Us"

Hood/Diplomatic Correspondence - Broadcast
First Place -- Tom Brokaw and staff of Dateline NBC for "Lost
Boys"

Newsletter Journalism - Analytical
First Place -- Michael Sadowski of the Harvard Education Letter
for "Sexual Minority Students Benefit from School-Based Support --
Where it Exists"
Honorable Mention -- Staff of California Energy Markets for
"Solutions and Non-Solutions"

Newsletter Journalism - Exclusive
First Place -- John M. Donnelly of Defense Week for "In
Antimissile Test Target Signaled Its Location"
Honorable Mention -- Christopher Castelli of Inside Washington
Publishers for "Aldridge Gives Nod to Proceed with V-22 Program
Improvements"

Kozik/Environmental Reporting - Print
First Place -- Ben Raines of the Mobile Register for "Seafood
Riddled With Mercury"
Honorable Mention -- Julie Hauserman of the St. Petersburg Times
for "The Poison in Your Backyard"
Honorable Mention -- Charles Seabrook of The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution for "Georgia's Disappearing Songbirds"

Kozik/Environmental Reporting - Broadcast
First Place -- Andrea Bernstein of WNYC AM&FM for "The Toxic
Valley: PCB's Along the Upper Hudson"
Honorable Mention -- Jack Hamann of Bullfrog Films for "Hot
Potatoes"

Online Journalism - Best Site
First Place -- Julie Winokur and Ed Kashi of MSNBC.com for
"Years Ahead: Aging in America"
Honorable Mention -- Tim Connor and Larry Shook of Camas
Magazine for "Under the Influence"

Online Journalism - Distinguished Contribution
First Place -- Sue Johnson, Alison Cornyn and Joe Richman of
Picture Projects for "360degrees.org - Perspectives on the US
Criminal Justice System"
Honorable Mention -- Newsday Staff for "The Lost"

Excellence in Political Journalism
First Place -- John Berlau of Insight Magazine for "IRS
Commissioner's Conflicts of Interest"
Honorable Mention -- Jim VandeHei of The Wall Street Journal for
"Political Influence"

Excellence In Geriatric Writing
First Place -- Kerry Hall of the Greensboro News & Record for
"Nursing Homes in Crisis"
Honorable Mention -- Bill Walsh of the New Orleans
Times-Picayune for "Improper Restraint"

Freedom of the Press - U.S.
Daniel Pearl of The Wall Street Journal, awarded posthumously

Freedom of the Press - Foreign
Saira Shah CNN Productions for "Beneath the Veil"

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Coloring the News got an award. Cool.