City-Wide Guild News

May 17, 2001

FRONT PAGE AWARD, GUILD SERVICE AWARD WINNERS CHOSEN

Writers, photographers, designers and activists from the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, the Bureau of National Affairs and the United Food and Commercial Workers took the top prizes in judging in this year's Front Page Awards and Guild Service Awards, given annually by the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild.

The winners will be feted at a reception to be held

Monday, May 21

Starting at 6:30 p.m.

AFL-CIO Headquarters Lobby

815 16th St. NW, Washington

Front Page Grand Prize Awards:

Bill Pryor Memorial Grand Prize for Writing: Peter Perl, Washington Post

Bill Pryor Memorial Grand Prize for Photography: Chiaki Kawajiri, Baltimore Sun

Distinguished Feature Photography: Chiaki Kawajiri, Baltimore Sun

John Albano Memorial Grand Prize for Design: Jerry Jackson, Baltimore Sun

All grand prize winners will receive a $200 cash prize and a plaque congratulating their efforts.

Guild Service Awards:

Dan de Souza Memorial Award for Member of the Year: Connie Knox Baltimore

Nadine Grinder Memorial Award for Shop Steward of the Year: Ellen Newton UFCW

Unit Officer of the Year: Reza Namdar, chair of the BNA unit

Organizer of the Year: Myra Hatala, Washington Post

Knox's award carries a $250, while the other three Guild Service awards carry with them a $150 prize. All four will also receive plaques honoring their contributions.

The complete list of winners follows:

GUILD SERVICE AWARDS:

Dan de Souza Memorial Award for Member of the Year: Connie Knox Baltimore

Nadine Grinder Memorial Award for Shop Steward of the Year: Ellen Newton UFCW

Unit Officer of the Year: Reza Namdar, chair of the BNA unit

Organizer of the Year: Myra Hatala, Washington Post

FRONT PAGE AWARDS

DESIGN

Labor Promotional Campaign: Lori Richards, UFCW, "Wal-Mart"
Honorable mention: Lori Richards, UFCW, "Gore-Lieberman Campaign"

Marketing and Promotion Design: Will Coyle, Lauren Gleason, Jennifer Jones, Lisa Wells, Kamber Group, "Mandalay Bay"
Honorable mention: Will Coyle, Lauren Gleason, Jennifer Jones, Kamber Group, "Kamber Brand"

News Graphics: Patterson Clark, Post, "Blue Plains"

News Illustration: Jerry Jackson, Sun, "The Preakness"
Honorable mention: Jerry Jackson, Sun, "Fund Raising Frenzy"

PHOTOGRAPHY

Feature Photography: Chiaki Kawajiri, Sun, "Choir"
Honorable mention: Jed Kirschbaum, Sun, "New Home"

Local News Photography: Kim Hairston, Sun, "A Tiny Casualty"

National News Photography: Ray Lustig, Post, "Behind Closed Doors"
Honorable mention: Ray Lustig, Post, "3's a Crowd"

Picture Story: Chiaki Kawajiri, Sun, "A Quiet Crusade"
Honorable mention: Algerina Perna, Sun, "Memories to Spare"

Portrait Photography: Amy Davis, Sun, "Miss Millie"
Honorable mention: Ray Lustig, Post, "Alan Greenspan"

Sports Photography: Karl Ferron, Sun, "Soaring Under Cloudy Skies"
Honorable mention: Jed Kirschbaum, Sun, "Hasim Rahman"

WRITING

Morton Mintz Award for Investigative Reporting: Peter Perl, Post, "Poisoned Package"
Honorable mention: Karen De Young, Mary Pat Flaherty, Sharon Lafraniere, Deb Nelson, David Ottaway, John Pomfret, Joe Stephens, Doug Struck, Joby Warrick, Post, "The Body Hunters" Series

Frank C. Porter Memorial Award for Labor and Business Reporting: David S. Hilzenrath, Post, "Puffing Up Performance: Accounting Of Sales By Dot-Comes, Other Companies Increasingly Troublesome To Regulators"
Honorable mention: William Patalon, Sun, "A High-Speed Race To The Cutting Edge"

Bernie Harrison Memorial Award for Commentary:
(honorable mention only) Mark Gruenberg, Press Associates, "Washington Window: GOP History, Money Explain Bush Social Security Stand"

Criticism: Kate Shatzkin, Sun, "Finding Their Voices"
Honorable mention: Sarah Kaufman, Post, "The Pointe of Low Return"

Feature Writing: Peter Perl, Post, "Behind the Bow Tie"
Honorable mention: Eugene L. Meyer, Post, "A Bus Driver's Long, Painful Route"
Honorable mention: Megan Rosenfeld, Post, "River City"

Local News Reporting: Diana K. Sugg, Sun, "A Hospital Crisis: Children in Need of Psychiatric Care"

National News Reporting: Rick Weiss, Post, "The Human Blueprint" Series

Non-Daily Specialized Technical Reporting: Carol Oberdorfer, BNA, "Professors, Journalists Find Common Ground At AAUP Conference On `Intellectual Work'"
Honorable mention: Gerald B. Silverman, BNA Correspondents, "GE Conducts Public Relations Campaign Against Dredging of PCBs in Hudson River"
Honorable mention: Margaret Miller, BNA, "Using Computer Software to Negotiate Contracts Online"

Sports Reporting: Bill Brubaker, Post, "Youth Coaches Face Scrutiny: Little Accountability Makes AAU Teams Vulnerable"

Unit Communications: Kyttie Ayiku, Kathy Carroll, BNA, "Behind the Dome"
Honorable mention:: Bill Salganik, Sun, "Sun Unit Bulletins"

GRAND PRIZES

John Albano Memorial Grand Prize for Design: Jerry Jackson, Sun, "The Preakness"

Bill Pryor Memorial Grand Prize for Photography: Chiaki Kawajiri, Sun, "A Quiet Crusade"

Bill Pryor Memorial Grand Prize for Writing: Peter Perl, Post, "Poisoned Package"

No awards were given in the Advertising Illustration, Local Advertising Design, Web Design, Black & White Photography, Public Service Reporting and Headline Writing categories.

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