Sep 14th, 2002
Journalism Award for “My Turn”
My Newsweek commentary was awarded first place in the Editorial Category. Here’s the press release from NLGJA.
NLGJA Announces 2002 Excellence in Journalism Award-Winners; Journalists Honored for Gay-Related Media Coverage
Contact: Pamela Strother
Executive Director, NLGJA
202-588-9888PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14 /US Newswire/ — The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) today announced the recipients of its 2002 Excellence in Journalism Awards, a program that bestows five $1,000 prizes for the year’s best work in gay-related journalism.
Established in 1993 to foster, recognize and reward excellence in journalism on issues related to the gay and lesbian community, the cash awards consist of five categories: Written Opinion/Editorial, Written News/Feature, Audio, Video and New Media Journalism. (NOTE: The $1,000 cash awards were presented to the First Place Winners in each category; the other winners were presented citations.)
The awards selection process was supervised this year by NLGJA Board member, J. Ford Huffman with USA Today. The awards were presented at the 2002 NLGJA Convention held at the Loews Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, Sept. 14, 2002.
2002 NLGJA Excellence in Journalism Awards winners include:
Excellence in Writing Award for Opinion/Editorial:
First Place presented to Abigail Garner, Newsweek magazine, “Don’t Protect Me: Give Me Your Respect.”
Second Place presented to Bill Tammeus, The Kansas City Star, “Ignoring Sexual Orientation,” “Using Religion to Give Faith a Bad Name,” “Abundant Confusion Regarding Sex Abuse,” Series
Third Place presented to Cindy L. Abel, Southern Voice, “Atlanta Gays Sit By While Fulton Steals Our Rights”
Excellence in Writing Award for News/Feature (Sponsored by the Hearst Corporation):
First Place presented to Jeff Kunerth, Mark Schlueb, Kelly Brewington, Orlando Sentinel, “Coming Out, Blending In: Being Gay in Central Florida” Series
Second Place presented to Scott M. Finn, Tara Tuckwiller, Sunday Gazette-Mail (Charleston, West Virginia) “Young and Gay: Teens Harassed While School Officials Look the Other Way”
Third Place presented to John Blake, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Raised by Gay Parents”
The Siegenthaler/NLGJA Excellence in Audio Award:
First Place presented to Eric Beauchemin, Radio Netherlands, “The Nigerian Closet”
Second Place presented Barbara Bernstein and David Gilmore, Outright Radio/Public Radio International, “The Myth of the Pink Swastika”
Third Place presented to David Gilmore, Outright Radio/Public Radio International, “Out on the Rez — Stories from Gay Native America”
The Siegenthaler/NLGJA Excellence in Video Award:
First Place presented to Ted Koppell, James Blue, Mary Claude Foster, Cathy Barosky, Russ Freeman, ABC News Nightline, “A Matter of Choice?” Series
Second Place presented to Diane Sawyer, David Ross, Kristen Strand, Jon Meyerson, Jessica Velmans, ABC News Primetime Thursday Special, “Rosie: For the Sake of the Children”
Third Place presented to John Scagliotti, Dan Hunt, PBS, “Oliver Button is a Star”
NLGJA Excellence in New Media Journalism Award (Sponsored by UnREAL Marketing Solutions):
First Place presented to Susan Hogan/Albach, reporter; Kim Ritzenthaler, photographer and Karen Dee Davis, multimedia editor The Dallas Morning News http://www.dallasnews.com, “The Gay Divide”
Second Place presented to Jim Buzinski, Cyd Zeigler, http://www.outsports.com, “OutSports.com”
Third Place presented to Mario Rodriguez Guerra, James J. Lynn Diaz, http://www.orgulloboricua.net, “Orgulloboricua”
UPDATE: See related article in Solidarity Magazine, “Writers Union Member Wins Award,” Jennifer John. Vol. 45, No. 11, November 2002.