Congratulations to all our New Mexico SPJ members for winning awards in the New Mexico Press Women contest!
Ellen Berkovitch (all awards for AdobeAistream.com)
*Best website for AdobeAirstream.com and Award of Organizational Excellence
*2nd Place News Story Online, “New Affordable Housing When Working Poor Are Artists”
*2nd Place Specialty Articles-Reviews, “Symbol and Appropriation: New Visions in Contemporary Native American Art; Jody Guralnick’s Subject to Change: Painted Explorations”
*Honorable Mention for Photo Essay “At Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, A Smile Is Like An Extra Breath”
*1st Place for podcast “Blue Curry on Tourism — and Sitelines”
Nicolás Cabrera
*1st Place for Poetry “La yerbabuena” for Acentos Review
*3rd Place for Photography-Writer “The Kings and Queens of the Duke City Taco Truck Boom” for Frontera NorteSur
Bryant Furlow
2nd Place for Enterprise reporting (tie) “Health guides work to convince Native Americans to try Obamacare; Obamacare gives tribes opportunity for economic growth” for New Mexico in Depth
Julie Ann Grimm
3rd Place Enterprise Reporting “Elusive Diplomas: How Native American Students Can Fight the Odds” for New Mexico in Depth
Heath Haussamen (all for New Mexico In Depth)
*1st Place for Editorial online “We must treat Central American immigrants humanely”
*1st Place Award of Excellence for Organizational Achievement,
*2nd Place Continuing Coverage “The Medicaid Freeze”
*Honorable Mention Feature Story-Online Publication “New Mexico’s forests are warming and transforming”
Trip Jennings (all for New Mexico In Depth)
*2nd Place for Editorial Opinion-Online Publication “An open letter to Gov. Martinez and AG King”
*1st Place Award of Excellence for Organizational Achievement
Megan Kamerick
*1st Place Interview Radio or TV – Valerie Plame for KNME
*2nd Place Talk Show Radio or TV – “Public Square: Improving Child Well Being” on KNME
*3rd place for TV or Radio interview – “Novel Explores Native Life At The Margins” for KUNM
*Honorable Mention for TV or Radio Interview – “Pearls Before Swine” creator Stephan Pastis for KNME
Colleen Keane
*1st Place News-Online “After the Guns Have Been Laid Down” for NM Street Press
*2nd Place News Story-Print “Fire Victim Disappointed in her Community” for Navajo Times
*Honorable Mention News Story -Print “Homeless Innocent Victims of Violent Assaults: Since Brutal Killings, Community Waiting for City and Tribe to Take Action” for Navajo Times
*Honorable Mention News Story-Print “Artists Leave Behind Images of Healthy Lifestyles” for Navajo Times
*Honorable Mention News Story-Print “Miss Indian World Contestants Share Teachings and Songs” for Navajo Times
*Individual Award of Excellence, 3rd Place, cash.
Marguerite Kearns
*1st Place for videos for website-nonprofit, governmental or educational “‘Spirit of 1776’: A suffragette anthem” for Suffrage Wagon News Channel
*1st Place Blogs- nonprofit, governmental or educational”Book on suffrage martyr Inez Milholland”; “New release date for ‘Sufragette’ film” for Suffrage Wagon News Channel
*1st Place Columns-Personal Opinion “Musing about my Susan B. Anthony speech”; “Why I vote and support a suffragist memorial”
Kathleen McCleery (all for PBS News Hour)
*1st Place TV Prepared Report “Jet Fuel Leak”
*1st Place Special Programming “A New Mexico Town Confronts Immigration Crisis”
*2nd Place Prepared Report “Stepping Up”
Kate Nash and the Mexico News Port
*1st Place Continuing Coverage or Unfolding News – New Mexico Election Coverage
*1st Place for Writing-News “Treasurer candidates hit the long road”
*1st Place for Writing-Features “Land commissioner living the wild life”
*2nd Place Web site edited or managed by entrant – Nonprofit, government, or educational – New Mexico News Port
*3rd Place for Specialty Articles-Government or Politics, 2nd Place “Powell, Dunn waiting on recount in land commissioner’s race; Land office raising record revenues”
* Also, 13 students are 1st place winners and are now entered in the National Federation of Press Women competition, results in July.
*1st Place Continuing coverage or unfolding news – (Adult category) – New Mexico News Port State Election Coverage.
Aaron Anglin
Priscilla Banuelos
Moriah Carty
Liam Cary-Eaves
Micaela Eldridge-Lane
Marcus Jaramillo
Jessi Mace
J.R. Oppenheim
Jyllian Roach
Michael Sol Warren
Kendra Williams
*3rd Place Specialty Articles-Government or Politics (Adult category)
Dominic Aragon
Isabel Gonzalez
*1st Place College:Writing – News
Kyle Lord
Michael Sol Warren
*1st Place College:Writing – Features
Isabel Gonzalez
Laura Paskus
2nd Place for News-Online “Funding would boost Native youth suicide prevention” for New Mexico In Depth
Sherry Robinson
*Zia Award – First Runner-up, for book “I Fought a Good Fight, A History of the Lipan Apaches” University of North Texas Press
*1st Place for Specialty Articles-Business “Mousa performs juggling act at RMCH; RMCH: Good, bad, and divided”
*2nd Place Investigative Reporting “A Litigious Nature?”; “Lawsuits, accounting feuds”; “Sage Hospital sues”; “Sage conflicts”; “Audit: Board Expenses”; “Doctor: Bad Care” for Gallup Independent
*Honorable Mention for Specialty Articles-History “Kit Carson left a complicated, controversial legacy; The Trusted Apache Scout Johnson” for Gallup Independent and Wild West
*Columns-Personal Opinion “Race to the finish is paved with money — and bad advertising; In economic development we’ve fed the bear” for Gallup Independent
Diane Schmidt
*Individual Award of Excellence 2nd Place with cash award
*1st Place Specialty Articles-Religion “The Anti-Israel BDS Movement Arrives at UNM; Rabbi Deborah Brin, A Founder of Women of the Wall” for New Mexico Jewish Link
*1st Place Photographer-Writer “Raise your hands” The Anti-Israel BDS Movement Arrives at UNM” for New Mexico Jewish Link
*1st Place Essay in a Book “What Chanting a Prayer Might Just Do For You” in anthology book, Music, Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers” for CreatingCalmNetworkcom
*2nd Place Specialty Articles-Business “Spotlight on Gaon Books and its publisher; Dr. Dean Rudoy Sponsors an Ambulance for Israel” for New Mexico Jewish Link
*3rd Place Specialty Articles-Arts and Entertainment “Gloria Abella Ballen: The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet; Kristallnacht Remembrance, The Night of Broken Glass” for New Mexico Jewish Link
*3rd Place Specialty Articles-Government or Politics “The Recovery of Deputy Robin Hopkins; A Warm Welcome for New ADL Director” for New Mexico Jewish Link
*3rd Place Specialty Articles-History “‘The Long Walk and The Holocaust’; Profile: Ron Duncan Hart” for Gallup Independent and Legacy NMJHS
*3rd Place Photographer-Writer “A Fleeting Moment Across a Divide” for New Mexico Jewish Link
Peter St. Cyr
*Individual Award of Excellence, 1st Place with cash award.
*1st Place News Story-Print “Ticket to Nowhere” for Santa Fe Reporter
*1st Place Investigative Reporting “Rx Test” for Santa Fe Reporter
*2nd Place News Story-Print “Beauty and the Beat Cop” for Santa Fe Reporter
*2nd Place Enterprise Reporting “Sold Out; Band of Brothers; Dumbfounded” for Santa Fe Reporter
*3rd Place New Story-Print “Naughty or Nice” for Santa Fe Reporter
