FOR RELEASE ONLY AFTER 8 P.M. MAY 5, 2003
CITY AND REGIONAL MAGAZINE ASSOCIATION
ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 18th ANNUAL CITY AND REGIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS
LOS ANGELES — Nineteen magazines took home awards at the 18th annual City and Regional Magazine Awards competition in Philadelphia at City and Regional Magazine Association’s Annual Conference. Judges from the University of Missouri-Columbia and journalism professionals from around the country selected 63 winning entries in 21 categories from the 794 submissions.
Winners were announced May 5, 2003, at the awards banquet, which was the climax of CRMA’s 27th Annual Conference. The competition is open to approximately 80 members of CRMA and other city and regional magazines that qualify.
Los Angeles and Texas Monthly magazines were the big winners this year. Los Angeles won 12 and Texas Monthly won 11 individual awards in categories including excellence in writing, cover design and general excellence. Atlanta magazine and Boston magazine followed with six awards each.
The general excellence awards are kept secret from magazines until the awards ceremony. For magazines with a circulation less than 30,000, Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine took the gold award; Cincinnati magazine won the silver; and Richmond magazine received the bronze.
For magazines with a circulation of 30,000 to 60,000, D Magazine grabbed the gold; Las Vegas Life took home the silver; and Milwaukee magazine won the bronze.
Of magazines with a circulation of 60,000 or more, Texas Monthly received the gold; Los Angeles magazine took the silver; and Boston magazine won the bronze.
The contest is an 18-year-old national competition coordinated by the University of Missouri School of Journalism and CRMA.
For more information, contact Contest Coordinator Kimberly Townlain, University of Missouri, 320 Lee Hills Hall, Columbia, MO 65211 (573/884-1869) or CRMA Executive Director C. James Dowden, 4929 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 428, Los Angeles, CA 90010 (323/937-5514).
City and Regional Magazine Awards Judges
A team was composed of University of Missouri School of Journalism faculty and practicing magazine professionals to judge the annual City and Regional Magazine Awards. Three judges per award category scored entries on a 100-point scale. Five judges per general excellence category rated those entries. The School of Journalism then collected, tallied and averaged the judges’ scores to determine the winners for each category. This year’s judges were:
University of Missouri Faculty
Daryl Moen, professor
Danita Allen, professor
Steve Weinberg, professor
George Kennedy, professor
Jim Sterling, professor
Don Ranly, professor
Byron Scott, professor
Jennifer Moeller, assistant professor
Zoe Smith, associate professor
Jackie Bell, assistant professor
Pat Smith, senior information specialist
Jody Sowell, assistant professor
Brant Houston, Investigative Reporters and Editors
Judy Bolch, professor
Scott Fosdick, assistant professor
Reuben Stern, assistant professor
Practicing Professionals
Shaila Williams – associate editor, Country Home magazine
Ingrid Sturgis – senior editor, Essence.com
Karen Worley – editor, MIZZOU magazine
Geoff Van Dyke – Folio: magazine
Carolyn Gatto – editor, Woman’s Day special publications
Lettie Teague – Food & Wine magazine
Geraldine Sealey – senior writer, ABCNEWS.com
Bruce Murphy – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Karen Gerboth – editor, Wittenberg magazine
Amanda Hinnant – contributing writer, Real Simple magazine
Renee Kratzer – formerly of Missouri Life magazine
Greg Paul – consultant for Brady and Paul Communications
Ralph Groom – art director, DISNEY Adventures
Chris Ocken – Ocken Photography
Casey Shaw – creative director, USA WEEKEND magazine
Monica Moses – deputy managing editor, Star Tribune
Ted Spiker – contributing editor, Men’s Health
Hilary Hurd – editor, Black Issues in Higher Education
Seth Wickersham – NFL reporter, ESPN the Magazine
Lynn Medford – assigning editor, The Washington Post
Amy Lowe – Southern Accents
Heather Morgan – online editor, National Geographic Traveler
Ken Fuson – reporter, Des Moines Register
Jessica Royer – journalism freelancer
Richard Banks – editorial director, SPC Custom Publishing
Amy Rennert – The Amy Rennert Agency Inc.
Tom Foster – Men’s Journal
Jan Winburn – The Baltimore Sun
Todd Witcher – writer and journalist
John Miller – Miller Media
2002-2003 City and Regional Magazine Awards
1. General Criticism
Gold: Los Angeles Magazine “Wraparound Spectacles”
“Quote-Real-Unquote”
“Moral Combat”
Silver: Los Angeles Magazine “Founding Brothers”
“Meet John Doe”
“The Ultimate Nazi”
Bronze: San Francisco Magazine “Good Lord”
“Moulin Rogue”
“Glass Appeal”
-
Food/Dining Criticism
Gold: Los Angeles Magazine “Alex’s Restaurant”
“Strip Show”
“The Italian Lesson”
Silver: Texas Monthly “War Fare”
“Fallen Star”
“Melting Pots”
Bronze: San Francisco Magazine “The Best Restaurant”
“Now We’re Not Cooking”
“A Maison of His Own”
-
Regular Column
Gold: Texas Monthly Paula Burka
Silver: Connecticut Magazine Lary Bloom
Bronze: Philadelphia Magazine Sandy Hingston
4. Reporting
Gold: Chicago Magazine “The Remains of Knife 33”
Silver: San Diego Magazine “Anatomy of a Murder” / “To Catch a Killer” series
Bronze: San Francisco Magazine “What Just Happened Here?”
-
Personality Profile
Gold: Chicago Magazine “Enemy of the State”
Silver: Atlanta Magazine “The Voice”
Bronze: Los Angeles Magazine “Servant of the Cause”
-
Feature Story
Gold: Los Angeles Magazine “Lawyers, Tiggers & Bears, Oh My!”
Silver: Atlanta Magazine “Assisted Loving”
Bronze: Milwaukee Magazine “The Dream”
-
Writer of the Year
Gold: Texas Monthly Skip Hollandsworth
Silver: Philadelphia Magazine Christopher McDougall
Bronze: Chicago Magazine Robert Kurson
-
Excellence in Writing
Gold: Texas Monthly March
Silver: Los Angeles Magazine February
Bronze: Cincinnati Magazine June
-
Spread Design
Gold: Boston Magazine “Who’s Up, Who’s Down?”
Silver: Chicago Magazine “Do Big Breasts Make a Difference?”
Bronze: Atlanta Magazine “It’s a Wonderful Death”
-
Feature Design
Gold: Los Angeles Magazine “The Essential Guide to Food”
Silver: Philadelphia Magazine “Are Philadelphia’s Doctors Disappearing”
Bronze: HOUR Detroit “The Flight for Freedom”
-
Photo Essay
Gold: Texas Monthly “Route 66”
Silver: Boston Magazine “Flash Back”
Bronze: Baltimore Magazine “Baltimore from the Water”
-
Cover
Gold: Los Angeles Magazine April
Silver: Texas Monthly January
Bronze: Milwaukee Magazine June
-
Designer of the Year
Gold: Los Angeles Magazine Joe Kimberling
Silver: Atlanta Magazine Susan Bogle
Bronze: Boston Magazine Robert Parsons
-
Excellence in Design
Gold: Los Angeles Magazine November
Silver: Texas Monthly July
Bronze: Diablo Magazine November
-
Reader Service
Gold: Indianapolis Monthly “Fat City”
Silver: San Diego Magazine “Woman’s Guide to Beating Breast Cancer”
Bronze: Richmond Magazine “2002 Real Estate Guide: Hot Places to Live”
-
Leisure/Lifestyle Interests
Gold: Texas Monthly “Drive, We Said”
Silver: Atlanta Magazine “Getting There Is Half the Fun”
Bronze: Los Angeles Magazine “The Essential Guide to Food”
-
Civic Journalism
Gold: Texas Monthly “Does Napoleon Beazley Deserve to Die?”
Silver: Atlanta Magazine “Troubled Waters”
Bronze: Boston Magazine “Divided We Stand”
-
Special Issues
Gold: Texas Monthly July
Silver: San Francisco Magazine April
Bronze: Boston Magazine June
-
General Excellence I (under 30,000)
Gold: Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine
Silver: Cincinnati Magazine
Bronze: Richmond Magazine
-
General Excellence II (30,000 to 60,000)
Gold: D Magazine
Silver: Las Vegas Life
Bronze: Milwaukee Magazine
-
General Excellence III (over 60,000)
Gold: Texas Monthly
Silver: Los Angeles Magazine
Bronze: Boston Magazine
Share with your friends: |