2002 SEATTLE TIMES NEWSROOM AWARDS
Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards
The Seattle Times features sections received first place for "General
Excellence" in the prestigious Missouri Lifestyle Journalism contest.
This continues an unprecedented eight-year run of first- or second-
place awards. According to this year's judges, "Photography, design
and words work together on every section. The little things - from air
fares and almanac in the travel section to a terrific back page on books
- jump out at judges, and no doubt, the readers. Story subjects are
interesting and use detail well."
Casey Journalism Awards
Seattle Times journalist Alex Fryer was runner up in the Print Journalism
category (newspapers with 200,000 daily circulation) for his story,
"The Trouble with Eli." Judges commented, "Eli has spent seven
years in foster care at a cost of $400,000, but Washington state still
can't find a permanent home for him and other behaviorally disturbed
children. The 14-year-old is so violent that no one - not even group
homes - wants him around. Fryer takes a dispassionate but sensitive
look at Eli and his fractured life. He does a masterful job delineating
the efforts and choices made on the boy's behalf without vilifying his
mother or social workers." The awards, first presented by the Casey
Journalism Center on Children and Families in 1994, recognize distinguished
coverage of children and families in the United States.
C. B. Blethen Awards
The Seattle Times won second place in the Distinguished Coverage of
Diversity category, over-50,000 circulation, for a range of stories
appearing over the year.
Lowell Thomas National Travel Writing Competition
The Seattle Times picked up three awards in this year's competition.
Carol Pucci won second place in foreign travel, Paula Bock won second
place in the adventure travel category, and The Travel section finished
thrid in its circulation category for newspaper travel sections.
Society for News Design Competition
At the Society for News Design (SND) Awards, a prestigious international
competition recognizing excellence in journalism design, photography,
illustration and layout, The Seattle Times received 24 awards - its
most ever - including one gold and three silver medals. The competition
drew 13,781 entries from 341 newspapers worldwide.
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers Award
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers awarded "Best
in Business" for breaking news to The Seattle Times. The story,
"Boeing Bolts," addressed the Boeing Company's announcement
that its headquarters would be moving out of Seattle.
Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10: Sunday Section, Daily Section
and Features Writing
For the third consecutive year, Associated Press Sports Editors recognized
The Seattle Times Sports sections, naming The Seattle Times to both
Top 10 Sunday sections and Top 10 Daily sections. Les Carpenter's story
on the failed XLF was also honored by the AP Sports Editors as one of
the year's best sports features.
National Press Photographers Association
The National Press Photographers Association named The Seattle Times
"2001 Paper of the Year" for Region 11, which includes Washington,
Oregon, Alaska, British Columbia and the Yukon. The Seattle Times also
received a total of 12 honors at the 2001 NPPA's "Best of Photojournalism"
awards, including the prestigious "Best Use of Photography" for newspapers
with circulation 75,000 and over. Of special note was the frequent and
high placement of Pacific Northwest Magazine and first and second place
finishes in the "Picture Editor of the Year" category.
Pictures of the Year International Contest
For many years, The Seattle Times has placed in the top three for "Best
Use of Photography" in the Pictures of the Year International Contest,
and received the honor again this year.
Washington-Oregon Associated Press
In the 2002 photo contest, Metro Division, Jim Bates received the Reid
Blackburn Memorial Award, plus third place in Sports and first place
in Features categories. Jimi Lott received second place in Features
and Alan Berner, third place in Portraits.
The American Illustration Award
The American Illustration Award, honoring the best work produced by
American artists in 2001, was recently awarded to Seattle Times staff
member Jeff Neumann for his illustrations.
Associated Press Cowles Cup
Awarded to Seattle Times photographer Alan Berner for his photos of
Russian whaling that appeared in the Sunday Pacific Magazine.
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UNINFORMED CONSENT
George Polk Journalism Award for Medical Reporting
The Polk awards are among the oldest and most highly regarded journalism
awards. The Seattle Times won this award for the series "Uninformed
Consent: What patients at 'The Hutch' weren't told about the experiments
in which they died," singling out reporters Duff Wilson and David
Heath's excellent coverage of problems with two clinical trials at the
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
Roy W. Howard Award for Public Service Reporting.
This Scripps-Howard Foundation National Journalism Award was given to
The Seattle Times for its investigation into Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center trials. The report examined two failed clinical trials
at Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the complex
legal and ethical issues related to the trials. The Scripps-Howard Foundation
applauded the series as "a convincing, detailed, well-packaged
investigation." The series helped pull the cloak of mystery from
high-end medical research, inspiring action for reform at The Hutch
and research facilities across the nation.
The Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
Seattle Times Reporters Duff Wilson and David Heath received this award
from the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy
at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government for their
award-winning investigative report "Uninformed Consent: What patients
at 'The Hutch' weren't told about the experiments in which they died."
The Goldsmith prize marked the third time in the 10-year history of
the award that The Seattle Times has won.
National Headliner Award for Investigative Reporting
The Seattle Times earned the Press Club of Atlantic City's National
Headliner award for "Uninformed Consent: What patients at 'The
Hutch' weren't told about the experiments in which they died."
The National Headliner Awards program recognizes journalistic merit
in the communications industry.
Associated Press Managing Editors Public Service Award
The Seattle Times won in the 50,000-or-more circulation category for
its series "Uninformed Consent: What patients at 'The Hutch' weren't
told about the experiments in which they died." The award is given
to AP member newspapers for "outstanding service to the community,
state or nation."
The Heywood Broun Award
The Newspaper Guild-CWA's Heywood Broun award was given to The Seattle
Times' series "Uninformed Consent: What patients at 'The Hutch'
weren't told about the experiments in which they died." The Broun
award is named after Heywood Broun, a prominent founder of the Newspaper
Guild and a columnist who believed that individual journalists have
the power to cause social change.
The Society of Professional Journalists
2001 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for Excellence in Journalism
The staff of seattletimes.com won an award in the "online category,Investigative
Reporting (Affiliated)," for its handling of "Uninformed Consent," the
five-part investigative series into the premature deaths of patients
in failed clinical experiments. Forty-nine winners were named from 1,396
entries.
Clark Mollenhoff Award for Excellence
Reporters David Heath and Duff Wilson won the Clark Mollenhoff Award
for Excellence in Investigative Reporting from the Institute on Political
Journalism, a national journalism prize awarded for their series "Uninformed
Consent: What patients at 'The Hutch' weren't told about the experiments
in which they died."
Gerald Loeb Award
Seattle Times reporters Duff Wilson and David Heath were awarded the
Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism
in the large newspaper category for research conducted as part of their
five-part investigative series "Uninformed Consent: What patients
at 'The Hutch' weren't told about the experiments in which they died."
Association for Women in Communications
"Uninformed Consent: What patients at 'The Hutch' weren't told
about the experiments in which they died," earned the 2002 Clarion
Award, in the over-100,000 circulation category, for Newspaper Investigative
Series. The Clarion Awards is a renowned competition recognizing the
best works from all communications fields.
C. B. Blethen Awards
The series "Uninformed Consent" won first place for Distinguished
Investigative Reporting in the over-50,000 circulation category.
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