Foundation honors 35 for excellence in newsletter journalism.Called the David Swit Journalism Awards since last year after the Washington Business Information Inc. publisher and NEPF benefactor who died in December 1999, the awards recognize outstanding newsletter journalism. American Health American Health Inc. is a company that manufactures health supplements. It is located in Holbrook, New York. One of its products is labeled the "Chewable Original Papaya Enzyme" with the attached registered trademark, "The 'After Meal Supplement'". Consultants led the pack with four winners--followed by UCG UCG United Church of God UCG Underground Coal Gasification UCG University College Galway UCG Unified Communications Group (Microsoft) UCG Universal Command Guide for Operating Systems (Guy Lotgering book) and Aspen Publishers, each with three. UCG has the most winners in the competition's 22-year history, with a total of 66. In fact, it was UCG partner and senior publisher Dan Brown who introduced the 1st place winners-who each received a cash prize of $500-with lengthy and eloquent descriptions of each newsletter or article or series of articles. One winner that especially stood out was Aspen Publishers research editor Shawn Beard's "Preventing School Tragedies." Brown said: "The Columbine High School Columbine High School is a secondary school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado. The school is located at 6201 South Pierce Street, one mile west of the Littleton city limits and half a mile south of the Denver city/county line. shooting in April 1999 prompted many journalists to write about school violence. But more important, it stirred one crusading publisher to create a tool to prevent these horrible tragedies. "The prevention tool I'm talking I'm Talking was a 1980s Australian funk-pop rock band, noted for launching vocalist Kate Ceberano. History After the break-up of the Melbourne-based experimental funk band Essendon Airport in 1983, members Robert Goodge (guitar), Ian Cox (saxophone) and Barbara Hogarth about is the excellent crisis-prevention manual that wins this year's NEPF Best Looseleaf Award. "It took nine months to produce 'Preventing School Violence' and the useful, well-organized content reflects that effort. School principals and superintendents get a whole chapter on warning signs, a section on actual safety procedures from schools around the U.S., an internet resources guide, page after page of smart ways to incorporate non-violence into the school curriculum and much more." Brown pointed out that schools were allowed to photocopy some pages for no charge. Winners of the David Swit Journalism Awards * Best Spot-News or Exclusive Single-News Story 1st Place: California Energy Markets, California Energy Markets 2nd: Auto Finance News/Lending Intelligence.com, Royal News Corp. 3rd: Communications Daily, Warren Communications News Honorable Mentions: TR Daily, Telecommunications Reports International Inc.; and Business Mailers Review, Sedgwick Publishing Co. * Best Investigative Reporting 1st: Inside the Pentagon, Inside Washington Publishers Inside Washington Publishers provides comprehensive coverage of the federal policy process for professionals in Washington, across the United States, and around the world. IWP currently produces 21 publications, all of which include both print and online components, covering 2nd: The Cancer Letter, The Cancer Letter 3rd: The Telecom Manager's Voice Report, UCG Honorable Mention: Telecommunications Report, Telecommunications Reports International Inc. * Best Interpretive or Analytical Reporting 1st: Public Accounting Report, Strafford Publications Inc. 2nd: Utility Forecaster, KCI KCI Kansas City International (airport) KCI Kennel Club of India KCI Key Club International KCI Korea Concrete Institute KCI Kitchener Collegiate Institute KCI Kids Central, Inc. KCI The Kitchen Collection, Inc. KCI Kodak Canada Inc. Communications Inc. 3rd: Warren's Washington Internet Daily, Warren Communications News Honorable Mentions: Mental Health Weekly, Manisses Communications Group Inc.; Medical Ethics medical ethics The moral construct focused on the medical issues of individual Pts and medical practitioners. See Baby Doe, Brouphy, Conran, Jefferson, Kevorkian, Quinlan, Roe v Wade, Webster decision. Advisor, American Health Consultants; and Hospital Infection Control, American Health Consultants * Best Instructional Reporting 1st: Primary Care Reports, American Health Consultants 2nd: The Telecom Manager's Voice Report, UCG 3rd: Managing Partner, Infocom Group Honorable Mentions: Environment of Care Leader, UCG; Emergency Medicine Practice, Pinnacle Publishing Inc.; and Safety Compliance Letter, Aspen Publishers Inc. * Best Single-Topic Newsletter 1st: Alternative Therapies In Women's Health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. , American Health Consultants 2nd: Canadian Health Care Management, MPL Communications MPL Communications is the holding company for the business interests of Sir Paul McCartney. In addition to handling McCartney's post-Beatles work, MPL has also become one of the world's largest privately owned music publishers through its acquisition of numerous other publishing Inc. 3rd: The Telecom Manager's Voice Report, UCG Honorable Mentions: Trauma Reports, American Health Consultants; and Americans with Disabilities Act Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. civil-rights law, enacted 1990, that forbids discrimination of various sorts against persons with physical or mental handicaps. Compliance Guide Monthly Bulletin, Thompson Publishing Group Inc. * Best Financial-Advisory Newsletter 1st: Investor's Digest of Canada, MPL Communications Inc. 2nd: Personal Finance, KCI Communications Inc. 3rd: Utility Forecaster, KCI Communications Inc. Honorable Mentions: Michael Murphy's Technology Investing, Phillips Investment Resources; and Investment Property, Institutional Real Estate Inc. * Best Looseleaf Publication 1st: Preventing School Violence Resource Guide to Safe Schools, Aspen 2nd: Fair Labor Standards Handbook for States, Local Governments and Schools, Thompson Publishing Group Inc. 3rd: Adminstrator's Guide to Technology, Aspen Publishers Inc. Honorable Mention: Southam's Occupational Safety and Health Law with Combo CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , Southam Inc. |
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