Newsletter foundation hands out 47 journalism and marketing awards.At the June 4-6 International Newsletter & Specialized-Information Conference in Washington, D.C., the Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation honored 47 editors, reporters, and marketers with awards marking "excellence in newsletter journalism" and best practices in newsletter marketing. Hundreds entered the competition. 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) once again led the pack with the most awards, 11 overall and four first-place. HCPro Inc. won five awards, 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 won four, and Atlantic Information Services See Information Systems. won three. A number of the award-winning articles and series of articles led to government action and the mass media's picking up on the stories. Newsletters and specialized-information products were also some of the fastest publications out of the gate after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Also inspiring is the vast range of subject matter represented by the winners--listed here, with descriptions of the first-place honorees. A complete list and descriptions of all winners can be found at www.newsletters.org. * Best Spot-News or Exclusive Single-News Story 1st Place: American Funeral Director, Kates-Boylston, a Division of UCG. "Case Closed," by Edward Defort, covered the nearly four-year investigation into the murder of a Wisconsin funeral director and a mortuary student intern and the shock waves it sent through the magazine's readership, which are the nation's funeral directors. 2nd: Residency Program Alert, HCPro. "From Inside a New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded Hospital: An LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit Internal Medicine Resident Stays Behind to Care for Patients During Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. ," by Matt Phillion. 3rd: InsideDefense.com, 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 . "Pentagon Slashes $30 Billion from Major Navy, Air Force Missile Defense Missile defence is an air defence system, weapon program, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defence against nuclear-armed ICBMs, its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged Programs," by Jason Sherman Jason Sherman (born 1962 in Montreal) is a Canadian playwright. After graduating from the Creative Writing Program of York University in 1985, Sherman co-founded What Publishing with Kevin Connolly, which produced what, a literary magazine that he edited from 1985 to 1990. . * Best Investigative Reporting 1st Place: The Energy Daily, King Publishing Group. In a series of stories covering the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, reporters George Lobsenz and Jeff Beattie found out about and reported the Bush Administration's far-reaching plan to change U.S. nuclear policy to revive spent reactor fuel reprocessing Reprocessing may refer to:
2nd: Medical Device Daily, American Health Consultants, "Newborn Screening newborn screening Neonatology The analysis of a neonate's blood for metabolic or other disorders to prevent mental retardation, disability or death Technology Thorough, But Raises Questions," by Christopher Delporte and Don Long. 3rd: Anesthesia & Pain Coder's Pink Sheet, Decision-Health, a Division of UCG, "Special Investigative Report: Misleading Coding Advice," by Wendy Vogenitz. * Best Interpretive or Analytical Reporting 1st Place: Mine Safety and Health News, Legal Publication Services. Publisher-editor Ellen Smith, Melanie Aclander, and Katharine Snyder followed the federal Mine Health & Safety Administration's continued refusal to release information under the Freedom of Information Act. In doing so, they provided a service not only to their readers, to whom that information was vital in keeping their mines safe for workers, but to the general public's right to know and the press's access to government information under FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act) A U.S. government rule that states that public information shall be delivered within 10 days of request. . 2nd: Medical Staff Briefing, HCPro, "Disclosure: New Legal Worry for Med Staff, Credentialing Professionals," by Matt Phillion. 3rd: Platts Nucleonics nucleonics the study of nucleons or of atomic nuclei and their reactions; nuclear physics. Week, The McGraw-Hill Companies, "India to Receive U.S. Nuclear Goods, Expand Safeguards Under New Proposal," by Daniel Horner and Mark Hibbs. * Best Instructional Reporting 1st Place: "Selling Safety to Your CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. ," Bongarde Media Co. This special report by Glenn Demby helps company safety directors overcome their reluctance to "take on" CEOs in trying to get across the need for safety by making both a business case and a legal case for safety in the workplace. 2nd: California Employer Advisor, Employer Research Institute, a two-part series on employee blogging, by Carolyn Rashby and Jennifer Carsen. 3rd: Emergency Medicine Report, American Health Consultants, "Evaluating and Treating Sexual Assault Victims in the Emergency Department," by Michelle Mark. * Best Financial-Advisory Product 1st Place: Investor's Digest of Canada, 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 . 2nd: Richard E. Band's Profitable Investing, Phillips Investment Resources. 3rd: Physician Compensation Report, HCPro. * Best Single-Topic Product 1st Place: Insurance Compliance Week, Argosy, a Division of UCG. Alan Prochoroff's coverage of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita through most of September and into October was a well-documented "how to" with crucial information for insurers in dealing with the two devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. hurricanes that plowed into the U.S.'s Gulf Coast. 2nd: Inside Consumer-Directed Care, Atlantic Information Services, health-savings account coverage, by Steve Davis. 3rd: Weapons Complex Monitor, Exchange/Monitor Publications and Forums, "Rocky Flats: R.I.P.," by Martin Schneider. * Best Reference Publication 1st Place: "Private Payer Answer Book," DecisionHealth, a Division of UCG, by David Grant, Todd Leeuwenburgh, and Nicholas Rummell. 2nd: "Medicare Drug Reimbursement Guide," F-D-C Reports, by Joshua Berlin. 3rd: "BioWorld's Executive Compensation Report," American Health Consultants, by Jennifer Boggs, Brady Huggert, and Jill Robbins. * Best Directory or Database 1st Place: "Bioscan: The Worldwide Biotech Reporting Service," American Health Consultants, by Michael Harris and Amanda Lyle. 2nd: "The Health Care M&A Information Service," Irving Levin Associates, by Stephen Monroe and Sanford Steever. 3rd: "Scott's National ALL Database," Scott's Directories, by Paul Stuckey. * Best Interactive Content 1st Place: "The Hub for Internal Communications," Melcrum Publishing Ltd., by Josie Salkey. 2nd: "OPIS OPIS Oil Price Information Service OPIS Ocean Planning Information System (US NOAA) OPIS Online Procurement Information System OPIS Online Planning Information Service OPIS Optical Path Integration Solutions Spot Ticker," OPIS Energy Group, a Division of UCG, by Ben Brockwell, Jessica Nesterak, Denton Cinquegrana, Randy Lusby, Ai-Fen Lin, Jason Shelton, and Billy DeMarco. 3rd: "Bongarde Media Safety Xchange," Bongarde Media Co., by Catherine Jones and Glenn Demby. * Marketing--Print 1st Place: Harvard Health Letter, StayWell Consumer Health Publishing. Direct mail package for this newsletter produced a 57 percent lift in gross response and an 81 percent lift in net response. 2nd: Market Resource Center (launch), HCPro. 3rd: 29th Annual National Directors' Convention, Argosy, a Division of UCG. * Marketing--Non-print 1st Place: "Katrina--Where Do We Go from Here?" audio conference, OPIS Energy, a Division of UCG. This online marketing effort, consisting of a website and two e-mail promotions, was developed to sell an "Emergency Audio Call" to inform oil marketers of what to expect in terms of supply and pricing issues arising from Hurricane Katrina. It achieved a 2.46 percent conversion rate and converted 700 attendees. 2nd: "The Senior Care Investor" audio conference, Irving Levin Associates Inc. 3rd: "Advance Yourself," BeTuitive Publishing. |
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