The Distinction in Journalism for 2009 has been presented to the following district/squadron publication. Only those publications listed are entitled to include the DIJ logo on their newsletters for 2010. The logo can be downloaded from the PubCom website.

District Newsletters Squadron in District 1 D1 – Sounds of 1 Hartford – the Pump D2 – District 2 News Manchester – Silk City Sailor D4 – Mark 4 Meriden – Masthead D5 – Mark 5 Middleton – The D6 – The Deep 6 Milford – The Charles Island Bell D7 – District 7 News New Haven – Bulletin D8 – Pieces of Eight New London – The Yardarm D10 – D10 Communicator Norwich – The Compass Rose D13 – D13 News Saybrook – The Outer Light D14 – The Ma-Ri-Ner Springfield – The Flying Bridge D15 – Can 15 Waterbury – Pharos Beacon D16 – Cardinal Points Westerly – Westerly Variation D17 – Dixie District News D20 – Trident Squadrons in District 2 D22 – Beacon 22 Greenwich – The Harbor Light D23 – Galaxy 23 Sacandaga – Windjammer D25 – Light 25 Saugatuck River – Dredgings D26 - 026º True Storm King – The Crown D27 – Carolina D28 – Leadline Squadron in District 3 D29 – Dock 29 Bayside – Running Lights D30 – Midwestern Pilot Great South Bay – The Great South Spray D31 - Daymark Jones Beach – Gudgeon & Pintle Neptune – Neptune Log Oyster Bay – Gull Chatter Patchogue Bay – The Periscope Peconic Bay – Tell-Tale Sewanhanka – The Signal

Squadron in District 4 Lackawanna – Totem Newsletter New York – Crow’s Nest Raritan Bay – Relative Bearings Shrewsbury – Twin Lights Somerset – Port-o-Call Watchung – Starboard Watch Squadron in District 5 Squadrons in District 8 Absecon Island – Absecon Light Coral Ridge – Newsletter Cambridge – Choptank Currents Cutler Cove – Compass Colonial – The Manifest Fort Lauderdale – Gondola Delaware River – The Barometer Key West – Conch Skipper Delhigh – Delhighlights Marathon – Sombrero Light Dundalk – On the Horizon Palm Beach – Mariner Hampton Roads – The Landfall Port St Lucie – Channel Marker Kent Narrows – Tidelines Sebastian Inlet – The Sebastian Inlet Main Line – The Main Line Pilot Vero Beach – Nautical News Mid-Potomac – The River Views Miles River – Miles Lines Nansemond River – Nansemond Light Northern Neck – The Lighthouse Squadrons in District 9 Northern Virginia – Of Tars & Terns Bay – Anchorage Ocean City – Sandbar Soundings Ann Arbor – The Porthole Patapsco River – Bilgewater Birmingham – The Bilge Chatter Patuxent River – True Readings Dearborn – Anchor Lines Potomac River – Potomac Ribber Detroit – Dumping Grounds Rappahannock – Chessie’s Chatter Flint – Wheelhouse Log Richmond – The Bullhorn Grand Rapids – Waterspout Rockville – The Skipjack Grand Traverse Bay - The 45th Parallel Trenton Falls – Range Lights Grosse Pointe – Tars and Tripe Virginia Beach – Cape Henry Flashes Kalamazoo – The Pilot Wilmington – The Lubber’s Line Lansing – Crow’s Nest Mount Clemens – Lines Muskegon – Headliner Port Huron – Splash! Squadrons in District 6 Sable Point – View Points Buffalo – Scuttlebutt Saginaw Bay – Bay Views Hamburg – Bulkhead South Ben – SpringLine Iroquois – Smoke Signals St Clair Shores – Shore Lines Ithaca – The GIG Tip of the Mitt – The Barometer Niagara – Niagara Currents Wyandotte – Smoke Signal Red Jacket – The Red Quill Rochester – The Chart St. Lawrence – The Foghorn Squadrons in District 10 Susquenango – Sea Chest Central Wisconsin - Between the Lines Swiftwater – Fore ‘N’ Door County – The Door Scuttlebutt Syracuse – The Erie Wanderer Duluth – Channel Chatter Utica – Bilgewater Green Bay – The Ship’s Log Milwaukee – Watch Minnetonka – Tonkanauts St. Paul – The River Skipper

Squadrons in District 7 Squadrons in District 11 Akron – Scuttlebutt Erie – The Scupper Berea – The Mooring Post Kinzua – The Signal Cleveland – The Telescoop Mosquito Lake – The Mosquito Bight Kanawha River – Kanawha Currents Mansfield – Yachtsman Mid-Ohio Valley – Pahn-Pahn Squadrons in District 12 Rocky River – Rocky River Currents Charles River – Ahoy Stark County – Soundings Great Blue Hill – View from the Blue Vermillion – The Ball Minute Man – The Musket Fire Nobscot – The Rhumb Line Old Colony – Crier Worcester County - Orion Squadrons in District 13 Squadrons in District 19 Alamitos – The A-Gull Kennebec River – Rag-Pot Arrowhead – The Log Portland – Portland Head Lights Las Vegas – Star ‘N Bars Wawenock – Smoke Signals Long Beach – Current Action Pasadena – Pasadena Rose Redondo Beach – The Signal Squadrons in District 20 Santa Barbara – The Signal Hoist Calumet – Smoke Signals Ventura – The Helm Chain-O-Lakes – The Link Chicago – The Chicagolog DuPage – DuPage Pilot Squadrons in District 14 Fox Valley – Tales of the Fox Cape Cod – The Porthole Illinois Valley – Channelmarkers Greenwich Bay – The Green-Witch Land of Lincoln – Springlines Newport – Mill Grindings Mid Illini – Headlines Racine – Waterlog Skokie Valley – Running Lights Squadrons in District 15 Waukegan – Waukeelog Baton Rouge – The Windscoop Fort Walton – Porpoise Gulf Breeze – The Gulf Breeze Lake Pontchartrain – Under the Bridge Mobile – Four Blasts Squadrons in District 21 New Orleans – Topside Talk Austin – The Plotter Pensacola – Lazy Log Coastal Bend – The Gulf Breeze Perdido Bay – Lost Bay Treasures Dallas – The Watch Below Singing River – The Bilge Fort Worth – The Sou’wester Galveston Bay – The Galveston Bay Breeze Houston – Bay Neigh Squadrons in District 16 Lake Charles – Anchor Line Agate Pass – The Halyard Orange – Orange Soundings Bellevue – Bellviews Ouachita – Talk Bellingham – Bell Signals San Antonio – Now Hear This Bremerton – The Squawk Box Shreveport – The Lubber Line Deception Pass – The Spindrift Everett – The Pike Pole Friday Harbor – Harbor Lights North Olympic – Straitlines Olympia – The Seaman’s Log Squadrons in District 22 Point Wilson – The Point Anna Maria Island – The Bearing Poverty Bay – The Pirates Log Boca Ciega – Lubber’s Line Seattle – The Pilot Cape Coral – The Buoys Skagit Bay – The Bitter End Clearwater – The Skipper’s Log Spokane – Lubber Line Crystal River – The Ribber Tacoma – The Wake Astern Fort Meyers – Scuttlebutt Manatee – Helm Station Marco Island – The Eagle’s Eye Squadrons in District 17 Naples – The Log Atlanta - Waterlog Peace River – Peace River Pilot Chattanooga – The C-Way St Petersburg – Force 12 Huntsville - Scuttlebutt San Carlos Bay – Tidings Johnson City – Dockside News Sanibel-Captiva – Soundings Knoxville – Now Hear This! Sarasota – South Wind Oak Ridge – The Agonic Line Venice – Venice Inlet

Squadrons in District 18 Beverly – Hannah’s Banner Marblehead – Headlines Squadrons in District 23 Squadrons in District 28 Banana River – Dragon Tales Balboa – Trident Cocoa Beach – The Soundings Phoenix – Bos’n’s Pipe Daytona Beach – The Beachcomber San Diego – The Ship’s Mail Gainesville – The Learned Lamp San Luis Rey – The Mariner’s Needle Harris Chain – The Anchor Chain Jacksonville – The Skipper Squadrons in District 29 Ocala – Fouled Lines Columbus – Galley Gossip Ponce de Leon Inlet – The EnLIGHTener Marion – Marioner’s Log Seminole – Smoke signals Titusville – Discoverer Squadrons in District 30 Squadrons in District 24 Boulder Valley – Boulder Beacon Bluegrass – Long Rifle Reports Four Rivers – The Charley Noble Dayton – The Binnacle Des Moines – The Prairie Schooner Evansville Bend – Pilot Kansas City – The Rhumb Line Louisville – The Newswheel Saint Louis – The Dryrot

Squadrons in District 25 Squadrons in District 31 Carquinez – Carquinez Currents Beaver Lake – Beaver Lake Bearings Diablo – Meridian Grand Lake – The Pelican Peralta – Peralta Helmsman Oklahoma City – Dinghy Redwood – The Santa Clara – The Bell Squadrons in District 32 Squadrons in District 26 Beaverton – The Foghorn Beaufort – The Beaufort Log Fort Vancouver – The Lookout Charleston – The Palmetto Log Portland – The Newsbuoy Golden Corner Lakes – Golden Anchor Hilton Head – The Ocean Breeze Squadrons in District 33 Golden Isles – The Port Hole Arecibo – Sea Wolf Lake Hartwell – The Poinsett Pilot San Juan – The San Juan Sentinel Lake Murray – The Log Jam Long Bay – Fore ‘N’ Aft North Strand – Scuttlebutt Savannah River – The Piedmont Binnacle Swamp Fox – Fox Tales Thurmond Lake – LAKER Tybee Light – The Beacon

Squadrons in District 27 Cape Fear – Foghorn Cape Lookout – The Outlook Catawba – Smoke Signals Charlotte – Side Lights Durham – The Bull Horn Fort Macon – Cannon Soundings Goldsboro – GSPS Scope Greensboro – The Breeze Lake Norman – Inland Seafarer New River – Sightings Pamlico – Sound of the Pamlico Raleigh – Lights Rocky Mount – The Coastal Plain Signal Shallotte River – The Bosun’s Pipe Winston-Salem – Crossed