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society of professional journalistswestern washington pro chapter excellence in journalism competition • 2007 June Anderson Almquist AwArd for distinguished service to JournAlism The 2007 June Anderson Almquist Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism will be presented to Alan Boyle at MSNBC.com. Boyle has spent nearly 30 years in the world of journalism in Cincinnati, Spokane and Seattle. As MSNBC.com’s science editor, he over- sees coverage of the physical sciences and space exploration, in addition to areas such as paleontology and archaeology. Since joining MSNBC.com in 1996, Boyle has won awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Association of Science Writers, the Pirelli Relativity Challenge and the CMU Cybersecurity Journal- ism Awards program. He is president of the Northwest Science Writers Association, a contributor to “A Field Guide for Science Writers,” the blogger behind Cosmic Log and an occasional on-camera source on the MSNBC cable channel. Boyle also has served as president of the Western Washington Pro Chapter of SPJ. About June Anderson Almquist In the late 1960s, the SPJ Western Washington Chapter established two awards: “Courage in Journalism,” an award presented at the discretion of the chapter to a news organiza- tion rather than an individual, and “Service to Journalism,” an award given to an individual for a special contribution toward the betterment of journalism within Washington state. They were later combined into one under the moniker of the “Distinguished Service to Journalism Award.” The board renamed the award the “June Anderson Almquist Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism,” following her death in 2000. Almquist had a long career as a reporter, columnist and editor at the Seattle Times, concluding as an assistant managing editor. She also was a trailblazer in SPJ. Almquist was the Western Washington chapter’s first woman president and received the Distinguished Service to Journalism Award in 1976. She was a leader in SPJ regionally and nationally. In 1998, she received the society’s highest award for meritorious service, the Wells Key. susAn hutchison bosch AwArd The 2007 Susan Hutchison Bosch Award will be presented to local radio legend Bill Wippel. Bill Wippel has been active in radio journalism since 1950. He’s worked at stations in Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Pullman, Yakima, Ellensburg, Lewiston, Minneapolis and Green Bay. He served as news director at KIRO radio in Seattle in the late 1970s, hiring both talk show host Dave Ross and reporter Tim Haeck, both of whom still work there! Bill now has his own company, doing public relations and radio promotions, spots and sta- tion breaks for six radio stations in Central and Eastern Washington. In 2006, Bill testified at the Federal Communications Commission’s media ownership hearings, stating that: “It is a shame the broadcasting conglomerates with all their profits are not helping more public service organizations. With digital radio, non-profits should at least be allowed ac- cess to the new radio channels, if not the primary frequency. It appears the public service is last on most broadcasters’ agendas.” Bill is quite active in the non-profit world. He currently serves as executive director of Tape Ministries Northwest, a lending library for the blind and disabled in 48 states and Canada. Bill also broadcasts for the blind on the Evergreen Radio Reading Service, a part of the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library. He’s also done public relations and outreach work for the Union Gospel Mission, the Compass Center and New Hope Child & Family Agency. About susAn hutchison bosch Susan Hutchison Bosch was an environmental affairs reporter for the Seattle P-I until December 1970. She contracted lymph cancer at the age of 18 while a student at the University of Washington and died of Hodgkin’s disease at the age of 25 in 1971. Follow- ing her death the SPJ Western Washington Chapter created an award in her honor. That board said Susan Hutchison Bosch “personified intellectual honesty, deep understanding of people and their problems, abiding fairness, grace, perseverance and quiet courage. Though afflicted with Hodgkin’s disease, she rejected despair and chose to live a fully committed life.” The award is presented by the board only when the recipient is judged uniquely qualified and whose work represents the qualities Bosch defined in life. 2007 spJ scholArship winners 1. Asli Omur, a junior at the University of Washington, is this year’s winner of the June Anderson Almquist Memorial scholarship. She plans to graduate in June 2008. Her goal is to work with a media organization that specializes in international communications. 2. Breanne Coats, a junior at Pacific Lutheran University, is editor in chief of PLU’s student newspaper, The Mast. She has been the president of the university’s SPJ student chapter since February 2006. 3. Ciara Kathleen O’Rourke is a junior at Western Washington University. Her experience includes work as the managing and copy editor for the Klipsun Magazine, a student magazine, and managing editor for the student newspaper, The Western Front. 4. Jessica Luppino is a junior at Pacific Lutheran University. She has worked as a staff photographer for The Mast, PLU’s student newspaper, and as an assistant general manager for KCNS, the student-operated television station. high school newspAper winners fewer thAn 500 students 1. Eye of the Tiger Ephrata High School Sponsoring teacher: Lois Gibbens Submitting student: Carly La Plant 2. Riptide Vashon Island High School Sponsoring teacher: Greg McElroy Submitting students: Hannah Berloner, Marya Purrington, Amanda Heutlin 500 - 1,000 students No entries in this category. more thAn 1,000 students 1. The Roosevelt News Roosevelt High School Submitting sponsor: David Ehrich Submitting student: Molly Smith 2. The Apple Leaf Wenatchee High School Sponsoring teacher: Logan Aimone Submitting student: Nick Feldman 3. The Peninsula Outlook Peninsula High School Sponsoring teacher: Derek Smith Submitting student: Cassandra Kapp HM Hawkeye Mountlake Terrace High School Sponsoring teacher: Vince DeMiero Submitting student: Leah Pope non-dAily newspAper winners spot news science & heAlth leisure & lifestyle reporting 1. Chantelle Lusebrink 1. Ariel Hansen 1. Deirdre Gregg The Issaquah Press Sequim Gazette Puget Sound Business Journal “Boating Accident: Group Effort “Driving the Green” “Rodeo Relaxation” Saved Teen’s Life” 2. Tyler Roush 2. Caroline Li 2. Megan Doyle Sammamish Review Puget Sound Business Journal The Puyallup Herald “Super Marin” “Window Washer” “Man Shot to Death in Puyallup” 3. Cathy Herholdt 3. Assunta Ng 3. Kalyn Kelley Journal Newspapers Northwest Asian Weekly The Peninsula Gateway “One Step at a Time” “My Extreme Makeover in Hong Kong” “Harbor Seal, Fish Die” sociAl issues Arts & criticism news feAtures generAl news reporting 1. Heidi Dietrich No awards given 1. Staff Puget Sound Business Journal The Peninsula Gateway “The Immigrant Economy” business news/feAtures “Windstorm 2006” 2. Christine Dubois, 1. Steve Wilhelm 2. Justin Matlick Catholic Northwest Progress Puget Sound Business Journal Puget Sound Business Journal “This Christmas Dream: Regular Job, “Bold Flight: Creating the Boeing 787” “Coming Due: Risky Loans Place of My Own” 2. Heidi Schiller Haunt Homeowners” 3. Heather Meier Bellingham Business Journal 3. Autumn Koepp The Puyallup Herald “In Search of the Perfect Burger” The Issaquah Press “The Way We Worship” 3. Jeanne Lang Jones “Issaquah Helps Rebuilding” Puget Sound Business Journal HM Steve Wilhelm minorities “Heritage: Laird Norton clan employs Puget Sound Business Journal 1. Heidi Dietrich special traditions” “Sea Change” Puget Sound Business Journal HM Heidi Dietrich “No Boom: Black Builders Bypassed” Puget Sound Business Journal government/ 2. Sarah Kahne “Northward: Mexicans Join Tech Force” politicAl reporting Business Examiner 1. Staff “Stepping Out” sports The Puyallup Herald 3. Deirdre Gregg 1. Michael Dashiell “Accessing Public Records” Puget Sound Business Journal Sequim Gazette 2. Ariel Hansen, “A Growing Presence: Native Americans “Sequim’s Seahawk Superfan” Sequim Gazette in Legislature” 2. Tony Dondero “Judged, Prosecuted and Defended The Enterprise by Their Peers” educAtion reporting “Seeing Red” 3. Deirdre Gregg, 1. Sarah Koenig 3. Michael Dashiell Puget Sound Business Journal Enterprise Sequim Gazette “Diverted: Viaduct, I-405 Draw Attention “Time Crunch” “An Olympic Hero” from 520 Bridge” 2. Eric Engleman Puget Sound Business Journal editoriAls consumer And environmentAl “Raided” 1. Charles Gay AffAirs 3. Margo Horner Shelton-Mason County Journal 1. John Santana Federal Way Mirror “See Dick Run Over” Mill Creek Enterprise “Physical Education Fuels Success” 2. John R. Ruhl “Beaver’s Return Causing Problems” King County Bar Bulletin 2. Chris Fitzgerald personAlities “A New Ugly Era for Key Peninsula News 1. Scott Turner Supreme Court Elections” “The Geoduck Dilemma” The Peninsula Gateway 3. Carol Vu 3. John Santana “Of Lily and Grace” Northwest Asian Weekly Mill Creek Enterprise 2. Jeanne Lang Jones “Civilize the Search for Superintendent” “Noise Annoys” Puget Sound Business Journal HM Charles Gay “Executive of the Year Sally Jewell” Shelton-Mason County Journal 3. Michael Colello “Newspaper Weak” The Peninsula Gateway “Doing the Reggae” non-dAily newspAper winners heAdlines illustrAtions photogrAphy - feAture 1. Terry McGuire 1. Ann-Marie Stillion 1. Matt Hagen Catholic Northwest