2017 Winners
Clarion Award Winners
The Association for Women in Communications is proud to announce the 2017 Clarion Award Winners! This year’s competition drew entries from 19 states and two countries, with 82 Clarions awarded! Please click on a category below to expand section.
Multimedia Advertising Campaign Preventing the Spread of Zika in the Continental US Hager Sharp Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hager Sharp
Marketing Communications Campaign/Budget of $100,000 or less“Pets are Superheros, just in disguise” aMAEzing Marketing, LLCCity of San Antonio Animal Care Services-Lisa Norwood aMAEzing Marketing Group-Mae Escobar, CEO Dante-Klar Media-Patrick Klary-Creative Director
Marketing Communications Campaign/Budget of more than $100,000 Florida 511 Traveler Information System Global 5-Communications Global-5 Communications
Direct Mail CampaignChicksaw Cultural Center Citizen Mailer Chicksaw Nation Chicksaw Cultural Center
Promotional Video Production Rundown: The Fight Against Blight in Memphis Running Pony Productions Running Pony for Neighborhood Preservation Inc.
Nonfiction, Non-technical BookBack in the Game: Why Concussion Does Not Have to End your Athletic CareerGerstner Media, LLC Joanne C. Gerstner and Jeffrey S. Kutcher MD
Special Print Communications Te Ata Press Kit The Chicksaw Nation – Marketing Chickasaw Nation Productions
Educational, Informational or Training Video Production/15 minutes or less Emergency Medicine News Wolters Kluwer Larry Mellick, MD
Fund Development Programs/Projects – Annual Giving Campaign Atlanta Botanical Garden April 2016 Acquisition Daniller + Company Daniller + Company Atlanta Botanical Garden
Fund Development Programs/Projects – Capital Campaign The Campaign for Your Life, Our Purpose, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center LimeLight Films Donor Relations Guru
Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation of 100,000 or less – Miscellaneous Napping on the Night Shift: A Two-Hospital Implementation Project American Journal of Nursing Authors: Jeanne Geiger-Brown, Knar Sagherian, Shijun Zhu, Margaret Ann Wieroniey, Lori Blair, Joan Warren Editor: Sylvia Foley
Magazine Feature Article, Ext. Publication – Circulation between 100,000 and 500,000 – Lifestyle Neurology Now: Open Notes Wolters Kluwer Richard Laliberte (writer), Mary Bolster (editor)
Magazine Feature Article, Ext. Publication – Circulation between 100,000 and 500,000 – Current News My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard Mother Jones Shane Bauer, senior reporter Dave Gilson, senior editor James West, senior digital editor
Magazine Feature Article, Ext. Publication – Circulation between 100,000 and 500,000 – Miscellaneous Squirrel Whisper Penn State University Amy Downey, Senior Editor, Tina Hay, Editor
Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation of 500,000 or more – Lifestyle How to Hack an Election Bloomberg Businessweek Jordan Robertson, Michael Riley and Andrew Willis
Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation of 500,000 or more – Current News The Survivor – Emily Doe Glamour Glamour
Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation of 500,000 or more – Miscellaneous No Place Like Home Hearst Corporation O, The Oprah Magazine
Magazine Feature Article, Internal Publication Head First The Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma Kristen Desmond LeFevre, Associate Editor Kristin Styers Sangid, Editor The Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma
Magazine Regular Editorial/Opinion Column – Circulation of 100,000 or less AJN Editorials American Journal of Nursing Author: Maureen Shawn Kennedy
Magazine Regular Editorial/Opinion Column – Circulation of 500,000 or more Liz Gilbert Hearst Corporation O, The Oprah Magazine
Magazine Regular Informational/Non-opinion Column Spring Returns M/J 2016, Backseat Driver J/A 2016, Somewhere Amid the Clutter J/F 2017 Penn State University Tina Hay, Editor
Magazine Series or Special Section, External Publication – Circulation of 100,000 or less Nursing Management: The Mindful Nurse Leader Wolters Kluwer Nursing Management editorial team
Magazine Series or Special Section, External Publication – Circulation between 100,000 and 500,000 MalikasTom Verde Tom Verde AramcoWorld Magazine
Magazine Series or Special Section, External Publication – Circulation of 500,000 or more The State of Our Minds Hearst Corporation O, The Oprah Magazine
Best Overall External Magazine – Circulation of 100,000 or less September 2016 & October 2016 Issue American Journal of Nursing American Journal of Nursing
Best Overall External Magazine – Circulation between 100,000 and 500,000 Mother Jones Mother Jones Clara Jeffery, editor-in-chief Monika Bauerlein, CEO Mother Jones
Best Overall External Magazine – Circulation of 500,000 or more Glamour Glamour Glamour Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive
Magazines – Best Overall Internal Magazine Anadisgoi magazine Cherokee Nation Businesses Cherokee Nation Businesses and Cherokee Nation
Newsletter – Print Re-launch of the Associate News Newsletter Associate News Newsletter Phyllis D. Banks Manager, Communications The Associate News Newsletter
Newsletter – Online Tero International eZine Tero International, Inc. Tero International, Inc., Rowena Crosbie, President, Kyle Plummer, Client Relations and Marketing Specialist
Newspaper Hard News Story Air Bridge Philadelphia Media Network Alfred Lubrano, reporter Philadelphia Media Network
Newspaper Feature Story – Weekly paper Sorry for Life?: Ashley Ervin Didn’t Kill Anyone, But She Drove Home the Boys Who Did Houston Press Meagan Flynn (Houston Press)
Newspaper Feature Story – Daily circulation of under 500,000 Car One Philadelphia Media Network Jason Laughlin, reporter Philadelphia Media Network
Newspaper Feature Story – Daily circulation of 500,000 or more Historic low: Teenage births down 59 percent Santa Cruz Sentinel Jondi Gumz, Santa Cruz Sentinel
Newspaper Regular Opinion/Editorial Haught Syndicated Columns Charleston Gazette-Mail Haught and The Charleston Gazette-Mail
Newspaper Regular Non-opinion/Informative Column Fighting Alzheimer’s Philadelphia Media Network Bill Lyon, columnist Philadelphia Media Network
Newspaper Feature Series Fighting Alzheimer’s Philadelphia Media Network Bill Lyon, columnist Philadelphia Media Network
Newspaper Investigative Series Toxic City Philadelphia Media Network Barbara Laker, reporter Wendy Ruderman, reporter Dylan Purcell, reporter Jessica Griffin, photographer Philadelphia Media Network
Website – New – Annual budget of $15,000 or less Central Virginia Battlefields Trust Website Flair Communication Flair Communication, Deborah L. Girvan (web designer)
Website – New – Annual budget more than $15,000 International Admissions website MCPS Television MCPS Television MCPS Department of Communications
Website – Existing – Annual budget of $15,000 or less cherokeenationfoundation.org Cherokee Nation Businesses Cherokee Nation Businesses
Website – Existing – Annual budget more than $15,000Glamour.com Glamour Annie Fox, Senior Executive Digital Director
Online Journalism – Special News Section Death by Fentanyl Fusion Fusion
Online Journalism – Special Feature Section Willing and Able Fusion Fusion
Online Journalism – Feature Article Out Here, No One Can Hear You Scream The Investigative Fund Kathryn Joyce Reporter, Huffington Post Highline in partnership with The Investigative Fund
Online Journalism – Regular Column (on a for-profit website) Michael Daly The Daily Beast Michael Daly The Daily Beast
Online Publication – External Publication – Accenture Corporate Websites – TBWA/Chiat/Day TBWA, Accenture
Blog – Personal Don’t Mess with Taxes Don’t Mess with Taxes Kay Bell, financial journalist and tax blogger at Don’t Mess With Taxes
Blog – Corporate Chicksaw Cultural Center Blog Chicksaw Nation Chickasaw Cultural Center
Special Design/Creation – Single item Dream Foundation Year End AppealDowitcher Designs Dowitcher Designs Gina Agapito, Graphic Designer Amber Wallace, CEO
Special Design/Creation – Series of items Dowitcher Designs 10th Anniversary Dowitcher Designs Dowitcher Designs Amber Wallace, CEO Gina Agapito, Graphic Designer
Public Relations One-time Campaign – Annual budget of $10,000 or less NestFresh’s Egg-Cellent Baking Contest RMD Advertising NestFresh
Public Relations One-time Campaign – Annual budget of $10,000 or more Southern Recipe Truck Driver Appreciation Week RMD Advertising Southern Recipe
Public Relations One-time Campaign – Annual budget of $50,000 or less Virtuoso – The Return of Travel Advisors Campaign Virtuoso Virtuoso
Public Relations One-time Campaign – Annual budget of $50,000 or more Stress in America – Election Stress Vanguard American Psychological Association, Vanguard Communications
Public Service Community Affairs Campaign, One-Time Rethink your Drink PR Launch VI Marketing and Branding VI Marketing and Branding, Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET)
Media Kit Quail Ridge Country Club’s Online Media Kit Palm Beach Public Relations Palm Beach Public Relations and Quail Ridge Country Club
Special Promotion Christensen Law Safe Ride Home Logos Communications, Inc.Susan F. Voyles, President Logos Communications, Inc.
Annual Report – Annual budget of more than $20,000 Chicksaw Nation 2016 Progress Report The Chicksaw NationThe Chicksaw Nation
Community Relations Campaign Agency 141: Putting Manning on the Map Drake University Drake Public Relations Student Capstone – Agency 141: Putting Manning on the Map – Emily Sadecki, Account Executive
Crisis Communications Campaign FROM CAPSIZE TO COVERAGE How Skanska USA & Solomon McCown & Company worked together to turn a potential crisis into a positive company culture story with international reach. Solomon McCown & Company Ashley McCown, President, Solomon McCown & Company; Lauren Michaels, Senior Account Executive, Solomon McCown & Company; Riva Bergel, Assistant Account Executive, Solomon McCown & Company
Radio Regular Feature Program The Conversation, BBC World Service BBC World Service Presenter Kim Chakanetsa Producer Andrea Kennedy Editor Gavin Poncia
Radio Regular Talk or Interview Program Diva Tech Talk Podcast Interviewing Women in Tech Diva Tech Talk Nicole Scheffler, Diva Tech Talk Co-Founder, Kathleen Norton- Schock, Diva Tech Talk Co-Founder
Radio Feature Story The Short, Wonderful, But Ultimately Tragic Life of Lena Bruce WGBH Boston Phillip Martin – Senior Reporter, Aaron Schachter – Editor
Radio Documentary Series King Records Month Cincinnati Public Radio Inc 91.7 WVXU Cincinnati Lee Hay, Producer Brian Powers, Host
Radio Documentary, One Time The Tech Industry’s Leaky Pipeline Latino USA Antonia Cereijido – Co-Producer Alina Selyukh – Co-Producer Maria Hinojosa – Executive Producer
Women’s Issues Radio Program Diva Tech Talk (Women in Technology) Podcast Diva Tech Talk Nicole Scheffler, Diva Tech Talk Co-Founder, Kathleen Norton- Schock, Diva Tech Talk Co-Founder
Conference or Seminar United Conveyor Corporation 2016 Sales and Technology Conference United Conveyor Corporation Dawn Williams, Global Manager, Marketing and Communications United Conveyor Corporation
Special Event 100 Years of Pier – The Fifth Third Bank Centennial Celebration Navy Pier Marilynn Kelly Gardner Navy Pier President and Chief Executive Officer
Fundraising Event Drive Down Memory Lane Executive Auto Shippers LLC Kristi Kenyon, Marketing Specialist Executive Auto Shippers LLC Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Iowa
Advertising or Public Relations Campaign Drake Public Relations Capstone – Agency 141: Putting Manning on the Map Drake University Drake Public Relations Capstone – Agency 141: Putting Manning on the Map – Emily Sadecki, Account Executive
Written Original Material Drake University PR Writing Class – Easter Seals ATC Facebook Content Calendar Drake University Drake University PR Writing Class – Easter Seals Iowa ATC Facebook Content Calendar by GHS Communications
Student Wild Card Women in Prison Radio Hofstra University WRHU FM / WRHU.org Juliana Spano Radio Hofstra University – WRHU FM / WRHU.org
Television Spot News Story – National “Sucker Punched” Inside Edition Colum Ward – Producer, Charlie McLravy – Investigative Producer, Scott Phillips – Associate Producer
Television Feature Story/Segment – Comprehensive or ongoing – Local or RegionalWomen’s Equality: A National MonumentTo the Contrary, Persephone ProductionsBonnie Erbe, Host Cari Stein, Executive Producer Ariel Edem, Producer/Editor
Television Feature Story/Segment – Comprehensive or ongoing – National “Do They Really Change Your Sheets?” Inside Edition Ann Mercogliano – Correspondent, Jim Moret – Correspondent, Charlie McLravy – Producer, Filip Kapsa Investigative Videographer/Editor
Television Investigative Feature or Series – National – “What Are You Really Eating? Series’ – Inside Edition – Lisa Guerrero – Correspondent, Larry Posner – Producer, Scott Phillips – Associate Producer, Filip Kapsa – Investigative Videographer/Editor
Television News Magazine Program – NationalOsiyo, Voices of the Cherokee PeopleCherokee Nation BusinessesCherokee Nation Businesses
Television Documentary Program – NationalJackie RobinsonWETAKen Burns, Director, Executive Producer, Producer Sarah Burns, Director, Producer, Writer David McMahon, Director, Producer, Writer
Television Documentary Series – Local or RegionalLast of the InstitutionsKING TelevisionSusannah Frame, Reporter Steve Douglas, Photojournalist Russ Walker, Asst. News Director
Television Public Service Announcement “Recognize, Respect, Report” TLC PSA Energy Education Council Energy Education Council Safe Electricity
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