2020 Winners

Clarion Award Winners

The Association for Women in Communications is proud to announce the 2020 Clarion Award Winners!  This year’s competition drew entries from 20 states and two countries, with more than 70 Clarions and Finalist Certificates awarded! Please click on a category below to expand section.

ADVERTISING & MARKETING

Marketing Communications Campaign/Budget of $100,000 or less Video Teller Machine Campaign West Bank Kate Bloomburg

Marketing Communications Campaign/Budget of more than $100,000 JBL LIVE at Miami Music Week JBL Denise Daly

Promotional Video Production Art at Heartland Community College Heartland Community College Breanne Evans

 

FINALIST: Promotional Video Production StoryPoint: Brenda’s New Home SSDM Laura Oliveto

BROCHURES, CUSTOM & SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS

Special Print Communication Focus on Flint, community report Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Kathryn Thomas

 

FINALIST: Special Print Communication Sebastian in San Antonio Commemorative Catalog City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture and  aMAEzing Marketing Group, LLC Debbie Racca-Sittre, Executive Director, City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture and Mae Escobar, Emily Harris & Jessica Henning-aMAEzing Marketing Group, LLC

 

FINALIST: Special Print Communication Global Press 2019 Annual Report Global Press Journal Cristi Hegranes

 

FINALIST: Special Print Communication Virtuoso 2019 Adventure Travel Directory Virtuoso Denise Rodriguez

EDUCATION

Educational, Informational, or Training Video Production The 19th Amendment: A Woman’s Right to Vote Annenberg Public Policy Center

FUND DEVELOPMENT
MAGAZINES

Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation of 100,000 or less – Lifestyle A New Attitude Springfield FitLife Magazine April Nelson

 

Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation of 100,000 or less – Current News Seeking the Path of Least Resistance Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Madeline Drexler

 

Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation of 100,000 or less – Miscellaneous Addressing Implicit Bias in Nursing: A Review Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy

 

Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation between 100,000 and 500,000 – Lifestyle “Rock IT” Virtuoso Denise Rodriguez

 

Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation between 100,000 and 500,000 – Miscellaneous Life After Death in Parkland Notre Dame Magazine Abigail Pesta

 

Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation of 500,000 or more – Current News The First Survivor TIME magazine Abigail Pesta

 

Magazine Feature Article, Internal Publication Picking Up the Pieces Kappa Kappa Gamma Kristen LeFevre

 

Magazine Regular Editorial/Opinion Column – Circulation of 100,000 or less AJN Editorials: The Unwavering Courage of Nurses (May 2019), From Patient Zero to Public Health Emergency(June 2019), Women Rising(September 2019) Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy

 

Magazine Regular Informational/Non-opinion Column Reflections: A Lie by Omission(January 2019), Little Sparrow(February 2019), The Last One(October 2019) Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy

 

Magazine Series or Special Section, External Publication – Circulation of 100,000 or less Supporting Family Caregivers: No Longer Home Alone(November and December 2019) Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy

 

Best Overall External Magazine – Circulation of 100,000 or less AJN May 2019 and June 2019 Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy

 

Best Overall External Magazine – Circulation between 100,000 and 500,000 Virtuoso Life Virtuoso Denise Rodriguez

 

Best Overall Internal Magazine The Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma Kappa Kappa Gamma Kristen LeFevre

 

FINALIST: Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation of 100,000 or less – Miscellaneous HIV Update: An Epidemic Transformed Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy

 

FINALIST: Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation between 100,000 and 500,000 – Lifestyle “Grizzlyland” Virtuoso Denise Rodriguez

 

FINALIST: Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation between 100,000 and 500,000 – Lifestyle “African Connection” Virtuoso Denise Rodriguez

NEWSLETTERS

Newsletter – Print or Online Chickasaw Cultural Center Email Newsletter Chickasaw Nation Marketing Bridget Forshay

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper Feature Story – Weekly paper Hands on Deck: Sexual Assault Is the Most Publicly Reported Crime on Cruises Miami New Times Meg O’Connor

 

Newspaper Regular Non-opinion/Informative Column Financial Education Hearst Publishing Julie Jason

ONLINE MEDIA

Online Journalism – Special News Section The Ride: City Limits’ Transit Coverage City Limits Jeanmarie Evelly

 

Online Journalism – Special Feature Section The Worth of a Girl VOA (Voice of America) Patricia Bodnar

 

Online Journalism – Feature Article The Alchemists: Concocting Currency in Search of Prosperity in Zimbabwe Global Press Journal Cristi Hegranes

 

Online Journalism – Regular Column Mary C. Curtis columns CQ Roll Call Mary Curtis

 

Online Publication – External Publication Doors Wide Open WGBH Educational Foundation Daphne Northrop

 

Blog – Personal Three Career Gifts Tech Diva Success Nicole Scheffler

 

Podcast Diva Tech Talk Podcast Diva Tech Talk Nicole Scheffler and Kathleen Norton-Schock

 

Online Video Informational/Instructional Preacher Kenneth Copeland Defends Lavish Lifestyle INSIDE EDITION Lisa Guerrero; Larry Posner; Filip Kapsa; Matt Troutman; Bob Read; and Charles Lachman

 

Website – New – Original Design Toddlin Time Flair Communication Debby Girvan

 

Website – Existing – Original Design Annenberg Classroom Annenberg Public Policy Center

 

FINALIST: Online Journalism – Feature Article “I will not leave this place” Refusing to become a refugee and other reflections from the heart of Congo’s ongoing conflict. Global Press Journal Cristi Hegranes

 

FINALIST: Podcast Joe Biden’s Life Lessons “Now What?” Podcast Carole Zimmer

PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHICS

Press Photography Sailing World Magazine Windward Productions, Inc. Sharon Green

 

Press Photography – Photo Series/Essay 2019 Transpac Yacht Race Windward Productions, Inc. Sharon Green

 

Logo Word and Vision Consulting Logo Logos Communications Sue Voyles

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Public Relations One-time Campaign – Annual Budget of $10,000 or less Nothing Bundt Cakes Delivers Joy with “Thank You For 300” SPM Communications

 

Public Relations One-time Campaign – Annual Budget of $10,000 or more JBL LIVE at Miami Music Week JBL Denise Daly

 

Public Relations Campaign, Ongoing – Annual Budget of $50,000 or less Virtuoso Wanderlist™ Launch Virtuoso Denise Rodriguez

 

Public Relations Campaign, Ongoing – Annual Budget of $50,000 or more JBL Turns It Up JBL Denise Daly

 

Public Service Community Affairs Campaign, One-time Focus on Flint community engagement initiative, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Kathryn Thomas

 

Special Promotion JBL X Sounds of the City – All Star Weekend JBL Denise Daly

 

Employee Relations Campaign Women of Cisco ERO Rebrand/Launch Cisco Nicole Scheffler, Tasha Klares, and the Women of Cisco Social Street team

 

FINALIST: Public Relations Campaign, Ongoing – Annual Budget of $50,000 or more Stress in America: Stress and Current Events American Psychological Association and Vanguard Communications Tomas Harmon

RADIO

Radio Regular Feature Program Eve Ensler Makes Her Peace “Now What?” Podcast Carole Zimmer

 

Radio Regular Talk or Interview Program Under the Radar with Callie Crossley – A Curated Selection WGBH Callie Crossley and Franziska Monahan

 

Radio Feature Story The Reverse Freedom Rides WGBH News Gabrielle Emanuel

 

Radio Documentary, One-time Documentary On One: Death: Don’t Leave It To The Last Minute RTÉ Liam O’Brien

 

Women’s Issues Radio Program Diva Tech Talk Podcast Diva Tech Talk Nicole Scheffler and Kathleen Norton-Schock

 

FINALIST: Radio Feature Story Let Them Make Peace “Now What?” Podcast Carole Zimmer

 

FINALIST: Radio Feature Story Remembering Karina Holmer By Name, Not Just By The Crime That Killed Her WGBH Radio and Television Phillip Martin

SPECIAL EVENTS

Special Event 35th Annual Celebrity Luncheon AWC Lubbock Chapter Yvonne Limon

 

FINALIST: Special Event Pacific Pride Foundation Royal Ball Merryl Brown Events Merryl Brown

STUDENT

Student Wild Card Women In TV & Film – Interactive Media / Mini-Documentary Rowan University Briana Andrews

TELEVISION

Television Feature Story/Segment – Comprehensive or Ongoing – Local or Regional Rideshare Karaoke Univision Seattle – KUNS Paula Lamas

 

Television Feature Story/Segment – Comprehensive or Ongoing – National Adoption Fraud INSIDE EDITION Lisa Guerrero; Larry Posner; Filip Kapsa; Katie Taylor; Bob Read; and Charles Lachman

 

Television Investigative Feature or Series – National This House Is Watching You Series INSIDE EDITION Lisa Guerrero; Charlie McLravy; Larry Posner; Josh Bernstein; Katie Taylor; Matt Troutman; Filip Kapsa; Bob Read; and Charles Lachman

 

Television Documentary Program – National Laura Brennan: This is Me RTE Sally Roden

 

Television Documentary Series – Local or Regional NewsChannel 5 Investigates: Broken WTVF-TV Phil Williams

 

Television Documentary Series – National College Behind Bars Skiff Mountain Films Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein, Salimah El-Amin, and Mariah Doran

 

Television Talk Show – Local or Regional 1619/Harriet WGBH Delores Edwards, Callie Crossley, and Kavontae Smalls

 

Television Show – Informational – Local or Regional Gamer Addiction Taking Over The Population Univision Seattle – KUNS Paula Lamas

 

FINALIST: Television Documentary Program – National College Behind Bars Skiff Mountain Films Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein, Salimah El-Amin, and Mariah Doran

CREATE YOUR OWN

Create Your Own – Online A More Accessible Year in Pictures 2019: A look and listen back at the photos that shaped the year WGBH Meredith Nierman

 

FINALIST: Create Your Own – Online Customer Advocacy Campaign: Best Use of Customer Advocacy for Conference Oracle Erica Anderson

How to Contact AWC

Email: [email protected]
Phone:  417-886-8606
Fax:  417-886-3685

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