2021 Winners
Clarion Award Winners
The Association for Women in Communications is proud to announce the 2021 Clarion Award Winners! This year’s competition drew entries from 20 states and three countries, with more than 100 Clarions and Finalist Certificates awarded! Please click on a category below to expand section.
Marketing Communications Campaign/Budget of $100,000 or less Competitive Recruitment Syracuse University Jaclyn Grosso
Marketing Communications Campaign/Budget of more than $100,000 Brand Campaign Syracuse University Jaclyn Grosso
Multimedia Advertising Campaign Tobacco Stops With Me – Not OK Multimedia Campaign VI Marketing and Branding Madison Jolliff
Online Marketing Campaign Tobacco Stops With Me – Big Tobacco Targets Campaign VI Marketing and Branding Madison Jolliff
FINALIST: Online Marketing Campaign Online Programs Marketing Campaign Syracuse University Jaclyn Grosso
Special Print Communication GTS Partner Playbook Logos Communications Sue Voyles
Internal Print Communication Foundry United, Issue 9 Foundry Commercial Hannah Chittum; Lauren Leetun
Educational, Informational, or Training Video Production Freedom of Assembly: National Socialist Party v. Skokie Annenberg Public Policy Center Ellen Iwamoto
FINALIST: Educational, Informational, or Training Video ProductionVOTE411: Election Information You Need The League of Women Voters Educational Fund Vanguard Communications
FINALIST: Educational, Informational, or Training Video Production Artists Using Their Voices: COVID-19 and Obesity PSA The Creative Coalition Rachel Kleinhandler
Fund Development Programs/ProjectsNational World War I Museum & Memorial November 2020 Annual Fund Appeal Daniller + Company Mae Daniller
FINALIST: Fund Development Programs/ProjectsAtlanta Botanical Garden September 2020 Member AcquisitionDaniller + CompanyMae Daniller
Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation of 100,000 or less – Lifestyle Linzi Martinez Body on Fire LLC Linzi Martinez
Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation of 100,000 or less – Current News AJN Reports: The Politicization of COVID-19 Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy
Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation of 100,000 or less – Miscellaneous Nursing made Incredibly Easy!: “Sickle Cell Anemia: Best Practices for Patient-Centered Care” Wolters Kluwer Coleen Stern
FINALIST: Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation of 100,000 or less – Miscellaneous ‘You Don’t Have Any Business Being This Good’: An Oral History Interview with Bernardine Lacey Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy
Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation between 100,000 and 500,000 – Miscellaneous The Amish Keep to Themselves. And They’re Hiding a Horrifying Secret Type Investigations Hannah Beckler
Magazine Regular Editorial/Opinion Column – Circulation of 100,000 or less Letty Cottin Pogrebin Center for Creative Change/Moment Magazine Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Magazine Regular Informational/Non-opinion Column Nursing 2020: Clinical Queries: Seizure first aid for bystanders (October 2020); How to manage leech therapy (November 2020); How to discourage adolescents from vaping (December 2020) Wolters Kluwer Cynthia Laufenberg
FINALIST: Magazine Regular Informational/Non-opinion Column Nursing made Incredibly Easy!: Wellness Mention: Nonpharmacologic approaches to pain management (Sept/Oct 2020); Yoga for patient health (July/Aug 2020); Music and art therapy (May/June 2020); The benefits of pet therapy (Jan/Feb 2020) Wolters Kluwer Coleen Stern
FINALIST: Magazine Regular Informational/Non-opinion Column Visual Moment Center for Creative Change/Moment Magazine Diane M. Bolz
Magazine Series or Special Section, External Publication – Circulation of 100,000 or less Pulse magazine, Summer 2020 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Danette Baker
Best Overall External Magazine – Circulation of 100,000 or less Nursing Management Wolters Kluwer Nursing Management Editorial Team
FINALIST: Best Overall External Magazine – Circulation of 100,000 or less AJN – October and November 2020 issues Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy
Best Overall External Magazine – Circulation between 100,000 and 500,000Fall 2020 Syracuse Magazine Syracuse University Jaclyn Grosso
Best Overall Internal Magazine Materials Evaluation American Society for Nondestructive Testing Toni Kervina; Jill Ross; Cara Markland; Joy Grimm; Synthia Jester
FINALIST: Magazine Regular Informational/Non-opinion Column Reflections: A New Normal (April 2020); Further Treatment, or Hospice? Three Deaths Compared (May 2020); Far from Home (June 2020)Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy
Newsletter – Print or Online FoodFirst Newsletter, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Judith Smith-Meyer
Newspaper Hard News Story Leaked Emails Show Norwegian Pressures Sales Team to Mislead Potential Customers About Coronavirus Miami New Times Alexi C. Cardona
Newspaper Regular Opinion/Editorial TSET Better Health Podcast VI Marketing and Branding Madison Jolliff
FINALIST: Newspaper Regular Opinion/Editorial TSET Director Julie Bisbee Journal Record Column VI Marketing and Branding Madison Jolliff
Newspaper Regular Non-opinion/Informative Column Financial Education Hearst Publishing Julie Jason
Newspaper Investigative Series Deadly Shortages Associated Press Juliet Linderman; Martha Mendoza
Online Journalism – Special Feature Section After the Border: Three graphic stories about war, persecution and survival VOA (Voice of America)Patricia Bodnar
FINALIST: Online Journalism – Special Feature Section Feature Article: Charting a Treatment Path All Her Own Boston University Erin Phillips
FINALIST: Online Journalism – Special Feature Section U.S. Racial Equality Through the Eyes of an Afro-Latina MediaLinks TV LLC April Lanuza; Michael Shagoury; Rich Murphy
FINALIST: Online Journalism – Special Feature Section COVID and the Classroom GBH news
Online Journalism – Feature Article Nepal’s Sexual Violence Global Press Journal Katie Myrick
FINALIST: Online Journalism – Feature Article The Pandemic Imperils Working Mothers’ Careers SHRM
FINALIST: Online Journalism – Feature Article The Last 16 Days of COVID-19 Patient Robert Beaupre Huffington Post Patricia Anstett
Online Journalism – Regular Column Collections of columns by Mary C. Curtis CQ Roll Call Mary C. Curtis
Blog – Personal SCIPAB Your Way to a Successful Career in Tech Tech Diva Success Nicole Scheffler
Blog – Corporate AJN Off the Charts Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy
Podcast In The Gap – “A Podcast About How And Why Black Women Aren’t Getting Their Green” Journalist Chandra Thomas Whitfield
FINALIST: Podcast “Jane Fonda Hits the Streets” on “Now What?” “Now What?” Podcast Carole Zimmer
FINALIST: Podcast Offshore: Far From Home Honolulu Civil Beat Ku‘u Kauanoe; April Estrellon; Jessica Terrell; Claire Caulfield
FINALIST: Podcast Agree to Disagree: Are Identity Politics a Way to Win? Intelligence Squared U.S.
FINALIST: Podcast Coronavirus Will Reshape the World Order in China’s Favor Intelligence Squared U.S.
FINALIST: Podcast The Electoral College Has Outlived Its Usefulness Intelligence Squared U.S.
FINALIST: Podcast How to Fight an Infodemic Intelligence Squared U.S.
FINALIST: Podcast CQ Roll Call’s “Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis” CQ Roll Call Mary C. Curtis; Joanne Levine; Evan Campbell
FINALIST: Podcast How a son of immigrants, farm pickers becomes a powerful man – Gene Juarez Global Group Service International, Inc;Paula Lamas
FINALIST: Podcast Hello Monday, LinkedIn News Optimist Collective Priya Sharma
FINALIST: Podcast Ocoee Massacre Podcast WFTV Vanessa Echols, Host; Ocoee Massacre Podcast Team
Online Video Informational/Instructional 217 Equestrian Avenue, Santa Barbara Lisa Osborn Voice Overs Lisa Osborn, Voice Over Narration; Ken Pfeiffer, Videography
FINALIST: Online Video Informational/Instructional OTA PIKEPASS 30th Anniversary Video Jones PR Brenda Barwick
FINALIST: Online Video Informational/Instructional Pivot in Place National Association of Realtors
Online Video Entertainment Butterflies Alive Lisa Osborn Voice Overs Lisa Osborn, Voice Over Narration; Ken Pfeiffer, Videography
Website – New – Original Design Online Programs Website Syracuse University Jaclyn Grosso
FINALIST: Website – New – Original Design Sabina Weitzman – Architect Flair Communication Debby Girvan
FINALIST: Website – New – Original Design Real ID Website Jones PR Brenda Barwick
FINALIST: Website – New – Original Design Nature’s Dual Fuel Flair Communication Janina Sawyer
Website – Existing – Original Design Healthy Beginnings Wellness & Esthetics Flair Communication Debby Girvan
FINALIST: Website – Existing – Original Design Global Press Journal Global Press Journal Katie Myrick
Logo Bennett & Demopoulos PLLC Logos Communications Sue Voyles
Special Design/Creation AJN June 2020 Cover Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy
Community Relations Campaign — COVID-19 Related Texas Multifamily Navigates Public Scrutiny, Pandemic Policies Ward Alisha Wade
Crisis Communications — COVID-19 Related Stop & Shop Implements Designated Senior Shopping Hours, Partners with Uber To Serve Those Vulnerable To COVID-19 Stop & Shop
Public Relations One-time Campaign – Annual Budget of $10,000 or less IRI Helps CPG and Retail Industries Manage the Impact of COVID-19 UPRAISE Marketing + PR Mark Eting
Public Relations Campaign, Ongoing – Annual Budget of $50,000 or less Stress in America: A National Mental Health Crisis American Psychological Association and Vanguard Communications Sophie Bethune; Tomas Harmon
Public Service Community Affairs Campaign, One-time Artists Using Their Voices: COVID-19 and Obesity PSA The Creative Coalition Rachel Kleinhandler
Annual Report Reinventing Community GBHGBH Creative, Editorial and Digital Teams
Radio Regular Feature Program The Education of Katie Hill “Now What?” Podcast Carole Zimmer; Nick Ciavatta; Tay Glass
Radio Regular Talk or Interview Program A Selection of Interviews from Innovation Hub GBH/PRX Kara Miller, host; Elizabeth Ross, senior producer; Marc Sollinger, producer; Sarah Leeson, associate producer
Radio Feature Story Alzheimer’s in Color Latino USA Yvonne Latty
FINALIST: Radio Feature Story How Are We Going To Feed Ourselves When There Are 10 Billion People On The Planet? Innovation Hub, GBH/PRX Elizabeth Ross, reporter/senior producer; Kara Miller, host; Marc Sollinger, producer; Sarah Leeson, associate producer
Radio Documentary, One-time‘A Butterfly With My Wings Cut Off’: A Transgender Asylum Seeker’s Quest to Come to California Independent/freelance in partnership with KQED Public RadioErin Siegal McIntyre; Sasha Khokha
Women’s Issues Radio Program Tech Diva Success Podcast Tech Diva Success Nicole Scheffler
Best Overall Social Media Content – Business The American Journal of Nursing’s Blog, Facebook, and Twitter Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy
FINALIST: Best Overall Social Media Content – Business Foundry Commercial Instagram Launch Foundry Commercial Lauren Marquess
Best Overall Social Media content – non-profit Moment Magazine Center for Creative Change/Moment Magazine Lilly Gelmanspan
Best Influencer Communication ANDER & Co “3 Q’s With” Influencer Series IG Campaign ANDER & Co Gabby Koretsky
Best Special Event That Went Virtual Farm Aid 2020: On the Road Virtual Festival Farm Aid and Vanguard Communications
Best Special Event That Happened with Changes 2020 REALTORS® Conference & Expo National Association of Realtors
Best Special Event That Happened As Planned Two Cheers for Two Parties Intelligence Squared U.S.
Television Feature Story/Segment – Comprehensive or Ongoing – National Camden, New Jersey Sets Example for Community Policing in US VOA (Voice of America) Patricia Bodnar
FINALIST: Television Feature Story/Segment – Comprehensive or Ongoing – National Communities in Colombia are leading the way in water conservation MediaLinks TV LLC Michelle Begue; Nicolas Reyes, Producer; Javier Castaneda,Cameraman/Video Editor
FINALIST: Television Feature Story/Segment – Comprehensive or Ongoing – National Small business owners in battleground Pennsylvania speak out on their 2020 decision NBC News Stephanie Ruhle, Senior Business Correspondent, NBC News; Emily Pandise, Producer, Biz/Tech/Media Unit, NBC News
FINALIST: Television Feature Story/Segment – Comprehensive or Ongoing – National Coronavirus pandemic puts grocery workers’ health at risk NBC News Jo Ling Kent, NBC News Business & Technology Correspondent; Ezra Kaplan, Producer, Biz/Tech/Media Unit, NBC News; NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
FINALIST: Television Feature Story/Segment – Comprehensive or Ongoing – National Muralist Levi Ponce highlights the value of community in his art VOA (Voice of America) Patricia Bodnar
FINALIST: Television Feature Story/Segment – Comprehensive or Ongoing – National Muralist Levi Ponce highlights the value of community in his art VOA (Voice of America) Patricia Bodnar
FINALIST: Television Feature Story/Segment – Comprehensive or Ongoing – National A Compton Mosque and the Gangs VOA (Voice of America)Patricia Bodnar
Television Investigative Feature or Series – National The Preacher, The Private Plane and the PPP Loan Inside Edition Charles Lachman – Executive Producer; Bob Read – Senior Producer; Larry Posner – Producer; Lisa Guerrero – Chief Investigative Correspondent; Sarah Chatta – Associate Producer; Fil Kapsa – Videographer/Editor
Television Documentary Program – National Blood Sugar Rising GBH Judith Vecchione
FINALIST: Television Documentary Program – National East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story Florentine Films, WETA, & PBS David McMahon; Lauren Douglas
Television Documentary Series – National Americans and Guns VOA (Voice of America) Patricia Bodnar
FINALIST: Television Documentary Series – National StartUP Africa VOA (Voice of America) Patricia Bodnar
Television Commercial Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline Overview TV Spot VI Marketing and Branding Madison Jolliff
Television Talk Show – Local or Regional Basic Black: Racial Disparities and Covid-19 GBH Delores Edwards, Executive Producer; Callie Crossley, Host; Kavontae Smalls, Associate Producer
Television Show – Informational – National It’s Time to Redistribute the Wealth Intelligence Squared U.S.
FINALIST: Television Show – Informational – National First-Time Buyer National Association of Realtors
Create Your Own – Online Good Neighbor Awards National Association of Realtors
Create Your Own – Print I Loved You Yesterday by Julie Navickas Burning Soul Press Julie Navickas
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