2022 Winners

Clarion Award Winners

The Association for Women in Communications is proud to announce the 2022 Clarion Award Winners!  This year’s competition drew entries from 20 states and three countries, with more than 100 Clarions and Finalist Certificates awarded! 

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The Association for Women in Communications is proud to announce the 2022 Clarion Award Winners!  This year’s competition awarded 75 Clarions and Finalist Certificates! 

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ADVERTISING & MARKETING

Marketing Communications Campaign/Budget of more than $100,000 Mark Levinson. Hear It Here. Only Here. Chris Epple of Consumer Marketing Americas, Lisa Deda, Denise Daly


FINALIST: 
Marketing Communications Campaign/Budget of more than $100,000 Chiefs Campaign Texas Tech Glenys Young

Multimedia Advertising Campaign Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline Testimonials VI Marketing and Branding TSET


FINALIST: Multimedia Advertising Campaign 
JBL The Freak Edition-JBL X Giannis Collab Consumer Marketing Americas, Chris Epple, Katie Raymond

Online Marketing Campaign Syracuse University-Schools & College Digital Marketing Syracuse University Division of Marketing

BROCHURES, CUSTOM & SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS

Special Print Communication Evermore Texas Tech Glenys Young

Internal Print Communication Foundry United, Issue 10 Foundry Commercial Lauren Leetun

Custom Publications: Books-non fiction/Self-published Syracuse University-Admissions Viewbook Syracuse University Division of Marketing

EDUCATION

Educational, Informational, or Training Video Production Second Amendment: D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics

 

FUND DEVELOPMENT

Fund Development Programs/Projects The Phillips Collection October 2021 Direct Mail Campaign Daniller + Company

 

FINALIST: Fund Development Programs/Projects The Frick Collection January 2021 Direct Mail Campaign Daniller + Company 

MAGAZINES

Magazine Feature Article, External Publication – Circulation of 100,000 or less – Current News In The News: 2020: The Year of COVID-19 (January 2021) Wolters Kluwer Karen Roush, Shawn Kennedy

 

Magazine Feature Article, External Publication-Circulation of 100,000 or more, Lifestyle Catching Fire Palm Beach Media Group Kristen Desomond-LeFevre


Magazine Feature Article, External Publication-Circulation of 100,000 or more, Lifestyle
Catching Fire Palm Beach Media Group Kristen LeFevre


Magazine Regular Editorial/Opinion Column – Circulation of 100,000
or less AJN Editorials: Building Trust (Feb 2021); Finding Joy in the Dark (Dec 2021) AJN Viewpoints columns: Because Black Lives Did Not Matter (Jan 2021); Why Should Nurses Care About the Supreme Court? (Dec 2021) Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy


Magazine Regular Informational/Non-opinion Column
Reflections: Right Under Our Noses: Nursing Homes and COVID-19 (March 2021); It’s Hurting (April 2021); 2020: What a Time to Become a Nurse (August 2021) Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy


Magazine Series or Special Section, External Publication – Circulation of 100,000 or less Strive for Honor Texas Tech Glenys Young, Armando Godinez, Ashley Rodgers


Best Overall External Magazine – Circulation of 100,000 or less
Syracuse University Magazine Syracuse Illiana Wong


Best Overall Internal Magazine
State Legislatures Magazine National Conference of State Legislatures Lisa Ryckman

NEWSLETTERS

Newsletter – Print or Online Successful Aging Newspaper Bonnie Carroll’s Life Bites News Bonnie Carroll

NEWSPAPERS

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

ONLINE MEDIA

Online Journalism-Special News Section Breaking Barriers: Photos From Michele Wu’s Boston Victory GBH Meghan Smith-Digital Producer, Meredity Nierman-Director of Photography, Ellen London-Managing Editor


FINALIST: 
Online Journalism-Special News Section Terror in Tigray: The Ethiopian Refugee Crisis Voice of America Heather Murdock, Jacquelyn De Phillips, Yan Boechat


Online Journalism – Special Feature Section
 Can Afghanistan’s Free Press Survive? Voice of AmericaAyesha Tanzeem, Jessica Jerreat, VOA Afghan Service


FINALIST: Online Journalism – Special Feature Section 
Meet Your Mayor THE CITY Jere Hester


FINALIST: Online Journalism – Special Feature Section
VOA: The Mechanism: For Mexican Media Crime Beat can be a Killer Voice of America Brian Williamson, Cristina Caicedo Smit, Jessica Jerreat


FINALIST: Online Journalism – Special Feature Section –
Ground Zero: Then and Now from 10 Buildings and a Plaza lost on 9/11 Voice of America Michael Lipin, Dino Beslagic, Vladimir Badikov


FINALIST: Online Journalism – Special Feature Section 
Age Justice City Limits Gail Robinson & Olivia Bensimon


Online Journalism – Feature Article 
Long Hours, Low Pay, Loneliness, and a Booming Industry Type Investigations Sonia Weiser, Liz Donovan and Muriel Alarcón Columbia Journalism & The New York Times


FINALIST: Online Journalism – Feature Article
An Institution Within The Institution Texas Tech Glenys Young

 

FINALIST: Online Journalism – Feature Article How India Can Stop its Rape Crisis MediaLinks TV LLC Lisa Chiu


FINALIST: Online Journalism – Feature Article 
Asian-Americans Seek More Respect, Authority in the Workplace SHRM Tony Lee

 

Online Journalism – Regular Column Mary C. Curtis Collection of Columns Roll Call Mary Curtis


FINALIST: 
Online Journalism – Regular Column Blogs-Veterans Affairs’ National Oncology Program (NOP) Titan Alpha


Blog – Corporate 
AJN Off the Charts Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy

 

Podcast In Machines We Trust-Artificial Intelligence and Hiring Series MIT Technology Review Hilke Schellmann & Emma Cillekens


FINALIST: Podcast 
Inside Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity Type Investigations Kathryn Joyce


FINALIST: Podcast 
Fearless Texas Tech Glenys Young

 

Online Video Entertainment JOYBOX x Fulcrum Video Foundry Commercial Lauren Marquess


FINALIST: 
Online Video Entertainment Roe #17 Did You Know Campaign Regional Office of Education Victoria Padilla

 

Website – Existing Texas Tech University Homepage Texas Tech Veronica Medina-Art Director, Batbold Myagmarjav-Web Developer, Gary Eubanks-Web Developer, Noemi Martinez-Associate Director of Web

PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHICS

Logo Mariella’s Custom Drapery Logo Design Logos Communications, Inc. Sue Voyles

 

Special Design/Creation AJN January 2021 Cover Wolters Kluwer Maureen Kennedy

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Public Relations One-time Campaign – Annual Budget of $10,000 or less Bavarian Inn Matriarch Turns 100 PR Campaign Logos Communications, Inc. Sue Voyles

 

Public Relations One-time Campaign – Annual Budget of $10,000 or more Cleaning is Caring Campaign American Cleaning Institute with BRG Communications


Public Relations Special Promotion
JBL The Freak Edition-JBL X Giannis Collab JBL Chris Epple of Consumer Marketing Americas, Katie Raymond


Public Relations Annual Report
Judith Smith-Meyer-Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Judith Smith-Meyer


Public Relations Community Relations
Young Women’s Alliance PR Plan Young Women’s Alliance (YWA) Fabiana Melendez Ruiz

RADIO

Radio Regular Feature Program “Ricki Lake Reinvents Herself” on “Now What?” “Now What?” Podcast Carole Zimmer 

 

Radio Regular Talk or Interview Program Under the Radar with Callie Crossley GBH Callie Crossley-Host, Hannah Uebele-Producer, David Goodman-engineer


Radio Feature Story 
The Racial Pay Gap on Social Media Bloomberg LPRenita Young


FINALIST: Radio Feature Story 
Lorena’s Alcance Latino USA Julia Rocha


Radio Documentary, One-time 
Angels of Mercy Grainne McPolin Grainne McPolin

FINALIST: 
Radio Documentary, One-time Remembering 911, 20 Years Later Bloomberg LP Amy Morris


FINALIST: Radio Documentary, One-time 
The Long Haul: Texas And The Pandemic Texas Standard Laura Rice

SOCIAL MEDIA

Best Overall Social Media Content – Business Made Ready Citizens Financial Group Sharifah Niles-Lane

Best Social Media Channel SyracuseU 100K Instagram Post Syracuse University Division of Marketing

Best Social Media Channel SyracuseU 100K Instagram Post Syracuse University 

SPECIAL EVENTS

Best Special Event-Virtual Should We Expand the Supreme Court? Intelligence Squared U.S. Kimberly Strempel


Best Special Event-In Person
Legacy University Texas Tech Alumni Association Britta Tye

 

Best Special Event-Hybrid-a combination of virtual and in-person Military Warriors Execution on Social Media Citizen’s Financial Group, Inc. Sharifah Niles-Lane 

STUDENT

Written Original Material VOA Press Freedom Student Intern Reporting Voice of America Liam Scott, Jessica Jerreat

TELEVISION

Television Feature Story/Segment – Comprehensive or Ongoing – National Floating Swarm Voice ofAmerica Jaime Moreno, Lina Correa 

 

FINALIST: Television Feature Story/Segment – Comprehensive or Ongoing – National Tso’l Food MediaLinks TV LLC Gerald Tan


FINALIST: Television Feature Story/Segment – Comprehensive or Ongoing – National 
9/11 Plus 20: Flight 93 Voice of America Kane Farabaugh, Michael Burke


Television Investigative Feature or Series -Local or Regional 
Saving Juliette Center for Collaborative Journalism Evey Wilson

 

Television Documentary Program – National Hemingway Florentine Films, WETA, & PBS Ken Burns-Producer/Director,  Sarah Burns-Lynn Novick-Producer/Director, Sarah Botstein-Producer


FINALIST: Television Documentary Program – National 
Muhammad Ali Florentine Films, WETA, & PBS Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Stephanie Jenkins

Television Documentary Series – National American Veteran GBH Boston and Insignia Films Judith Vecchione, Elizabeth Deane, John Bredar, Leah Williams, Amanda Pollak, Stephen Ives

FINALIST: Television Documentary Program – National Fulfilling Buddha’s Vision: In Ordination, Buddhist Nuns Seek Equality Voice of America Warangkana Chomchuen

 

FINALIST: Television Documentary Program – National Inside Story-The Fall of Afghanistan Voice of America Kane Farabaugh, Carla Babb, Jean Michel Mathurin, Steve Redisch, Michael Burke, Mary Cieslak, Brian Allen, David Futrowsky, Elizabeth Cherneff, Ayesha Tanzeem, Patsy Widakuswara, Arash Arabasadi

Television Documentary Series – National 
American Veteran GBH Boston Studio Six

 

Television Commercial 8-Bit VI Marketing and Branding Sarah Powers

 

Television Commercial Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline: 8-Bit TSET VI Marketing and Branding 

 

Television Talk Show – Local or Regional Basic Black: The Power of Names GBH-Boston Delores Edwards, Executive Producer; Callie Crossley, Host; Kenrick Mercado, Associate Producer


Television Show – Informational – National 
First-Time Buyer National Association of Realtors Susan Welter

CREATE YOUR OWN

Create Your Own Best Use of Corporate Citizenship on Social Media Citizens Financial Group, Inc. Sharifah Niles-Lane

How to Contact AWC

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

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