CWA HONORS SILVER HARD HAT AND JOURNALISM AWARD WINNERS
May, 2003
(Buffalo Grove, IL) -- The Construction Writers Association's highest honor, the Silver Hard Hat Award, and its prestigious Journalism Awards were presented at the organization's awards dinner Thursday, May 1, 2003. CWA 2002-3 President Dennis Day, senior director of public affairs for Associated General Contractors of America, Alexandria, VA, served as master of ceremonies for the event.
Silver Hard Hat Award
The Silver Hard Hat Award was presented to Gordon Wright, past president of CWA and executive editor of Building Design & Construction (and a 30-year veteran with his magazine), for his continuing commitment to CWA and for being such a respected member of the construction trade press. Day, who nominated him, detailed Wright's involvement with CWA, including helping to found the CWA Chicago Chapter, serving as program chairman for Chicago meetings, photographing CWA meetings, and serving on the board. He also pointed to Gordon's length of service at a publication in the construction industry, the respect he commands in the industry, and what his editor calls "more than a million brilliant words." Day assisted Tom Kuennen, principal of Expressways Publishing Project, Wheeling, IL, and Silver Hard Hat chairman, in the presentation.
Journalism Awards
CWA Journalism Awards were presented by awards co-chair Tracie Christie, associate director of awards and marketing for the National Asphalt Pavement Association, Lanham, MD. Journalism Awards chair Sharon Holling, marketing administrator for trade public relations at Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL, was unable to attend the dinner.
The Boger Awards for editorial excellence and achievement in construction journalism were established in 1975. They honor the late Robert F. Boger, publisher of McGraw-Hill's Engineering News-Record and Construction Methods & Equipment and a founding member of CWA. Matthew Phair, a contributing columnist to Building Design and Construction magazine and editor of Constructioneer magazine, is the winner of the 2003 Boger Award for Feature Articles. He won for "Clearing a Vertical Path to Safety," which was published in Building Design and Construction in September 2002. An honorable mention in the Boger feature article category was presented to Tom Kuennen, principal of Expressways Publishing Project, Wheeling, IL, for "Perpetual Pavement Feature," published in Better Roads magazine.
There were two winners of the Boger Award for Special Reports -- Tom Inglesby, editor of Masonry magazine, won for "Pentagon Series -- The Phoenix Project" published in Masonry, August 2002, and Debra Rubin, managing senior editor of Engineering News-Record, won for "Looking at Construction Education in Colleges and Universities," published in Engineering News-Record, October 21, 2002.
The Boger Award for Editorials went to Bill Wilson, managing editor of Roads and Bridges magazine, for "Can They Cut the Mustard?" published in Roads and Bridges in December 2002.
The Russell Award for newsletter excellence was established in 1993. It is named for T. Randolph "Randy" Russell, who published a weekly newsletter for the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. The Russell Award went to Greg Sitek, national editor for Reed Construction Data Regional Publications, for Green Source Report, a newsletter published by Reed Construction Data, December 2002
The Godfrey Award for "body of work" honors the late Kneeland "Ned" Godfrey, a former editor of Civil Engineering magazine and a CWA past president. The award was established in 1999. The 2003 Godfrey Award winner is Matthew Power, senior editor of Builder magazine, for "Mold," "Slammed," and "Promises, Promises," all published in Builder magazine during 2002. An honorable mention Godfrey Award went to Debra Rubin, managing senior editor of Engineering News-Record, for "Award of Excellence," "Cost Report," and "Hope," all published in Engineering News-Record during 2002.
CWA is a nonprofit, non-partisan, international organization for professional journalists, writers, editors and publicists serving the information needs of the construction industry. Additional information on the association's annual meeting will be posted on the website, www.constructionwriters.org .
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