News: ``Pushed to Pull'' Special Series: Aldona Charlton, designer; Suzanne Kreiter, photographer; Geoff Forester, photo editor; Lynda Gorov, editor. ``The Last Salute'' Photo Essay: Aldona Charlton, designer; Bill Greene, photographer; Geoff Forester, photo editor; Walter Robinson, editor. Special News Coverage: Atlanta '96 Special News Coverage: Don Skwar and Robin Romano, editors; Robin Romano, designer; Geoff Forester, photo editor, and staff.
Special News Section: ``Armed for Profit'': Aldona Charlton and Sue Dawson, designers; David Butler, infographics; Ben Bradlee, editor. Health and Science: Cindy Daniels, designer; Nils Bruzelius and Kathy Everly, editors; Sean McNaughton, infographics.
Focus: Portfolio: Natalie Diffloth, designer; Christine Chinlund, editor.
Music: Portfolio: Natalie Diffloth, designer; Scott Powers, editor.
Food: Jane Martin, designer; Fiona Luis, editor.
At Home: Portfolio: Keith A. Webb, art designer; Fiona Luis, editor.
Special Sports Section: Atlanta '96 Olympic Preview, complete section and cover design: Keith A. Webb, art designer; Robin Romano, editor.
Sports: Keith A. Webb and, for portfolio, Janet L. Michaud, designers; Don Skwar, editor.
Special Marathon Section: Natalie Diffloth, Neil C. Pinchin, designers; Neil C. Pinchin, infographics, Robin Romano, editor.
Special Magazine Section: ``In Our Own Words'': Rena Anderson Sokolow, designer; John Koch, editor, assisted by high school students and illustrators.
Special Magazine: Home Magazine: Cindy Daniels, art director; Michael J. Larkin, assistant managing editor; Robert F. Cutting, special sections editor; Gail Ravgiala, content editor.
The Boston Globe Magazine: Cover: Catherine Aldrich, designer; Lane Turner, photographer; Evelynne Kramer, editor. Interview Photo Portfolio: Aldrich, Turner, and Kramer. ``New England's Last Frontier'' photo story: Aldrich, Bill Greene, photographer, Kramer.
National Association of Black Journalists Awards. Patricia Smith, first place, Commentary; Irene Sege, second place, Features.
Lowell Thomas Awards for Travel Journalism. Gold Medal, or first place, to Jerry Morris and Richard Carpenter for best travel section in newspapers over 500,000 circulation, sponsored by the Society of American Travel Writers; the Globe and the two editors also won The Connecticut Charter Oak Award, the 1997 Media Award from the Connecticut Tourism Industry Committee for the same section.
American Cancer Society's Sword of Hope Awards. Judy Foreman and Michelle McDonald won first place in the over-50,000 circulation for their supplement, ``Choosing a Good Death.'' Medical writer Richard Knox and the Boston Globe were given a first-ever Judges' Award for the 37-part series on the death of Globe medical writer Betsy Lehman and the situation involving her death and the problems of the Dana- Farber Cancer Institute. Derrick Z. Jackson won the Commentary division (in over 50,000) circulation for his series on smoking and the tobacco industry.
Award of Hope Prize at International Festival of Journalism in Perpignan, France, won by Stan Grossfeld, who donated $1,650 prize to UNICEF for land-mine programs in memory of Princess Diana.
American Association of University Professors Award of Excellence to Alice Dembner for series ``Learning Gap.''
American Association on Mental Retardation 1997 Media Award. Won by Don Aucoin of the Globe for a magazine article, ``An Ordinary Life.''
Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award to Bob Ryan, Globe sports columnist. This is the highest honor for a journalist outside of induction.
American Association on Mental Retardation 1997 Media Award to Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe, for his article ``An Ordinary Life,'' in the Globe magazine.
American Society on Aging's 1997 Media Award for Long-term Achievement, to Judy Foreman, The Boston Globe.
Sunday Magazine Editors Association Awards. In Writing Category, first place, Essay, to freelance writer James Carroll ``A Chill in the Air''; second place, Profiles, to Don Aucoin for ``An Ordinary Life.'' In Headlines, two of the Top Ten appearing in Sunday magazines were won by Louise Kennedy for ``Creatures of the Web, and ``The Second Battle of Concord.'' In Photography, first place, Multiple Spreads, to Bill Greene for ``New England's Last Frontier''; honorable mention to Stan Grossfeld for ``Landmarks to the Lord''; and honorable mention, Single Photograph, to Lane Turner, a portrait of artist Maud Morgan. In Design, second place, Multiple-Page Design, to Keith Webb for ``12 Moments that Mattered.'' Catherine Aldrich won one of the Top Ten covers in Sunday magazines for ``The New Retirement.''
National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association named Dan Shaughnessy, The Boston Globe, Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year for the seventh consecutive year.
Dan S. Blumenthal Memorial Contest, sponsored by the Professional Basketball Writers Association, First Place Awards to Dan Shaughnessy and Michael Hollley.
Pro Football Writers of America Contest. Ron Borges, first place, Commentary, about Bill Parcell's first press conference of Super Bowl week. His story on the New England Patriots' Terry Glenn received honorable mention in the features category.
World Press Photo. Barry Chin, The Boston Globe, Second Place, Sports Category, Olympic Games, Atlanta. Mark Wilson, The Boston Globe, Second Place, Nature and the Environment Category, Great Grey Owl, Massachusetts.
Pictures of the Year Competition. The Boston Globe staff won 11 awards. Bill Greene, third place, Newspaper of the Year category. He was cited for six awards in individual categories: second place, Sports Picture Story; one second and three awards of excellence in Issue Reporting Picture; an award of excellence in Sports Feature. Other awards of excellence winners were Barry Chin for his work at the Olympic games and for his overall sports portfolio; and Pat Greenhouse in Sports Feature. Photography staff members Geoff Forester, Peter Southwick, and Leanne Burden, and editorial designers Lucy Bartholomay and Aldona Charlton won a third prize in the Editing Division: Newspaper Special Section category for the Globe's report on hospice care entitled ``Choosing a Good Death.'' The photographs in the section were by former Globe photographer Michele McDonald.
Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Journalism. A gold medal (or first place) to the Boston Globe for best travel section in newspapers over 500,000 circulation. Award to Jerry Morris, Dick Carpenter and rest of Globe travel department. Globe also awarded The Connecticut Oak Award, the 1997 Media Award from the Connecticut Tourism Industry Committee for the same section.
National Health Information Awards. Gold Medal to Judy Foreman for ``Choosing a Good Death.''
Rado Lifetime Achievement Award to Bud Collins, Globe tennis writer and TV broadcaster.