The Western Washington Pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists honored The Seattle Globalist with a number of Excellence in Journalism awards Saturday night, including several first place awards and a third place in general excellence in daily print and online newspapers with staff of 15 or fewer.
Globalist Creative Director Sarah Stuteville also was honored as SPJ Western Washington’s Educator of the Year for her work teaching at the University of Washington as an artist in residence at the Department of Communication, and as a community media educator with The Seattle Globalist.
SPJ Western Washington Pro Chapter
General Excellence – Online
Third place, Staff, The Seattle Globalist
Business Reporting
Third place, “Gates Foundation Resists Pressure to Pull Private Prison Investment, ” Lael Henterly, The Seattle Globalist
Comprehensive Coverage
Second place, “Coverage of the Northwest Detention Center,” Lael Henterly, The Seattle Globalist
Crime and Justice Reporting
Third place, “Night Out at Seattle’s Most Dangerous Club Casts Doubt on Cops Claims,” Forrest Baum, The Seattle Globalist
Editorial & Commentary
Second place, Sarah Stuteville, The Seattle Globalist
General Column
First place, Sarah Stuteville, The Seattle Globalist
Second place, Reagan Jackson, The Seattle Globalist
Health Reporting
First place, “Crimes of Compassion: Seattle’s Humanitarian Drug Traffickers,” Jessica Partnow, The Seattle Globalist
Long Feature Story
First place, “Crimes of Compassion: Seattle’s Humanitarian Drug Traffickers,” Sarah Stuteville and Jessica Partnow, The Seattle Globalist
Social Issues Reporting
First place, “Northwest Families Open Their Homes to Unaccompanied Immigrant Kids,” Anna Goren, The Seattle Globalist
News Series
Third place, “Seattle Nurse Risks Everything to Smuggle AIDS Drugs,” Jessica Partnow and Carol Smith, KUOW-FM Seattle
More honors
These awards are the latest plaudits for stories the Globalist ran in 2014. Awards announced earlier this year include:
Washington Press Association
Editorial/Commentary – Arts and Entertainment
First place: Reagan Jackson, Seattle Globalist, “Black History Month: Same old song and dance?”
Columns, General
First place: Sarah Stuteville, Seattle Globalist, “Seattle yoga scene’s diversity problem”
Second place: Sarah Stuteville, Seattle Globalist, “Flood of undocumented kids from Central America strains services”
Third place: Sarah Stuteville, Seattle Globalist, “Facebook’s first Habesha reflects on her refugee roots”
Features – Series of stories on a single subject
Second place: Jessica Partnow, Sarah Stuteville, Seattle Globalist, “Crimes of compassion: Seattle’s humanitarian drug trafficking”
Gracie Awards
Outstanding Documentary, “Seattle Nurse Smuggles AIDS Drugs,” KUOW-FM Seattle, Radio – Public/Non-Commercial, Producer: Jessica Partnow, Seattle Globalist, Editor: Carol Smith, Web Producer/Photographer: Isolde Raftery
