ALASKA AIRLINES MAGAZINE RECEIVES HONORS
AT THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS 2011 AWARDS CEREMONY

SEATTLE -- Alaska Airlines Magazine, published by Paradigm Communications Group, has won two awards from the Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington Chapter. The awards were presented to Alaska Airlines Magazine on May 21 at the SPJ annual banquet honoring excellence in journalism among magazine, newspaper, Internet and broadcast media for work done in 2010.

FIRST-PLACE AWARDS:
Sport Photography, Jeff Schultz, "The Great Race"

SECOND-PLACE AWARDS:
Headlines, Staff, Alaska Airlines Magazine

The staff of Alaska Airlines Magazine includes Paul Frichtl, Editor; Michele Andrus Dill, Senior Editor; Jen Schaefer, Associate Editor; Michele Whitehead, Contributing Editor; Patty Warkentin and Margaret Elson, Art Directors; Ken Krass, Advertising Director; Mimi Kirsch, Publisher; and Ed Kirsch, CEO.

Paradigm Communications Group, a custom-publishing company headquartered in Seattle, has published Alaska Airlines Magazine since 1989 and has been recognized regionally and nationally with numerous awards for editorial and design excellence.