ALASKA AIRLINES MAGAZINE RECEIVES MULTIPLE HONORS
AT THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS 2008 AWARDS CEREMONY
SEATTLE -- Alaska Airlines Magazine, published by Paradigm Communications Group, has won 12 awards from the Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington Chapter. The awards were presented to Alaska Airlines Magazine on May 31 at the SPJ annual banquet honoring excellence in journalism among magazine, newspaper, Internet and broadcast media for work done in 2007.FIRST-PLACE AWARDS:
Travel News/Features, Nicolas O’Connell, “Adventures Ready”
SECOND-PLACE AWARDS:
Sports News/Features, Percy Allen, “Full Court Press”
Headlines, Alaska Airlines Magazine Staff
Cover Design, Margaret Elson
Photo – Feature, Julie Smith, “Pike Place Fish Company”
THIRD-PLACE AWARDS:
Leisure and Lifestyle News/Features, Paul Clarke, “True Brew”
Cover Design, Margaret Elson, Patty Warkentin and Heather Kuver
Photo – Feature, Joel W. Rogers, “Seattle”
HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS:
Consumer & Environmental Affairs Reporting, Paul Clarke, “Growing Success”
Leisure and Lifestyle Reporting, Paul Clarke, “The Sweet Life”
Sports Reporting, Kim Wolfkill, “In the Fast Lane”
The staff of Alaska Airlines Magazine includes Paul Frichtl, Editor; Michele Andrus Dill, Senior Editor; Jen Schaefer, Heidi Johansen, Associate Editors; Amy Swanson, Assistant Editor; Michele Waller, Contributing Editor; Patty Warkentin, Art Director; Margaret Elson, Art Director; 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.
This year Alaska Airlines celebrates its 75th anniversary, marking the airline’s growth from a single-aircraft operator in 1932 to one of the largest U.S. carriers.
