1987 SATW FOUNDATION
LOWELL THOMAS TRAVEL JOURNALISM COMPETITION
In the third year of the competition, we added a $500 award for runner-up in the Grand Award category, with the first place still receiving $1,000. We continued giving $500 to the first-place winners in 12 categories, with no monetary prizes for newspaper travel section and magazine categories). Also, we started naming the publication in which a winning article appeared.
Judges were faculty members at the Missouri School of Journalism, with Prof. Don Ranly, associate dean, as the coordinator.
Awards For Works Published in 1986
FULL LIST OF AWARDS
Grand Award — Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year
First: Carol Barrington, freelance writer
Runner-up: Michael Carlton, The Denver Post
Best Newspaper Travel Section
First: Los Angeles Times
Runner-up: Chicago Tribune
Travel Magazine
First: National Geographic Traveler
Runner-up: Oklahoma Today
Newspaper Article on U.S. Travel
First: Catharine M. Hamm, The Kansas City Star
Runner-up: Jerry Flemmons, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Magazine Article on U.S. Travel
First: Barry Callaghan, Leisure Way
Runner-up: Ruth Duskin Feldman, Utah Holiday
Newspaper Article on Foreign Travel
First: Terry McDermott, The Seattle Times
Runner-up: Erik Lactis, The Seattle Times
Magazine Article on Foreign Travel
First: K.M. Kostyal, National Geographic Traveler
Runner-up: Charles N. Barnard, National Geographic Traveler
Land Travel Article
First: Jay Brunhouse, San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle
Runner-up: Al Borcover, Chicago Tribune
Marine Travel Article
First: Peter H. Spectre, Wooden Boat Magazine
Runner-up: Tom and JoAnne O’Toole, St. Petersburg Times
Consumer Reporting
First: Phyllis Krasilovsky, The Boston Globe
Runner-up: Carol Martinez, Los Angeles Daily News
Travel Book
First: Bernhard Hermann and Ed Sheehan, “Honolulu”
Runner-up: Louise Weiss, “Access to the World”
Guidebook
First: Ray Riegert, “Hidden Hawaii”
Runner-up: Rob Kay, “Fiji”
Destination Travel on TV, Radio
No award
Published Black/White Photo
First: Marcia Schnedler, Chicago Sun-Times
Runner-up: Catherine Watson, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Published Color Photo
First: Marita Adair Hidalgo, San Antonio Monthly
Runner-up: John D. Macdonald, The Seattle Time
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