2003-2004 SATW FOUNDATION
LOWELL THOMAS TRAVEL JOURNALISM COMPETITION

Category 1: Grand Award — Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year (50)
Gold: Rosemary McClure, staff writer, Los Angeles Times
Silver: Michael Martinez, staff writer, San Jose Mercury News
Bronze: Chris Welsch, Travel Editor, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Honorable Mention: Tom Haines, staff writer, The Boston Globe

Category 2: Newspaper Travel Sections (30)
2A — Newspapers with 500,000 or more circulation
Gold: The Boston Globe, Joe Yonan, Travel Editor
Silver: The Washington Post, K.C. Summers, Travel Editor
Bronze: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Amanda Miller, Travel Editor
Honorable Mention: Los Angeles Times, Catharine Hamm, Travel Editor

2B — Newspapers with 350,000-499,999 circulation
Gold: The Sun (Baltimore), Bruce Friedland, Travel Editor
Silver: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), David Molyneaux, Travel Editor
Bronze: Orlando Sentinel, Lisa Roberts, Travel Editor
Honorable Mention: The Seattle Times, Terry Tazioli, Travel Editor

2C — Newspapers with 200,000-349,999 circulation
Gold: San Jose Mercury News, Linda Tsai, Travel Editor
Silver: The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), Millie Ball, Travel Editor
Bronze: Richmond Times-Dispatch, Katherine Calos, Travel Editor
Honorable Mention: Contra Costa Times, Anne Chalfant, Travel Editor

2D — Newspapers under 200,000 circulation
Gold: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), Katherine Rodeghier, Travel Editor
Silver: Santa Barbara (CA) News-Press, Al Bonowitz, Travel Editor
Bronze: The Ottawa Citizen, Laura Robin, Travel Editor

Category 3: Magazines (29)
3A — Travel Magazines
Gold: Travel + Leisure, Nancy Novogrod, Editor-in-Chief
Silver: National Geographic Traveler, Keith Bellows, Editor-in-Chief
Bronze: Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, Erik Torkells, Editor

3B — Travel Coverage in Other Magazines
Gold: Southern Living, Morgan Murphy, Travel Editor
Silver: Delta Sky, Duncan Christy, Editorial Director
Bronze: Entrée, Karen Carroll, Editor

Category 4: Newspaper Article on U.S./Canada Travel (104)
Gold: Marty Basch, “In Tune With Nature,” The Boston Globe
Silver: Robert Cross, “Bully for the Badlands,” Chicago Tribune
Bronze: Bruce Friedland, “Polite Society,” The Sun (Baltimore)

Category 5: Magazine Article on U.S./Canada Travel (89)
Gold: Natasha Singer, “Break On Through,” Outside
Silver: Timothy Taylor, “School of Fish,” enRoute
Bronze: Joan Juliet Buck, “Under the Tucson Sun,” Travel + Leisure
Honorable Mention: Rosanne Haggerty and Cait Murphy, “Reinventing a River,” American Heritage

Category 6: Newspaper Article on Foreign Travel (86)
Gold: Susan Spano, “England’s Dark Intrigue,” Los Angeles Times
Silver: Kristin Jackson, “Japan 101,” The Seattle Times
Bronze: Steve Hendrix, “Burma in the Balance,” The Washington Post
Honorable Mention: Angie Chuang, “Vietnam: Finding Zen Within the Chaos,” The Oregonian (Portland)

Category 7: Magazine Article on Foreign Travel (83)
Gold: Adam Goodheart, “The Other Side of Oz,” Travel + Leisure
Silver: Matthew Chapman, “Islands of the Fittest,” National Geographic Traveler
Bronze: Tom Clynes, “The Gabon Experiment,” National Geographic Adventure
Honorable Mention: Anita Draycott, “Riding the Green Elephant,” Doctor’s Review

Category 8: Newspaper Photo Illustration of Travel Article (43)
Gold: Alan Berner, “At Home on the Range,” The Seattle Times
Silver: Michael Lloyd, “The King of Roads,” The Oregonian (Portland)
Bronze: David Ryan, “Display Space,” The Boston Globe
Honorable Mention: Kevin Fujii, “A Night at the Von Minden,” Houston Chronicle

Category 9: Magazine Photo Illustration of Travel Article (44)
Gold: Bobby Fisher, “Seeing Red,” Travel + Leisure
Silver: Michael Melford, “Into Africa,” National Geographic Traveler
Bronze: Maura McEvoy, “Corsica,” Town & Country Travel
Honorable Mention: Patrick Zachmann, “Nouveau Paris,” Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel

Category 10: Special Packages/Projects (47)
Gold: “Travel Now,” Travel + Leisure, Joan Juliet Buck, Jasper Becker, Nick Higgins, Shane Mitchell, Mitchell Owens, Jeff Wise, Rebecca Mead
Silver: “Taste of Travel,” National Geographic Traveler, Keith Bellows, Editor-in-Chief
Bronze: “Suddenly Last Weekend,” The Washington Post, K.C. Summers, Travel Editor
Honorable Mention: “On the Road with Reid: Round Ireland” MSNBC.com, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, Reid Bramblett, author

Category 11: Self-Illustrated Article (102)
Gold: Chris Welsch, “Postcards From Rome,” Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Silver: Gary Porter, “Burning Man’s Warm Welcome,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bronze: Mark Downey, “A Chance to Shine,” World & I Magazine
Honorable Mention: Alan Berner, “The Day the Sheep Take Idaho,” The Seattle Times

Category 12: Article on Land Travel (40)
Gold: Michael Lewis, “The Mark Twain Trail,” Slate
Silver: Alan Solomon, “The Great American Train Ride,” Chicago Tribune
Bronze: Cindy Loose, “Sarasota by Segway,” The Washington Post

Category 13: Article on Marine Travel (49)
Gold: Toni Stroud, “The Nile,” Chicago Tribune
Silver: Glen Petrie, “Northwest Passage,” Cruise Travel
Bronze: Spud Hilton, “Portable Port,” San Francisco Chronicle
Honorable Mention: Alison DaRosa, “Freight and Sea,” San Diego Union-Tribune

Category 14: Article on Adventure Travel (53)
Gold: Peter Benchley, “Return to the Deep,” National Geographic Traveler
Silver: Steve Hendrix, “Rafting’s Flip Side,” The Washington Post
Bronze: Anne Chalfant, “Chill in Whistler,” Contra Costa Times
Honorable Mention: Joe Glickman, “It Started in Texas,” San Antonio Express-News

Category 15: Travel News/Investigative Reporting (16)
Gold: Gary Stoller, “In-flight Entertainment Systems Linked to Scores of Jet ‘Difficulties,’” USA Today
Silver: Carl Hoffman, “Into Harm’s Way,” National Geographic Adventure
Bronze: Jeff Greenwald, “Burma: A Tourist’s Paradox,” Yoga Journal

Category 16: Service-Oriented Consumer Article (92)
Gold: Alison DaRosa, “Do Research Before Plunking Down Money for Time Share,” San Diego Union-Tribune
Silver: Barry Golson, “La Vida Cheapo,” AARP The Magazine
Bronze: Andrew Nelson, “Insider’s New Orleans,” National Geographic Traveler

Category 17: Environmental Tourism Article (42)
Gold: Kira Salak, “Places of Darkness,” National Geographic Adventure
Silver: David Sharp, “Dam Nation,” Via
Bronze: W. Hodding Carter, “Without a Paddle,” Outside
Honorable Mention: Jonathan B. Tourtellot, “Destination Scorecard,” National Geographic Traveler

Category 18: Cultural Tourism Article (91)
Gold: R.W. Apple Jr., “Vietnam,” Town & Country Travel
Silver: Sally and John Macdonald, “Charleston’s Hidden History,” The Seattle Times
Bronze: Ed Readicker-Henderson, “Under the Protection of the Cow Demon,” “The Best Travelers’ Tales 2004”
Honorable Mention: Stephen Beaumont and Janet Forman, “Juke Joint Jumping!” Discovery Magazine

Category 19: Personal Comment (113)
Gold: Kari J. Bodnarchuk, “Mission to Rwanda,” Points of Entry, Christopher Newport University Journal
Silver: Pico Iyer, “The Magic of Flight,” Via and AAA World magazines
Bronze: Michael Gorra, “Innocents Abroad?” Travel + Leisure
Honorable Mention: Carl Purcell, “Musings: Witness to History,” Hemispheres

Category 20: Travel Book (27)
Gold: “Making Connections: Mother-Daughter Travel Adventures,” Wendy Knight, Editor, Seal Press
Silver: “Desert Memories: Journeys Through the Chilean North,” by Ariel Dorfman, National Geographic Society
Bronze: “The Kindness of Strangers,” Don George, Editor, Lonely Planet Publications

Category 21: Guidebook (42)
Gold: “Moon Handbooks: Four Corners,” Julian Smith, Avalon Travel Publishing
Silver: “Lonely Planet: USA,” Jeff Campbell & team, Lonely Planet Publications
Bronze: “Brooklyn: The Ultimate Guide to New York’s Most Happening Borough,” Ellen Freudenheim with Anna Wiener, St. Martin’s Press
Honorable Mention: “Foghorn Outdoors: California Beaches,” Parke Puterbaugh & Alan Bisbort, Avalon Travel Publishing

Category 22: Internet Publication/Website (15)
Gold: LonelyPlanet.com, Tamar Lowell, Global Online Products Manager
Silver: TravelTools.net, Reid Bramblett, Author-Editor.
Bronze: Frommers.com, Robert Bosch, Associate Director, and David Lytle, Editorial Producer
Honorable Mention: TurkeyTravelPlanner.com, Tom Brosnahan, Owner

Category 23: Internet Travel Article (43)
Gold: Rolf Potts, “Virgin Trail: Travels in the Other Central America,” Slate
Silver: Reid Bramblett, “Endangering Our National Parks,” MSNBC.com, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel
Bronze: Seth Stevenson, “Tokyo on One Cliche a Day,” Slate