Specialized Information Publishers Foundation Gives 33 Editorial, Marketing Awards

VIENNA, Va.--(Business Wire)--
The Specialized Information Publishers Foundation handed out 33
awards from hundreds of entries at its annual Awards Presentation
Luncheon at the 32nd Annual International Newsletter &
Specialized-Information Publishers Conference in Washington on June 3.

The first-place marketing awards, for Best Print Effort and Best
Non-Print Effort, were named in honor of the late Marjorie Weiner,
former vice president of the Foundation and former President of the
Specialized Information Publishers Association, who was a key force in
convincing the Foundation to add marketing awards to its annual
competition three years ago.

UCG of Rockville, MD, took the largest number of winning entries,
with seven entries selected among the top three submissions in the
editorial categories and two among the top three finishers in the
marketing competition. UCG representatives won two first-place
editorial awards.

Other multiple winners, each with two awards, were AHC Media of
Atlanta (both first-place), Irving Levin & Associates of Norwalk, CT
(both first-place), HCPro, Inc. of Marblehead, MA (one first-place),
and Bongarde Media Co. of Penticton, BC, Canada (one first-place).

First-place winners in each category were:

Best Spot-News Or Exclusive Single-News Story: Burt Schorr, Home
Health Line, DecisionHealth, a division of UCG, Rockville, MD.

Best Investigative Reporting: Max Frumes, The PIPEs Report,
DealFlow Media, Petaluma, CA.

Best Interpretive or Analytical Reporting: Glenn Demby,
Compensation & Benefits Compliance Insider, Bongarde Media Co.
Penticton, BC, Canada.

Best Instructional Reporting: Jason Huffman and Melissa Newman,
Voice Report, CCMI, a division of UCG, Rockville, MD.

Best Financial-Advisory Product: Paul Goodwin, Cabot China &
Emerging Markets Report, Cabot Heritage Corp., Salem, MA.

Best Single-Topic Product: Michael Harris and Amanda Lyle,
BioWorld BioPartnering Report, AHC Media, Atlanta.

Best Reference Publication: Stephen M. Monroe and Sanford B.
Steever, The Health Care M&A Information Service, Irving Levin &
Associates, Norwalk, CT.

Best Directory or Database: Amanda Lyle and Michael Harris,
BioScan: The Worldwide Biotech Industry Reporting Service, AHC Media,
Atlanta.

Best Interactive Content: Brian Murphy, Jonathan Ladd, David
Brickner and Suzie Attwood, Association of Clinical Documentation
Improvement Specialists (ACDIS), HCPro, Inc., Marblehead, MA.

Marketing - Print: Donn Smith and Donna DeWitt, Harvard Medical
School's Perspectives on Prostate Disease, StayWell Consumer Health
Publishing, Stamford, CT.

Marketing - Non-Print: Heather Snead, Personal Finance Package,
KCI Communications, Inc., Falls Church, VA.

(Details of the entries and a list of 2nd and 3rd Place entries
will be posted on the Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Association
Website at www.sipaonline.com.)

For additional information, please call Harry Baisden (703)
992-9339, or e-mail hbaisden@sipaonline.com. For more information
about SIPA, please visit www.sipaonline.com.

Specialized Information Publishers Foundation
Harry Baisden, 703-992-9339
hbaisden@sipaonline.com

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