Miller-McCune Receives Utne Independent Press Award

SANTA BARBARA, CA, May 18 (MARKET WIRE) --
Utne, the nation's leading magazine of alternative ideas, announced today
that Miller-McCune has earned the Utne Independent Press Award in the
category of Science & Technology Coverage.

"Over the course of 2008, Miller-McCune proved that 'solidly researched
solutions for the country's major problems' can grace magazine pages in an
engaging, accurate, and accessible fashion," says David Schimke, Utne
editor.

On its Web site, Utne reveals some of what drew it to honor
Miller-McCune: "'Is this the future of the war on drugs?' the
November-December 2008 cover booms. The piece inside unpacks an
unprecedented experiment in public health: a supervised injection site for
Vancouver heroin addicts. Every article rivals the cover stories for bang
and punch. The ethical differences between liberals and conservatives.
Why global aging will extend U.S. dominance. The health benefits of
designing nature-like spaces indoors. Miller-McCune uplifts public
discourse with decidedly non-wonky panache."

Since 1989, the Independent Press Awards have showcased the best from the
alternative press in categories ranging from reporting excellence to
personal life, cultural to international coverage.

Utne's award comes shortly after Miller-McCune was named by The Library
Journal as one of the 10 Best Magazines in 2009. Earlier this year, Mr.
Magazine, Samir Husni, named Miller-McCune one of the Hottest Launches of
2008, while the National Council of Crime and Delinquency and the John Jay
College for Criminal Justice honored Miller-McCune authors. Miller-McCune
is published by the Miller-McCune Center for Research, Media, and Public
Policy, a non-profit corporation founded by Sara Miller McCune, founder of
Sage Publications.

"We want to thank our editors, authors, and staff," says Miller-McCune
spokeswoman Geane deLima. "We'd also like to congratulate the others
nominated in this category, which includes Science News, The Scientist,
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, California, IEEE Spectrum, Stanford,
and Technology Review. There is tremendous amount of regard and
dedication that goes into all of these publications."

Winners of the Utne Independent Press Awards were awarded on May 17th
during an awards banquet held in conjunction with MPA 6th Annual
Independent Magazine Group Conference in Boulder, Colo.

"The award is recognition of the work that we've fallen in love with over
the course of the year," said Schimke. "Hopefully it shows the editors,
writers, and the publishers of these periodicals that 'Hey, you're doing
good work.' Stick with it. Be proud of it."

The Utne Independent Press Awards, www.utne.com, recognize excellence in
alternative and independent publishing. Utne's editors select nominee
publications through their extensive reading process and careful
examination of 1,300 publications. Utne magazine, the nation's leading
digest of the alternative media, has a paid circulation of 225,000.

About Miller-McCune: Miller-McCune, a national print magazine, and its
online cousin, Miller-McCune.com, are published by the Miller-McCune
Center for Research, Media and Public Policy, a nonprofit public benefit
corporation founded in September 2007 by Sara Miller McCune, founder of
Sage Publications, a leading international publisher of academic books and
journals. In addition to its magazine and Web site, the Santa Barbara,
Calif.-based center offers internship and fellowship programs that guide
developing journalists interested in policy solutions.

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