Whatcom Watch Wins Press Award

Whatcom Watch along with some local writers were recognized at the 2010 Washington Press Association Awards held April 16 at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

John Lesow (pictured at left), a Whatcom Watch contributor over the years, accepted four Communicator of Excellence awards for works he published in Northwest Citizen, the online news source run by locally by John Servais.

Jennifer Karchmer (pictured at right), current editor of Whatcom Watch, received three Communicator of Excellence awards recognizing her reporting from Vancouver, B.C. of the 2010 Winter Olympics. She won First Place for Social Issues & Minority Affairs (Non-Daily Publication) with her story “Not All Fun and Games: The Hidden Costs of the Olympics,” which appeared in the March 2010 edition of Whatcom Watch. The other two awards recognize her reporting and photo illustration she self-published as a freelance journalist at www.jenniferkarchmer.com.

Western Washington University students Ben Woodard and Adrienne Woods earned Investigative/Watchdog and Breaking News citations for articles they wrote for the Western Front. WWU student Kayley Richards received a First Place award for her editorial “The Gift of a Lifetime” that appeared in Klipsun magazine, another student publication.

Other Washington news outlets that were acknowledged in the 2010 awards include: the News Tribune, The Olympian, Seattle Business Magazine, Seattle Magazine and the Kitsap Sun.

The Washington Press Association is affiliated with the National Federation of Press Women www.nfpw.org.

For more info: www.washingtonpressassociation.com.