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SATW FOUNDATION
LOWELL THOMAS TRAVEL JOURNALISM COMPETITION
24 Years of Rewarding Journalists for Outstanding Work in the Field
The SATW Foundation sponsors the annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. The competition began in 1985, and today awards nearly $20,000 annually in prize money for outstanding work in print and on the Internet. It is the premier competition in this field, like the Pulitzer Prizes for travel journalism. It has gained its stature for several reasons, most notably:
- it does not promote any particular destination or travel product,
- it is open to all North American journalists, not just SATW members, and
- it is judged independently by the faculty at top U.S. schools of journalism.
AND THE WINNERS ARE...
Click here for a list of 2007 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism winners
Click here for Judges' Comments on the 2007 winning entires
Click here for Press Release on the 2007 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism winners
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Results of 2007 Lowell Thomas Travel
Journalism Competition Announced
The Boston Globe and National Geographic Traveler magazine are the top winners in the 23rd annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition.
The Boston Globe led newspapers with six awards. The Chicago Tribune and Minneapolis Star Tribune each won four awards, the Portland Oregonian three and the Miami Herald and Los Angeles Times two each.
Among magazines, National Geographic Traveler won five awards, including the gold for Best Travel Magazine. National Geographic Adventure took five awards and Outside earned four. Travel + Leisure and Departures each won three.
The winners were announced October 8 in Manchester, England, at the annual convention of the Society of American Travel Writers, the professional organization of travel writers and communicators.
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2007 Winners of Lowell Thomas Awards
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2007 winners of Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards were honored at the recent SATW Convention in Manchester, England. L-R: Randy Curwen, Chicago Tribune; Jane Woolridge, Miami Herald; David Molyneaux, President of SATW Foundation and newspaper travel section winner; Roger Toll, special packages; and Chris Baker, guidebooks. | Of the 81 awards this year, the top individual winner is Tom Haines of The Boston Globe, who took the gold as Travel Journalist of the Year. He will receive $1,500. Judges lauded Haines for his skill for detail and elegant style. Also in the grand-award category, the silver went to Alan Solomon of the Chicago Tribune and bronze to Rosemary McClure of the Los Angeles Times.
The Los Angeles Times earned the gold for Best Newspaper Travel Section with a circulation of at least 500,000. In the circulation class of 350,000 to 499,999, the Toronto Globe and Mail took gold, and for circulation under 350,000, California’s Orange County Register won the top place.
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