2004   Honorable Mention, Interactivity, MIN Media Industry Awards. To Ladies’ Home Journal Online (LHJ.com).

2003   Webawards, Standard of Excellence honors. To Better Homes and Gardens Online (BHG.com) and Ladies’ Home             Journal Online (LHJ.com).

2003   Forbes’ Magazine Best of the Web, Annual Citations. To Better Homes and Gardens Online (BHG.com): First place,             Gardening and Decorating; Third place, Home Improvement.

2003   First Place, MIN Media Industry Awards. To BHG.com for overall excellence.

2002   Outstanding Achievement, Web Marketing Association. To Ladies’ Home Journal Online.

2002   Forbes’ Magazine Best of the Web, Annual Citations. To BHG.com: First Place, Decorating.

As Editorial Director, Scholastic Inc.

2000   Finalist, The Golden Lamp Award, Educational Press Association of America. Science World (circ. 378,000).             Magazine was one of four finalists of 200 entries to win the top honor for magazines for children in the United States.

2000   First Prize, How-to-Feature, Educational Press Association of America. SuperScience, a magazine for 3rd-6th             graders. For Toy-Tester, a poster teaching students the scientific method.

1999   Parent’s Guide To Children’s Media. Science World (circ. 366,000).
            Magazine received the top honor of more than 300 nominees in this competition to recognize the best product for             children among magazines, video products, CD-ROMS and books.

1999   Finalist, The Golden Lamp Award, Educational Press Association of America. Science World. Magazine was one of             four finalists of 200 entries to win the top honor for magazines for children in the United States.

1999   Runner-Up, Most Improved Publication, EdPress Association. Scholastic News/Upper Grades (circ. 2 million).             Magazine was one of three finalists of hundreds of entries to name the most improved publication over a two-year             period, with focus on editorial content and design.

1999   7 Distinguished Achievement Awards, EdPress Association. Magazines under my supervision at Scholastic received             5 awards in a range of editing and art & design categories. Science World honors for best poster series.

1998   Parent’s Choice Honors. Science World.
            Magazine received the single top honor out of more than 300 nominees.

1998   7 Distinguished Achievement Awards, Educational Press Association of America. Magazines under my supervision             at Scholastic received 7 awards in a range of editing and art & design categories.

1997   Parent’s Choice Silver Award. Science World was one of eight winners nationally in this magazine competition that             honors editorial and artistic excellence among thousands of children’s/teen magazines, games, CD-ROMs and other             products.

1997   6 Distinguished Achievement Awards, Educational Press Association of America. Magazines under my supervision             at Scholastic received 6 awards in a range of editing, writing and art & design categories.

1996   10 Distinguished Achievement Awards, Educational Press Association of America. Magazines under my              supervision at Scholastic received 10 awards in a range of editing, writing and art & design categories.

Scholastic Inc. Honor:

1998   One of four honorees named by executive vice president for enhancing the profitability and editorial quality of the             Classroom Magazine group.

As a Reporter and Columnist at Newsday/New York Newsday and a Freelance Writer

1995    First Prize, Beat Reporting. Newswomen’s Club of New York, Front Page
             Awards. For transportation coverage in New  York Newsday, with citation to
             a series of stories on the 54,000 subway delays in 1994. Based on
             extensive computerized database analysis; project presented a line-by-line              review for consumers.

1994   Third Place, New York State Associated Press Contest. For Continuing              Coverage, large newspapers. For a series of New York Newsday stories
             about the New York City taxi industry, including a probe on the TLC’s failure to              discipline cab drivers for dangerous traffic violations. Series led to a wide
             group of changes in the monitoring of the taxicab industry by  the New York
             State Department of Motor Vehicles, including stiff new penalties approved by              the Legislature for taxi  drivers convicted of Driving While Intoxicated or Driving              Under the Influence.

1994   Distinguished Achievement Award, How-to Feature, Adult categories.             Educational Press Association of America.  For “155 A+ Tips,” a Family Circle             magazine back-to-school piece offering tips on turning mediocre students into             motivated achievers.

1994   Honorable Mention, Benjamin Fine Journalism Awards, National Association
            of Secondary School Principles, magazine category. For Family Circle back-to-
            school piece.

1993   Distinguished Achievement Award, How-to Feature. Educational Press Association of America. For “175 A+ Tips,” a             Family Circle magazine back-to-school piece offering tips on preparing a child for each of the elementary school             grades.

1992   Pulitzer Prize. Local Reporting. Led reporting of all legal and court matters in the August, 1991 fatal subway crash at             Union Square. Executed detailed news and feature stories analyzing charges of manslaughter and murder against             motorman Robert Ray. Pulitzer awarded to reporting team.

1990   First Prize. Newswomen’s Club of New York, Front Page Awards. Series category. For “My Year as a Teacher,” a
            nine-part New York Newsday series detailing my experiences teaching eighth-grade math at a Brooklyn junior high             school.

1989   First Prize. New York Press Club, Feature Writing. For “My Year as a Teacher.”

1989   Grand Prize. National Awards for Education Reporting, awarded by the Education Writers Association to the best of
            17 first-prize winners in all broadcast and print categories. For “My Year as a Teacher.”

1988   Second Prize. National Awards for Education Reporting, Series Category. For New York Newsday articles on the city             public schools.

1988   Peter Kihss Award for Outstanding Reporting on New York City Government. By the Fund for the City of New York.             For coverage of the New York City Board of Education and the public schools during the 1986-87 and 1987-88 school             years.

1987   Grand Prize, National Awards for Education Reporting, by the Education Writers Association. Awarded to the best of             14 first-place winners in all broadcast and print categories. For a collection of New York Newsday stories on problems             in the New York City public schools.

1987   First Place, Golden Apple Awards Contest, News-feature writing. Presented by New York State United Teachers for             excellence in coverage of education and the teaching profession. For a piece on the tedious process by which teachers             were licensed in New York City. Series led to extensive changes in the requirements and process used to secure a             New York City teaching license.

1985   Third Place, Business-Finance, New York State Associated Press Association. For a series about Long Island              vitamin makers who made misleading claims about the efficacy of their products.

1985   Honorable Mention, Business-Finance, New York State AP Association. For a Newsday story about the failure of
            firms who received state Job Development Authority loans to produce promised jobs and failure of JDA to monitor firms’             progress.

1984   Third Place, Business-Finance, New York State AP Association. For a Newsday feature on a Long Island firm that             struggled to rebuild after a fire destroyed its inventory and records.

1983   First Place & Jacqueline Z. Radin Memorial Award, Newswomen’s Club of New York Front Page Awards. Given to             most promising female journalist in the New York City area with three years’ experience or less. For a Newsday             Magazine story on the reasons drug companies shy from researching and manufacturing “orphan” drugs to treat rare             diseases.

1981   Second Place, Business Writing, New Jersey Press Association. For stories in The Home News, New Brunswick,             N.J. about the growing pains of Church & Dwight Co., the maker of Arm & Hammer baking soda and other products.

Newsday Honors:

1994   First place, Specialist-Beat Reporting. Annual Publisher’s Awards. For coverage of transportation in New York City.

1987   Second place, Beat Reporting. Annual Publisher’s Awards. For coverage of the New York City public school system.

1984   Second place, Feature Writing. Annual Publisher’s Awards. For a collection of feature stories, including a piece for             The Newsday Magazine on female body builders.

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