Barbara Jordan Media Awards Winners Announced

Barbara Jordan Media Awards Winners Announced

 AUSTIN – The Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities has announced the winners of the 30^th Annual Barbara Jordan Media Awards for pieces produced in 2012. Winners in each of the categories were chosen by a panel of judges, including journalists, professionals in the field of disabilities, and people with disabilities.

The winners will be honored at the Barbara Jordan Media Awards Ceremony dinner on Saturday, April 13, at 7:00 p.m. at College Park Center on the campus of The University of Texas at Arlington. The event is hosted by The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Communication, and is open to the public by reservation. Anita Foster, Regional Chief Communications Officer of American Red Cross North Texas Region is the keynote speaker, and Stephen Booher, Organizational Development Specialist for the City of Arlington is the emcee. Joe Bontke, Chair of the Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities, will present the awards.

For more information on the awards ceremony, please contact Jo Virgil with the Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities at jo.virgil@governor.state.tx.us or (512) 463-5740. For ticket purchases and sponsorship information, visit the UTA Tickets website at http://utatickets.com/.

The winners of the 2013 Barbara Jordan Media Awards are:

 BOOK:

• Shouting in the Dark by John Bramblitt, Denton
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• http://www.globepequot.com/shouting_in_the_dark-9780762780075

 PHOTOJOURNALISM:

• A Will to Walk (Videography) by Mario Sandoval, KRGV-TV, Weslaco
• http://www.krgv.com/videos/nicholas-tijerina-i-will-walk-again/

 PRINT FEATURE:

• Private Battles/War Wounds by David Tarrant, Dallas Morning News
• http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20120630-combat-medicine-advances-deliver-quadruple-amputee-from-brink.ece

 PRINT FEATURE SERIES:

• Zach’s Journey by Marc Ramirez, Dallas Morning News
• http://governor.state.tx.us/files/disabilities/Zach_pages_2012.pdf

 INTERNET:

• Moving Mountains (Declaring Independence) by Kelly West, Austin American Statesman
• http://www.statesman.com/news/lifestyles/declaring-independence-students-losing-their-vis-2/nRkmt/

 SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION, INDIVIDUAL:

• 225^th Birthday Celebration: Erastus “Deaf” Smith Exhibit and Tours by Steve C. Baldwin, PhD, Austin
• Exhibit held at the Capitol and various other locations across Texas

 TV DOCUMENTARY:

Healing Heroes by Chie Saito, YNN-TV, Austin

• Part I: http://austin.ynn.com/content/284824/healing-heroes--treating-a-generation-of-wounded-warriors
• Part 2: http://austin.ynn.com/content/284860/healing-heroes--fort-sam-houston-rooted-deep-in-history
• Part 3: http://austin.ynn.com/content/top_stories/284885/healing-heroes--treatment-both-simple--complex-reshapes-lives-of-combat-warriors/
• Part 4: http://austin.ynn.com/content/top_stories/284898/healing-heroes--as-the-war-dies-down--burn-center-s-future-evolves/
• Part 5: http://austin.ynn.com/content/284920/healing-heroes--medical-research-proves-vital-on-battlefield
• Part 6: http://austin.ynn.com/content/284944/healing-heroes--support-center-helps-wounded-warriors--families-heal

 TV FEATURE:

• I Will Run by Greg Groogan and Mark Muller, KRIV-TV, Houston
• http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/20162348/2012/11/21/wounded-warrior-runs-with-one-of-a-kind-prosthetic-leg?clienttype=printable

 TV FEATURE, EXT:

• Never Losing Focus by Bob Phillips Productions, Texas Country Reporter, Dallas
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDY5eKfh4Sw

STUDENT, HIGH SCHOOL:

• Students Seek to Serve by Joey Hadden, Rockwall High School
• http://governor.state.tx.us/files/disabilities/Students_Seek_to_Serve.pdf

STUDENT, COLLEGE:

• Once Again by John Spottswood Moore, Austin