Congratulations and Thanks!
Congratulations to the 2008 Journalists of the Year, Alan Judd and Andy Miller of the AJC, recognized tonight at the annual awards gala for their 2007 series on Georgia’s mental hospitals. Congratulations also to the JOY category winners: Janet Conley of The Daily Report, Kyra Phillips of CNN, Dana Fowle of WAGA-TV, Joe Ivansco of the AJC and Jason Bronis of The Associated Press. Atlanta and Georgia journalists from the AJC, Bloomberg News, Georgia Trend magazine, Marietta Daily Journal, News/Talk 750 WSB, Georgia Public Broadcasting and GPB Radio also picked up Green Eyeshade Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), which partnered with us for the evening. Thanks to SPJ, our sponsors, the gala committee and our featured speaker, Bob Edwards of XM Satellite Radio and Public Radio International, who enlightened us with his ideas on the state of journalism today (see above). It was a wonderful evening!