Ocean Home Magazine Garners Two Awards from the National Association of Real Est

ate Editors Annual Journalism Competition

Luxury lifestyle publication receives accolades in two categories: Best Shelter
Publication and Best Real Estate, Mortgage or Financial Report in a Magazine.
Boston, MA - June 18, 2010 -- The National Association of Real Estate Editors (N
AREE) announced the winners of its 60th Annual Journalism Awards at its conferen
ce on June 4, 2010, recognizing luxury oceanfront lifestyle publication, Ocean H
ome magazine, in two categories.
Ocean Home received second place in NAREE's journalism awards category for Best
Shelter Publication. In a comment about Ocean Home magazine, judges said,Using t
he most stunning photography of any entry in the contest, this magazine is for t
hose who dream about a life of leisure by the seashore. The articles and photogr
aphs suggest many useful ways to improve or design both interior and exterior en
vironments.
Additionally, Ocean Home contributor Scott Kaufmann received NAREE's second plac
e award for Best Real Estate, Mortgage or Financial Report in a Magazine (see Wh
y Dubai is Being Downsized). Judges commented on Kaufmann's piece, stating, A n
ice mix of information complimented with stunning photography, this story about
commercial real estate in Dubai provides an eye-opening reassessment of developm
ent in what many consider a paradise.
NAREE's Journalism Awards program recognizes excellence in reporting, writing, a
nd editing stories about residential, commercial, and financial real estate and
home and design. NAREE's 60th Annual Journalism Awards featured a near-record nu
mber of entries from professional journalists across the country, the group anno
unced, with winners named in 25 categories. All award winners were selected by a
panel of expert judges from the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio Univ
ersity. Professor Patrick S. Washburn, a former news reporter and editor, chaire
d the panel of jurors.
The following is a full list of category winners:
Category 1: Best Residential Real Estate Report in a Daily Newspaper. Winner: Ti
m Logan and Kevin Crowe, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Second Place: Lori Weisberg, S
an Diego Union-Tribune. Honorable Mention: Bob Hagerty, Wall Street Journal.
Category 2: Best Mortgage or Financial Real Estate Report in a Daily Newspaper.
Winner: Mary Shanklin, Orlando Sentinel. Second Place: Lori Weisberg, San Diego
Union-Tribune.
Category 3: Best Commercial Real Estate Report in a Daily Newspaper. Winner: Ant
on Troianovski, Wall Street Journal. Second Place: Kris Hudson, Wall Street Jour
nal.
Category 4: Best Report in a Daily Newspaper under 250,000 Circulation. Winner:
Carol Hazard, Richmond Times-Dispatch. Second Place: Josh Brown, The Virginian-P
ilot.
Category 5: Best Report in a Weekly Business Newspaper. Winner: Kari Hamanaka, C
alifornia Real Estate Journal. Second Place: Kim A. O'Connell, Onsite/Washington
Business Journal.
Category 6: Best Real Estate, Mortgage or Financial Report in a Magazine. Winner
: Lisa Gibbs, Money Magazine. Second Place: Scott Kaufmann, Ocean Home Magazine.
Category 7: Best Trade Magazine Report for the Residential Real Estate, Mortgage
/Finance, or Homebuilding/Residential Development Industries. Winner: Matt Power
, Green Builder Magazine. Second Place: Jenny Sullivan, Builder Magazine.
Category 8: Best Trade Magazine Report for the Commercial Real Estate Industry.
Winner: Les Shaver, Multifamily Executive. Second Place: Rachel Azoff, Multifami
ly Executive.
Category 9: Best Residential Real Estate or Mortgage/Finance Report or Feature.
Winner: John Gittelsohn, Bloomberg News. Second Place: Karen Aho, MSN Real Estat
e.
Category 10: Best Commercial Real Estate Report. Winner: Daniel Taub and Ari Lev
y, Bloomberg News. Second Place: Andrew Deichler, CoStar.com News.
Category 11: Best Blog. Winner: lIyce Glink, Home Equity Moneywatch.Bnet.com. Se
cond Place: Tim Bryant and Tim Logan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Category 12: Best Broadcast Report Online, Radio or Television Local, Network or
Cable Channels. Winner: John Wordock (with Ann Cates), MarketWatch.com and Mark
etWatch Radio Network. Second Place: Rebecca Teagarden, Seattle Times.
Category 13: Best Home and Design Feature. Winner: Aisha Sultan, St. Louis Post-
Dispatch. Second Place: Mary Beth Breckenridge, Akron Beacon Journal.
Category 14: Best Column. Winner: Ken Harney, Washington Post Writers Group. Sec
ond Place: Lew Sichelman, United Features Syndicate.
Category 15: Best Series. Winner: Kirsten Grind, Puget Sound Business Journal. S
econd Place: Michael M. Phillips, Wall Street Journal.
Category 16: Best Collection of Work by an Individual. Winner: Lori Weisberg, Sa
n Diego Union Tribune. Second Place: Mary Shanklin, Orlando Sentinel. Honorable
Mention: Carol Hazard, Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Category 17: Best Newspaper Real Estate or Home Section More Than 250,000 Circul
ation. Winner: Stacy Downs, Kansas City Star. Second Place: Maryann Haggerty, El
izabeth Razzi, Renae Merle and Dina EIBoghdady, Washington Post.
Category 18: Best Newspaper Real Estate or Home Section Less Than 250,000 Circul
ation. Winner: Michael Gottlieb, California Real Estate Journal. Second Place: P
aul Weideman, Santa Fe New Mexican.
Category 19: Best Shelter Magazine. Winner: Gail Ravgiala, Design New England Ma
gazine. Second Place: Jack Morris, Melissa Gillespie, Ocean Home Magazine.
Category 20: Best Residential Trade Magazine. Winner: Denise Dersin, Builder Mag
azine. Second Place: Kati O'Keefe, Matt Power, Green Builder Magazine.
Category 21: Best Commercial Trade Magazine. Winner: Matt Valley, Sibley Fleming
, Denise Kalette and Jaun Mims, National Real Estate Investor Magazine. Second P
lace: Bryan Pope, Tierra Grande Magazine.
Category 22: Best Newsletter. Winner: Danielle Douglas, Distressed Assets Invest
or. Second Place: Daren Blomquist, Foreclosure News Report.
Category 23: Best Website Solely Devoted to Residential or Commercial Real Estat
e and/or Home Design. Winner: Inman News. Second Place: Jean Dimeo, Katy Tomasul
o, Jennifer Goodman, Rick Schwolsky, Shelley Hutchins and Ian Blyth, EcoHome.
Category 24: Best Team Report. Winner: Jeanne Lang Jones and Kirsten Grind, Puge
t Sound Business Journal. Second Place: Dina EIBoghdady and Dan Keating, Washing
ton Post.
Category 25: Best Investigative Report or Series. Winner: Michael Braga, Chris D
avis and Matthew Doig, Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Second Place: Kelly Bennett and
Will Carless, VoiceOfSanDiego.org.
About Ocean Home magazine
Published bi-monthly by RMS Media Inc., Ocean Home puts the luxurious lifestyle
of oceanfront living into the palms of our readers hands. From high-end developm
ents in the Caribbean to private beachfront estates in California, Ocean Home no
t only unveils the dream homes of the world's wealthiest real estate investors,
but also reveals the best travel destinations, the top designs for ocean homes,
and interviews the key players in the next generation of luxury oceanfront livin
g. Ocean Home is available in print and online. For more information visit www.o
ceanhomemag.com, call 978-623-8020, or follow Ocean Home on twitter @oceanhomema
g and Facebook.
About NAREE
NAREE, the National Association of Real Estate Editors, is the only professional
association for the nation's journalists covering residential, commercial and f
inancial real estate and home and design for the consumer, business, and trade m
edia. NAREE members report on real estate finance, housing policy, the environme
nt, urban growth, land use, investment, construction, urban and building design
and related trends. Active members include editors, staff reporters, columnists,
bloggers and freelance writers working in print, broadcast and online media. Mo
re information about NAREE's Journalism Awards is available at www.naree.org.
Contact:
Melissa Gillespie
Ocean Home magazine
Boston, MA
978-623-8020
media@rmsmg.com
http://www.oceanhomemag.com
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