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| 2008 | |
| · | Consumer Reports received the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service, sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists for a series on health care. |
| 2007 | |
| · | Consumer Reports received an Honorable Mention from the National Press Club for “Caution: The Secret Score Behind Your Auto Insurance.” |
| · | ConsumerReports.org received an award from The Society of Professional Journalists for its online package “Profits vs. Patients: CR Investigates Nursing Homes.” The society cited it for not folding under bullying by nursing homes that demanded retractions. |
| 2006 | |
| · | A 2006 National Press Club Award for consumer journalism was given for “New Concerns About Ionizing Air Cleaners” and “Air Cleaners: Some Do Little Cleaning,” twinned CR investigative reports on air cleaners that clean poorly and, in some cases, create significant levels of ozone. |
| · | Honorable Mention from the National Press Club for “What Salespeople Aren’t Telling You About Annuities,” in the March 2005 issue of the Consumer Reports Money Adviser. CR warned consumers of the typical sales pitches agents make, explained the different types of annuities, let readers know when it’s a good idea to bail out of one they’ve already purchased and—if they still want to buy an annuity—how to ensure that they are dealing with a financially sound company. |
| · | ConsumerReports.org was honored with both a Webby, the leading international honor for Web sites, and a People’s Voice Award in the category of Guides/Ratings/Reviews from The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. The site also received a Best of the Web Award from the Media Industry Newsletter, which pays tribute to magazine excellence online. |
| · | Consumers Union received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner’s Special Citation. It cited CU “for outstanding leadership, strong commitment to consumer participation, and the unassailable integrity of consumer information.” |
| · | CU’s animated video “The Drugs I Need,” was honored with a Grassroots Innovation Award for the use of technology from the Public Affairs Council. The award recognizes the nation’s best grassroots programs and campaigns. |
| 2005 | |
| · | Consumer Reports' two-part series on product recalls won the prestigious National Press Club Consumer Journalism Award. Part one of the series, "The Trouble with Product Recalls," by Senior Editor Tod Marks, appeared in the August 2004 issue; part two, "Hazard in Aisle 5," by Senior Editors Mari McQueen and Jeff Blyskal, appeared in the November 2004 issue. |
| · | ConsumerReports.org was honored with a Webby Award and a People's Voice Award in the category of Guides/Ratings/Reviews. Hailed as "the online Oscars" by Time Magazine, the Webby Awards are the leading international honor for Web sites and the people behind them. Sites are judged on content, structure and navigation, visual design, functionality, interactivity, and overall experience. |
| · | The February 2005 Consumer Reports report, "The Unexpected Dangers of Indoor Tanning," won a Golden Triangle Award for Excellence from the American Academy of Dermatology. Senior Editor Doug Podolsky wrote the article. The investigation for this story involved telephone calls to 300 suntan parlors across the United States, a task accomplished under the supervision of Deputy Editor Ron Buchheim, who edited the story. |
| · | In its June issue story on the best health newsletters, Real Simple magazine's panel of experts ranked Consumer Reports on Health newsletter "outstanding in all respects." The description states, "On Health delivers the kind of smart, thorough advice that readers of Consumer Reports (its sister publication) have come to expect." The newsletter was also rated tops in the general health category "as one of the longest (15 pages) and most comprehensive newsletters." |
| · | "Drugs vs. Talk Therapy," in the October 2004 issue of Consumer Reports, has won first place among national magazines in the 2005 Mental Health Media Awards given by the nonprofit National Mental Health Association. Written by Senior Editor Nancy Metcalf, this story is based in part on a questionnaire survey written and analyzed by Survey Research Program Leader Donato Vaccaro. This report helped fill a crucial information gap about the role of drugs and talk therapy in the treatment of depression and anxiety. |
| · | Consumer Reports won the 2004 Sigma Delta Chi Public Service Award for magazine journalism for its May 2004 report, "Dangerous Supplements Still at Large." The award, presented by the prestigious Society of Professional Journalists, recognizes a magazine that renders public service through extensive coverage of an issue facing society. The story was written by Senior Editor Nancy Metcalf and Assistant Editor Jamie Kopf. |
| · | "Dangerous Supplements Still at Large" also won an award for "Excellence in Healthcare Journalism" from the Association of Healthcare Journalists, another highly regarded professional organization. |
| · | Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs (www.ConsumerReportsBestBuyDrugs.org), along with the Oregon-based Drug Effectiveness Review Project, won a Real Deal Award from Community Catalyst's Prescription Access Litigation Project (PAL). The Real Deal Award was recognition "for providing unbiased and independent information about prescription drugs." The announcement said, "Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs does for drugs what Consumer Reports has done for years with cars, dishwashers and normal consumer products." |
| 2004 | |
| · | Consumer Reports won a Newswomen's Club of New York Front Page Award for its October 2003 investigative report, "Stop Thieves From Stealing You." Associate Editor Mari McQueen created a landmark report on identity theft, which is one of the most insidious practices threatening consumers today. The Front Page Awards recognize the achievements of outstanding women in the news media, and they have done so since 1938. To decide on the winners, panels of highly respected judges read through hundreds of entries representing the best reporting. |
| · | Consumer Reports won a Journalism Award from the National Association of Real Estate Editors for its January 2004 "Housewrecked: Shoddy Home Construction" report, written by Mari McQueen, Associate Editor. The article won in the category of Best General Circulation Magazine Report. In their citation, the expert judging panel wrote, "This article warned of the hazards of new-home buying and identified what has become a national problem because of a housing construction boom and a growing demand for housing. The article looked at a problem that has been dealt with journalistically at the local level and gave it a national spin, including interviews with people who have experienced problems with defective housing. And importantly, it called for government action and gave advice to consumers on how to get help." |
| · | Consumer Reports won a National Magazine Award for its July 2003 "Pets & Vets" package, written by Jeff Blyskal, Senior Editor. In their citation, the National Magazine Award judges wrote: "Consumer Reports promises its readers well-researched, authoritative articles that will help them make informed purchasing decisions. Its report on the costs and pitfalls of taking care of your pet's health provides advice that pet owners can immediately use to curb their vet bills. Clear writing, informative sidebars, and at-a-glance charts enhance the package." |
| 2003 | |
| · | ConsumerReports.org, the largest publication-based subscription site on the web with more than 1,000,000 paid subscribers, won MIN's (Media Industry Newsletter) Best of the Web Award in the category of Premium Site, Consumer Winner, Consumer Reports for American Consumer. MIN is a highly regarded trade publication for the magazine and web publishing industry. |
| 2002 | |
| · | Consumers Union was one of five recipients of the Alliance to Save Energy's annual award for outstanding work to promote energy efficiency. |
| · | ConsumerReports.org won a Standard of Excellence award in the 2002 WebAward Competition, for its entry "Consumer Champion Makes Products, Services, and the Marketplace Better for Consumers in the 21st Century." From the Web Marketing Association, an independent volunteer organization founded with the purpose of evaluating, recognizing and increasing the standard of excellence on the World Wide Web. |
| · | ConsumerReports.org was a finalist in the Service Journalism category of the Online News Association awards. |
| · | Consumer Reports writer Nancy Metcalf was the recipient of an award from the National Partnership for Immunization for the Consumer Reports vaccine series. The winning stories are "How safe are vaccines?" (August 2001), which focused on childhood immunizations, and "Adult Vaccines: Missed Shots" (November, 2001), which examine a little known preventable tragedy-the death of some 40,000 U.S. adults each year because they failed to get needed vaccines. |
| 2001 | |
| · | Media Industry News magazine named ConsumerReports.org to its New Media 50 List in its Spring/Summer issue. CR.org was ranked number ten on the list. |
| · | Ed Miller, Program Leader Tech/Chemical & Textiles, a CU employee since 1950, was honored with an ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) Award of Merit. He also received the accompanying title of Fellow. |
| · | The Consumer Reports Complete Guide to Health Services for Seniors, written by Trudy Lieberman, has been named one of the 24 best consumer health books of 2000 by the Library Journal. |
| · | Simon Aronin, Senior Director of Circulation, was this year's recipient of the Fulfillment Management Association's Lee C. William Award, presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the periodical publishing circulation field during their careers. |
| 2000 | |
| · | Consumer Reports was named a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Personal Service, for "Relief for the Rx Blues," published in October 1999. |
| · | Zillions was named a finalist for two EDPRESS Distinguished Achievement Awards from the Educational Press Association of America. |
| · | CU was named one of the "Folio: 40" by Folio magazine, recognizing us as one of the "fastest-growing companies in the magazine industry" based on overall revenue growth, 1997-1999. |
| · | For CR Online, CU was named one the Top 50 Private companies by Red Herring magazine, which covers the technology industry. |
| · | Trudy Lieberman, Director of CU's Center for Consumer Health Choices, was awarded a fellowship for working journalists and academics at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. |
| · | Harry Snyder, Senior Advocate and former Director of the West Cost Regional Office, was selected by the Gerbode Foundation to receive the Gerobe Professional Development Award, administered through the University of California, Berkeley School of Social Welfare. |
| · | Marvin M. Lipman, M.D., CU's Chief Medical Advisor, was elected to the board of the US Pharmacopoeia as Trustee representing the Public. |
| · | The magazine eCompany Now named Consumer Reports as one of only eleven companies that have figured out "what works" on the Web in its August issue. |
| · | In June, our report on aftermarket auto parts (February 1999), written by Jeff Blyskal, received the 2000 Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, one of the highest honors in the journalism profession. |
| · | CU's legal team on the Isuzu and Suzuki case, including Norma Garcia of the West Coast Regional Office, were finalists for the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award given by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. |
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