May 28, 2016– Speedway, IN – Winners of the 2015 All American Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association (AARWBA) National Competition were announced in the IMS Media Center prior to the 100th running of the Indy500. Photojournalist Louise Ann Noeth earned a pair of First-Place awards and an Honorable Mention.
1st | Newspaper Feature Writing
The Inner Workings of Motorsports Sponsorship | Performance Racing Industry
1st | Magazine Technical Writing
Rotors, Pads and Calipers | Performance Racing Industry
Honorable Mention | Photography – Print People
“454 to 0 in Only 2 Miles” | Gearheads For Life
“ The past year has been spent focused on getting the Bonneville Salt Flats restored as well as getting comfortable writing from the business angle for PRI Magazine,” explained Noeth, “Both presented serious challenges to updating skill sets that kept me slightly uncomfortable all year long. I like it that way.”
Noting that PRI Magazine’s Dan Schechner and Meredith Kaplan-Burns are the kind of pros you want editing your work, she added, “They demand clarity, provide comprehensive assignment direction and stay connected throughout the process ensuring that readership is the ultimate winner. And a special “shout out” goes to Tim Cindric who graciously shared his business acumen that set the baseline for the sponsorship piece.
As for the photography nod, she wrapped up with: “Too bad still photos are silent because my shot of Tom Burkland’s Bonneville Streamliner always reminds me of the nervous “ping, ping, ping” of the screaming-hot engine parts cooling under the hand-formed aluminum body work.”
Founded in 1955, AARWBA is the oldest and largest organization devoted to auto racing coverage with members throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. To encourage excellence in the coverage of motor sports, AARWBA media members submit their best work for the annual media contest. Categories are for written, broadcast, online and photographic work. Winners present a true testament to the growth of the sport of auto racing. All magazine and newspaper judging is performed by an independent panel from a major journalism school. Entries — published in the 2015 calendar year — were judged “blind,” no judge was aware of the writer or where the work was published.
Judges: Photography – Prof. Emeritus Susan Fleck, Pulliam School of Journalism, Franklin College, Indiana; Magazine & Newspaper Writing – Prof. Emeritus Jerry Miller, Pulliam School of Journalism, Franklin College, Indiana and AARWBA Contest Chairman
Read the Winning Entries:
Feature Writing — www.landspeedproductions.biz/wp-content/uploads/PRI_NOV2015_Sponsorship.pdf
Technical Writing — www.landspeedproductions.biz/wp-content/uploads/AUG2015PRI_Brakes_edited.pdf
Complete listing of 2015 winners: www.aarwba.org