Society of Professional Journalists | Sigma Delta Chi Awards

Sigma Delta Chi Awards
General Info
Categories
2010 Winners

Previous Honorees
2009 Winners
2008 Winners
2007 Winners
2006 Winners
2005 Winners
2004 Winners
2003 Winners
2002 Winners
2001 Winners
2000 Winners
1999 Winners
1998 Winners [PDF, 6.9 MB]
1997 Winners
1996 Winners

Awards
All Awards
Sigma Delta Chi
Mark of Excellence
New America Award
Foundation Awards

Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement (retired)

Awards & Honors Committee Chair

Ginny Frizzi
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Bio (click to expand) Ginny Frizzi has been a member of SPJ since she was an undergraduate at Point Park College (now University) in Pittsburgh. She was a charter member of the Point Park chapter.

Frizzi holds a B.A. and M.A. in journalism from Point Park. She also did graduate work in non-fiction writing and public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.

She is treasurer of the Pittsburgh Professional Chapter of SPJ and served as finance chair for the 2008 Region 4 conference hosted by the chapter in March. She was SPJ’s Region 4 Director from 1994-2000 and twice received the Regional Director of the Year Award.

Frizzi was a founder of the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania and currently serves as a board member. She is a member of the Club’s journalism scholarship committee and has chaired the club’s annual Golden Quill Awards competition for more years than she can remember.

She is a board member of the Women’s Press Club of Pittsburgh and a former president of the club and the Pittsburgh chapter of Women In Communications, Inc., (WICI), now American Women in Communications.

Frizzi is also a freelance writer.

Sue Kopen Katcef, vice chair
Philip Merrill College of Journalism
University of Maryland
301-405-7526
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Annually, SPJ produces an awards issue of Quill magazine that shines a national spotlight on winners of the Sigma Delta Chi Award in Journalism. The awards recognize the best in professional journalism in categories covering print, radio, television, newsletters, art/graphics, online and research.

Please enjoy this gallery of samples from SPJ's most recent awards issue. For a more detailed look at any of the pages, click on the thumbnail.

Quill is published six times a year by the Society of Professional Journalists. Visit Quill online to see stories from the current issue. For more information about SPJ's awards, contact SPJ Headquarters at 317/927-8000 or via e-mail.