Mental Health America Accepting Entries for 2010 Media Awards

Mental Health America's Media Awards recognize excellence in reporting and portrayals of mental health issues from the previous year in news and feature stories and the entertainment media, on the national, state, local and student levels, and in print, online, wire, radio, television and film.

Mental Health America encourages media professionals and student journalists to submit national, state, local and student news and feature stories in print, online, radio, television and film. Details and entry forms are available by downloading the 2010 Media Awards nomination guide at http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/about-us/pressroom/media-awards/2010-media-awards. Submissions must be postmarked by March 31, 2010.

Entries are judged by a committee of peers selected by Mental Health America for their knowledge of mental health issues, demonstrated excellence in reporting and editorial experience. Members of last year's awards judging committee were: Sarah Baldauf of U.S. News & World Report; David Brown, The Washington Post; Kelly Kennedy, Times News Service; Anita Manning, Freelance; and Kim Sedmak, AARP TV.

The 2009 award winners included Elizabeth Bernstein and Nathan Koppel of The Wall Street Journal, James Carlson of the Topeka Capital-Journal, Alix Spiegel of NPR, Bryan Thompson of Kansas Public Radio, Mary Carmichael of Newsweek, and Robert L. Arnold and John Barone of KPRC-TV (Houston). Read a full list of winners from last year.

Mental Health America will notify winners by the first week in May and will honor those winners at a Media Awards luncheon on Saturday, June 12, 2010, during the 2010 Mental Health America Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. For questions or additional information, contact mediaawards@mentalhealthamerica.net or Steve Vetzner at 707-797-2588.