Awards for Excellence in Technology Journalism  The Awards for Excellence in Technology Journalism are presented each year by the Public Relations Society of America's Technology Section and are intended to recognize journalists in general or business publications and technical/trade magazines and newsletters who have published articles that are valuable to their readers, show clarity in the communication and are significant in disclosing, explaining, interpreting and reporting innovation and recognizing newsworthiness.
TWO WINNERS EACH RECEIVE $1,000 CASH PRIZE Two winners are chosen to receive a cash prize award of $1,000 and two crystal award trophies each, one for the journalist and one for display by each news organization that published a winning story. TWO AWARD CATEGORIES One award is presented to an individual for excellence in technology journalism in a general or business media source. A second award is presented to an individual for excellence in technology journalism in a trade, technical, industrial or professional publication serving a technology industry or audience.
PAST WINNERS
2007
Steven Levy, senior editor, Newsweek
Rita Pyrillis, writer, FedTech
2006
Brian Grow, Atlanta correspondent, Business Week
Ben Elgin, San Mateo (Calif.) correspondent, Business Week
Erico Guizzo, associate editor, of IEEE Spectrum
2005
Tim Mullaney, e-business editor, BusinessWeek
Arlene Weintraub, science editor, BusinessWeek
Victoria Reitz, senior editor, Medical Design 2004
Christina Prier Steffy, associate editor of BioProcess International
Chris Taylor, San Francisco bureau chief of Time 2003
Lev Grossman, Time
Noah Rothbaum, SmartMoney
Dee-Ann LeBlanc, Linux World 2002
Steve Bass, PC World
Meredith Salisbury, Genome Technology 2001
No Awards Presented 2000
David S. Bernstein, Contract Professional William Van Winkle, Laptop Magazine 1999
Kevin Maney, USA Today
Pankaj Chowdry, PC Week 1998
Shaun Schafer, Tulsa (Oklahoma) World
Liz Levy, Imaging and Document Solutions Magazine 1997
Janet Rae-Dupree, San Jose Mercury News
Robin Gareiss, Data Communications Magazine 1996
Jeffrey Kutler, American Banker
Jaikumar Vijayan, COMPUTERWORLD | 
