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GM's Future Vision Unveiled by Free Press Writers to Win Coveted Golden Wheel Award


April 2005
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The Detroit Press Club Foundation Honors Exceptional Automotive Journalism at Tonight's Annual International Wheel Awards Competition

DEARBORN, Mich., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Detroit Free Press writers Tamara Audi, James Butters and Jeffrey McCracken were named the "best of the best" for their impressive unveiling of the vastness of GM's international vision of the future. They won the prestigious Golden Wheel Award presented by the Detroit Press Club Foundation at a ceremony at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan this evening. Nearly forty other works were honored in categories covering print, electronic and Internet media.
The International Wheel Awards, honoring the best of automotive journalism, are presented annually by the DPCF, a 40-year-old organization dedicated to promoting excellence in journalism. "We are grateful to all the entrants, donors and volunteers who make the Wheel Awards possible," said Edward Lapham, president of the DPCF.

Detroit News write Daniel Howes took first place in the Newspaper, Editorial/Column category for his coverage of automobile manufacturing in East Europe. Mark Phelan of the Detroit Free Press won the Newspaper, Product Review category for a piece called "Cadillac Gets Its Wish."

The Wheel Awards category for photography was combined to cover all media and first place went to Daniel Acker and Adam Berry of Bloomberg News for "CEO Racer."

Under the General Interest/Special Interest publication heading the Editorial/Column award went to Donna Harris of Automotive News for what the judges considered a "refreshing" piece about automobile dealer ethics. Alex Taylor III of Fortune took the News Story or Subject-Related Series award for a rich story about Saturn's problems. Frank Markus of Motor Trend garnered the Product Review honors for his "Ford Mustang GT - Old Glory" article.

The Internet categories were very competitive as well. WardsAuto.com writers Kevin Kelly, Brian Corbett, Alisa Priddle, David Zoia and Tom Murphy took first place for News Story or Subject-Related Series for an "ambitious" piece called "Is Wall Street Losing Its Clout?" For Editorial/Column TheCarConnection.com's Douglas Flint won for a fun piece called "Mechanic's Tale: Pain."

The Television award for best News Story or Subject-Related Series was won by Roderick Meloni of Detroit's WDIV-TV for "Ford GT Test Drive." And the News Program or Documentary went to John McElroy, Carmen Erickson and Michael Purcell of Blue Sky Productions for "Bibendum Challenge."

Both awards for radio went to Jeff Gilbert of WWJ Newsradio 950. His News Story or Subject-Related Series entry "The Car Chronicles" won, and for News Program/Documentary a piece called "Is There a Fuel Cell in Your Future?" took first place.

Judging for the International Wheel Awards competition is done by a team at the College of Journalism, University of Nebraska under the supervision of Dean Will Norton.

The International Wheel Awards are organized by a team from the Individual Communicators Network (ICN), a broadly based, not-for profit collaboration of individual communications professionals.

CONTACT: Steve Purdy, 517-655-3591

Source: Detroit Press Club Foundation

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