BARBARA JORDAN MEDIA AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED.

AUSTIN, Texas -- The following information was released by the office of the Governor of Texas:

The Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities has announced the winners of this year's Barbara Jordan Media Awards for pieces produced in 2010. Winners in each of the categories were chosen by a panel of judges, including journalists, professionals in the field of disabilities and people with disabilities.

The winners will be honored at the Barbara Jordan Media Awards Ceremony reception and dinner on Saturday, April 16, at 6:00 p.m. at San Jacinto Hall on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The event is hosted by the UT Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, and is open to the public by reservation. Dean Max Sherman, Professor Emeritus of the LBJ School of Public Affairs will serve as the keynote speaker. Local author, humorist and public speaker Mary Gordon Spence will serve as emcee.

For more information on the awards ceremony, please contact Jo Virgil, Community Outreach and Information Specialist for the Texas Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities, at or 512-463-5740.

This year's Barbara Jordan Media Awards winners are:

Book Category:

Nancy Shugart

Challenged to Win

http://www.provethemwrong.com/bookCTW.htm

Photojournalism:

Eli Meir Kaplan - Time.com

Journey Into the World of Autism

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1911931_1912939,00.html

Print Commentary:

Sarah Barnes - Austin American-Statesman

A Different Road: Daughter Was Invisible

http://www.statesman.com/life/sixth-grader-was-invisible-to-classmates-but-no-303484.html?cxtype=rss_ece_frontpage

TV Documentary:

Keith Maitland and Patrick Floyd - Illegal Films

The Eyes of Me

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/eyes-of-me/

Goodwill Industries of South Florida - in partnership with Goodwill Industries of Central Texas

For Once in My Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF4FlkpfQuE

Print News:

Patrick M. Walker - Fort Worth Star-Telegram

UT Arlington Hosts 27 Injured Soldiers for Wheelchair Basketball

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/12/12/2699050/university-of-texas-at-arlington.html

Student Category:

Gabriela Hanrahan - Barbara Jordan High School for Careers

Poster Series: The Deaf Are Just Like Everyone Else

Entertainment:

HBO

Temple Grandin: HBO Special

http://www.hbo.com/movies/temple-grandin/index.html#/movies/temple-grandin/video/trailer.html/eNrjcmbOYM5nLlTPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUcDIyskknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmsjGyMQIAUKwXOA

Internet:

Melissa Mixon - University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering

Defined by His Successes

http://www.utexas.edu/know/2010/12/03/jimenez_edgar/

Print Feature:

Michael Hall - Texas Monthly

About a Boy

http://www.texasmonthly.com/2010-09-01/feature2.php

Special Contribution by an Organization:

Coalition of Texans with Disabilities

Dennis Borel, Executive Director

http://www.cotwd.org/

TV Feature:

Jim Swift - KXAN-TV

Actors with Disabilities Find Open Arms

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/entertainment/actors-with-disabilities-find-open-arms#15530559-1

TV Feature, Extended:

Texas Country Reporter - Bob Phillips Productions

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