The National Publications Committee would like to congratulate the
following Districts and Squadrons for earning the Distinction in Journalism for
the year of 2003. If you feel that your
publication should have earned the DIJ award, we remind you that there is an
appeals process that you may use.
Instructions for the appeals are posted on the Publications Committee’s
web site.
P/R/C William E. Reasons, SN
Publications Committee
Publications Committee
2003 Distinction in Journalism Awards
District Newsletters
DISTRICT 1 Sounds
of 1
DISTRICT 2 District
2 News
DISTRICT 3 District
3 News
DISTRICT 7 District
7 News
DISTRICT 8 Pieces
of Eight
DISTRICT 9 Interlaker
DISTRICT 10 District
10 Communicator
DISTRICT 14 The
Ma-Ri-Ner
DISTRICT 15 Can
15
DISTRICT 16 Cardinal
Points
DISTRICT 17 Dixie
District News
DISTRICT 19 The
Northeaster
DISTRICT 20 Trident
DISTRICT 21 Over
21
DISTRICT 22 Beacon
22
DISTRICT 23 Galaxy
23
DISTRICT 25 Light
25
DISTRICT 26 026° True
DISTRICT 27 Carolina
Bitts
DISTRICT 28 Lead
Line
DISTRICT 30 Midwestern
Pilot
DISTRICT 31 Daymark
DISTRICT 32 PFD
Squadron
Newsletters
District 1
Hartford Bilge
Pump
Middleton The
Jib “Sheet”
New Britain Nauticalines
New Haven Bulletin
New London The
Yardarm
Norwich The
Compass Rose
Saybrook The
Outer Light
Westerly Westerly
Variation
District 2
Berkshire Berkshire
Log
Captain Harbor The
Harbor Light
Cross County Cross
Currents
Darien Trident
Housatonic River Spindrift
Lake Candlewood Water-Log
Lake George Soundings
Mohawk-Hudson Scuttlebutt
Mid Hudson Foghorn
Norwalk The
Tar Talks
Peekskill North
East West South
Penfield The
Penfield Light
Rowayton Current
Trend
Sacandaga Wind
Jammer
Saugatuck River Dredgings
Stamford Anchor
Watch
Storm King The
Crown
Tappan Zee Now
Hear This
Westchester Current
Set & Drift
District 3
Bayside Running
Lights
Brooklyn Soundings
Captree Captree
Log
Great South Bay The
Great South Spray
Jones Beach Gudgeon
& Pintle
Neptune Neptune
Log
Patchogue Bay The
Periscope
Peconic Bay Tell-Tale
Sewanhanka Signal
District 4
City Island Cips
Lackawanna Totem
Newsletter
Long Valley The
Valley Voice
New York Crows
Nest
Northern New Jersey Northern
Lights
Palisades Echo
Raritan Bay Relative
Bearings
Saddle River Breeze
Shrewsbury Twin
Lights
Somerset Port-O-Call
Staten Island Sips
Beacon
District 5
Absecon Island Absecon
Light
Annapolis Anchor
Light
Cambridge Choptank
Currents
Delhigh Delhigh
Lights
Dundalk On The
Horizon
Elizabeth
River Ground
Swells
Hampton
Roads The Landfall
Kent
Narrows Tidelines
Lancaster Scuttlebutt
Main
Line The Main
Line Pilot
Mid-Potomac The River View
Miles
River Miles
lines
Northern
Virginia Of Tars &
Terns
Ocean
City Sandbar
Soundings
Patapsco
River Bilgewater
Patuxent
River True
Readings
Richmond The Bullhorn
Schuylkill
River The Distelfink
Sue
Island Islander
Virginia
Beach Cape Henry
Flashes
Wilmington The Lubber Line
York Anchorline
District 6
Auburn Bosun’s
Whistle
Buffalo Scuttlebutt
Hamburg Bulkhead
Iroquois Smoke
Signals
Ithaca The GIG
Lockport Backwash
Red
Jacket The
Red Quill
Rochester The Chart
Susquenango Sea Chest
Swiftwater Fore ’N Aft
Syracuse The Erie
Wanderer
Utica The
Bilgewater
District 7
Akron Scuttlebutt
Berea The
Mooring Post
Mansfield Yatchsman
Rocky
River Rocky
River Currents
Stark
County Soundings
District 8
Coral
Ridge Newsletter
Cutler
Cove Compass
Everglades Navi Gator
Fort
Lauderdale Gondola
Key
West Conch
Skipper
Marathon Sombrero Light
Palm
Beach Afterdeck
News
Pompano
Beach Mariner
Port
St. Lucie Channel
Marker
St.
Lucie River Crossroads
Vero
Beach Nautical
News
District 9
Anchor
Bay Anchorage
Ann
Arbor The
Porthole
Birmingham The Bilge Chatter
Detroit Dumping
Grounds
Flint Wheelhouse
Log
Grand
Rapids Waterspout
Grand
Traverse Bay The 45th
Parallel
Grosse
Isle Scuttlebutt
Grosse
Pointe Tars and
Tripe
Irish
Hills The
Wind Vane
Kalamazoo The Pilot
Lansing Crow’s Nest
Mount
Clemons Mooring Lines
Muskegon Headliner
Port
Huron Splash!
Sable
Point View
Points
Saginaw
Bay Bay Views
South
Bend The
Spring line
St Clair
Shores Shore Lines
Wyandotte Smoke Signal
District 10
Central
Wisconsin Between the
Lines
Door
County The Door
Scuttlebutt
Duluth Channel
Chatter
Green
Bay The
Ship’s Log
Hiawatha
Valley Tales of
Hiawatha
Milwaukee Deck Watch
Minnetonka Tonkanauts
St
Paul The
River Skipper
District 11
Astabula The
Range Light
Mosquito
Lake The Mosquito
Bight
Painesville The Lighthouse
Youngstown The Mooring Bitt
District 12
Bare
Cove Bare
Facts
Charles
River Ahoy
Nobscot The Rhumb
Line
Old
Colony Crier
Worcester
County Orion
District 13
Alamitos A Gull
Arrowhead The Log
Costa
De Oro La Brisa
De Mar
Honolulu Diamondhead
Beacon
Las
Vegas Stars
‘N Bars
Long
Beach Current
Action
Pasadena Pasadena Rose
Redondo
Beach The Signal
Halyard
San
Fernando Valley The Deck
Watch
Santa
Barbara The
Signal Hoist
Santana Cast Off
Valley
Ho Full-And-By
Ventura The Helm
District 14
Buzzards
Bay The Log
Cape
Cod The
Porthole
Greenwich
Bay The Green-Witch
Mattapoisett The Wash
Narragansett
Bay The ‘Gansett
Clipper
Newport Mill
Grindings
Taunton
River Taunton
River News
District 15
Baton
Rouge The Wind
Scoop
Fort
Walton Porpoise
Gulf
Breeze The
Gulf Breeze
Mobile Four
Blasts
New
Orleans Topside
Talk
Pensacola Lazy Log
Perdido
Bay Lost Bay
Treasures
Singing
River The Bilge
St.
Andrew Bay The
Stuffing Box
District 16
Agate
Pass The
Halyard
Bellevue Bellviews
Bellingham Bell Signals
Deception
Pass Spindrift
Everett The Pike
Pole
Friday
Harbor Harbor
lights
Olympia The Seaman’s
Log
Poverty
Bay The
Pirates Log
Seattle The Pilot
Skagit
Bay The
Bitter End
Spokane The Lubber
Line
Tacoma The Wake
Astern
District 17
Atlanta Waterlog
Huntsville Scuttlebutt
Johnson
City Dockside
News
Knoxville Now Hear This!
Music
City Music
City Notes
Oak
Ridge The
Agonic Line
District 18
Beverly Hannah’s
Banner
Marblehead Head Lines
District 19
Kennebec
River Rag-Pot
Lakes
Region Spring
Line
Mid-Coast Prevailing Winds
Penobscot
Bay Now Hear This
Portsmouth The Davit
Wawenock Smoke Signals
District 20
Chain-O-Lakes The Link
Chicago Chicagolog
Decatur On Deck
DuPage DuPage
Pilot
Evanston The Evansign
Fox
Valley Tales
of the Fox
Illiana Breakers
Illinois
Valley Channel
Markers
Land
Of Lincoln Springlines
Michigan
City Topsider
Mid
Illini Headlines
Skokie
Valley Running
Lights
Waukegan Waukeelog
District 21
Acadiana Le Papier de a
Mer
Austin The
Plotter
Dallas The
Watch Below
Fort
Worth The
Sou’wester
Galveston
Bay Bay Breeze
Houston Bay
Neigh
Lake
Charles Anchor
Line
Orange
Orange
Soundings
Quachita Keel Talk
San
Antonio Now
Hear This
Shreveport The Lubber Line
Tres
Palacios High
Tide
District 22
Anclote
Key Westerlies
Anna
Maria Island The Bearing
Apollo
Beach The
Trident
Boca
Ciega Lubber’s
Line
Cape
Coral The
Bouys
Clearwater The Skipper’s
Log
Crystal
River The
Ribber
Fort
Myers Scuttlebutt
Lakeland Prevailing
wind
Manatee The
Helm Station
Marco
Island The
Eagle’s Eye
Naples The Log
Peace
River Peace
River Pilot
St.
Petersburg Force
12
San
Carlos Bay Tidings
Sanibel-Captiva Soundings
Sarasota South Wind
Tallahassee Big Bend Beacon
Tampa Short
Blast
Venice Venice
Inlet
District 23
Banana
River The Banana
Spiel
Cocoa
Beach The
Soundings
Harris
Chain The
Anchor Chain
Jacksonville The Skipper
Ocala Fouled
Lines
Orlando Dock Lines
Ponce
de Leon Inlet The
Enlightener
Seminole Smoke Signals
Titusville Discoverer
District 24
Blue
Grass Long
Rifle Reports
Dayton The
Binnacle
Evansville
Bend Pilot
Louisville The Newswheel
District 25
Diablo Meridian
Marin Marin
Log
Redwood The Barque
Sacramento River Pilot
San
Joaquin Delta Sounding
Board
Santa
Clara The
Bell
District 26
Beaufort The Beaufort
Log
Charleston The Palmetto Log
Hilton
Head The
Ocean Breeze
Lake
Murray The Log
Jam
Long
Bay Fore
‘N’ Aft
North
Strand Scuttle
But
Savannah
River The Piedmont
Binnacle
Swamp
Fox Fox
Tales
The
Golden Corner The Golden
Anchor
Thurmond
Lake Laker
Tybee
Light The
Beacon
District 27
Cape
Fear Corn
Flakes
Cape
Lookout Cape
Lookout Outlook
Catawba Smoke
Signals
Charlotte Side lights
Durham The Bull
Horn
Fayetteville The Log
Ft.
Macon Cannon
Soundings
Goldsboro GSPS Scope
Greensboro The Breeze
Lake
Norman Inland
Seafarer
New
River Topsail
Sightings
Pamlico Sound of
the Pamlico
Raleigh Bow Lights
Rocky
Mount Coastal
Plains Signals
Shallotte
River Bosun’s Pipe
Southport Lightkeeper’s
Log
Tar
River The
Tar Paper
Winston-Salem Tarheels
District 28
Balboa Trident
Phoenix Bos’n’s
Pipe
San
Diego The
Ship’s Mail
San
Luis Rey The
Mariner’s Needle
District 29
Columbus Galley Gossip
Freemont Olde Betsy
News
Lima The L
Port
Clinton Bow
Line
Sandusky The Lookout
Toledo The Breeze
District 30
Boulder
Valley Boulder Beacon
Cedar
Rapids Charlie
Noble
Des
Moines The
Prairie Schooner
Kansas
City The Rhumb
Line
Saint
Louis The
Dryrot
District 31
Grand
Lake The
Pelican
Oklahoma
City The Dinghy
Painter
District 32
Coos
Bay Whistler
Fort
Vancouver Lookout
Lower
Columbia Bar Report
Portland Newsbuoy
Willamette
River Scuttlebutt
District 33
San Juan The
Sentry Box