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