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Guy McCarthy

Sonora
Covers:  mountains, watersheds, fire danger, search-and-rescue, drought, local government, law enforcement
Reporter at The Union Democrat newspaper in Sonora, Tuolumne County CA : FAMU Grad gmccarthy@uniondemocrat.net

Awards

National Headliner Award

2005 - News Series, circulation up to 75,000

The Press Club of Atlantic City, N.J., recognized The Sun of San Bernardino, Calif., for Unnatural Disasters, a fire-flood series addressing land use, hazard history, and the events of October and December 2003. My contributions helped The Sun earn this recognition. The series can be viewed at http://lang.sbsun.com/projects/fireflood/

Scripps Howard Award

2004 - Environmental Reporting: Edward J. Meeman Award

From Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards: "Honors outstanding environmental reporting. Award is given to encourage journalists to help educate the public and public officials on environmental issues." The devastating Old Fire in October 2003 was followed by deadly post-fire floods on Christmas Day 2003. My contributions helped The Sun earn recognition for the fire-flood series Unnatural Disasters. The series can be viewed at http://lang.sbsun.com/projects/fireflood/

Best of the West

2004 - Spot News Reporting

Administered by First Amendment Funding Inc. in Arizona, Best of the West judges recognized Press-Enterprise staff for their Oct. 30, 2003 coverage of the destructive Old Fire. My contributions included five days reporting from fire lines in the city and mountains before publication, and a bylined story on the award-winning front page. http://res.pe.com/pecontent/multimedia/pdfs/2003_1030_A1-1200a.pdf