2004 Utne Independent Press Awards

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LOCAL/REGIONAL COVERAGE
Westword
While profit-driven corporations continue to buy up and dumb down alternative newsweeklies, Denver's Westword (part of the New Times chain) covers Colorado with an old-school sensibility. The arts coverage is refreshingly unaffected, the columnists routinely surprise, and the award-winning investigative work is as gutsy as it is well written. Free in Denver area. $50/yr. (52 issues) from Box 5970, Denver, CO 80217; www.westword.com.

PERSONAL LIFE COVERAGE
The Bark
This superbly edited and luxuriously designed 'modern dog culture magazine' -- consistently informative, touching, and hilarious -- may compel even dog-averse humans to proclaim, 'Dog is my co-pilot!' $15/yr. (4 issues) from 2810 Eighth St., Berkeley, CA 94710; www.thebark.com.

SPIRITUAL COVERAGE
Sojourners
While red and blue America spent the year arguing over whether Kerry or Bush was 'God's candidate,' this sharply written, well-reported monthly, edited by Christian progressive Jim Wallis, stayed on its perennial message: Spirituality may be essential to human moral evolution, but religion and politics should stand separately in the public square. $39.95/yr. (12 issues) from Box 2056, Marion, OH 43306; www.sojo.net.

POLITICAL COVERAGE
Mother Jones
Given the tenor of media discourse in 2004, this thriving progressive publication might have been tempted to trade tough reporting for crowd-pleasing punditry. Instead, MoJo took the time to get inside and ahead of the political stories that mattered most, from the 9/11 Commission to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. $24/yr. (6 issues) from Box 334, Mt. Morris, IL 61054; www.motherjones.com.

ENVIRONMENTAL COVERAGE
OnEarth
The quarterly magazine of the Natural Resources Defense Council is part glossy geographic journal, part frontline update for those who love the living world. With American environmentalists now in the fight of their lives, OnEarth is the wily trainer in the corner with the pep talks and tactical advice to keep them in the ring. $15/yr. (4 issues) including NRDC membership from 40 W. 20th St., New York, NY 10011; www.nrdc.org/onearth.

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