Cover art courtesy of Adoption Today and Fostering Families Today magazines.
Congratulations to both Adoption Today and Fostering Families Today as they were recently awarded the 2012 National Association of Social Workers Media Award for the magazine category. Adoption Today was founded in 1998 by adoptive parent Richard Fischer when he felt that there was a true need for reliable and realistic information for adoptive families. Fostering Families Today was published a few years later when Fischer saw the need for reliable information for fostering families caring for children who have suffered abuse and neglect.
Adoption Today and Fostering Families Today are published in Windsor, Colorado and Fischer remains at the head of both publications. Kim Phagan-Hansel has served as editor of the publications for the past ten years. She just recently released the new book, The Foster Parenting Toolbox with publisher EMK.
For more information about Adoption Today or Fostering Families Today, visit www.adoptinfo.net or call 888-924-6736.
The National Association of Social Workers Media Award other categories include: documentaries, feature film, TV news program, TV program/entertainment, newspaper article, column, radio, single topic blog, and website. The NASW looks to "honor media professionals who help raise awareness about social work and social work issues." More than 750 social workers and other professionals voted according to the Social Workers Speak website.
Other winners included:
-
From Place to Place, a documentary that explores the lives of teens in Montana that aged out of the system.
-
Change of Plans, a made-for-television family movie that aired Jan. 8, 2011, on Fox. The film was about a social worker that helped a couple adopt.
-
Talk Therapy TV, a New York City public access television show created by NASW member Jacob Berelowitz where he educates the public about mental illness.
-
Grey's Anatomy, Not Responsible episode, which aired Feb. 24, 2011, on ABC. Where character Dr. Phil Stark (actor Peter MacNichol) spoke positively of social workers.
-
A Day of Pride for Once Homeless FIU Grad, a Miami Herald article by reporter Adam Beasley, where he reported on a former drug addict who went on to get his Master's degree in social work.
-
Huffington Post columnist Ilaina Edison wrote about the need for more social workers to serve America's increasingly aging population.
-
National Public Radio host Steve Inskeep in Washington, D.C. honored social worker and Congressional aide Gabe Zimmerman, MSW, who was killed in the January 2011, Tucson shootings.
-
The Nation's "This Week in Poverty" blog by Greg Kaufmann covers numerous issues of importance to the field of social work.
-
Social Work Podcast (www.socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com) hosted by social worker Jonathan Singer, an assistant professor at Temple University, interviews social workers and covers important issues to the social work field.
No comments:
Post a Comment