| Though moms who drive are now keener about | | | | Drinking Issues -- CNN Lou Dobbs Tonight National |
| what's under the GMC hood than they were before, | | | | Television: Special Programming -- The Party Never |
| most still consider how safe the family is inside the car | | | | Stops, Lifetime Television Local Television: Drunk |
| as the primary concern when it comes to cars and | | | | Driving Issues -- KRQE-TV, Albuquerque, N.M. Local |
| driving. | | | | Television: Drunk Driving Issues-Series -- WBKO-TV, |
| Last June 7, 2007 the Mothers Against Drunk Driving | | | | Bowling Green, Ky. Local Television: Underage Drinking |
| (MADD) has announced the 20 winners of its 5th | | | | Issues -- WBRC-TV, Birmingham, Ala. Radio: Drunk |
| annual national MADD Media Awards program. The | | | | Driving Issues -- NewsTalk 1530 KFBK, Sacramento, |
| 2007 MADD Media Awards, sponsored by Nationwide | | | | Calif. Radio: Underage Drinking Issues -- MediaTracks |
| Insurance and Volkswagen, are in recognition of | | | | Communications, Des Plaines, Ill. Newspaper: Drunk |
| outstanding media coverage advancing MADD's | | | | Driving Issues -- The State, Columbia, S.C. Newspaper: |
| mission to stop drunk driving, support the victims of this | | | | Underage Drinking Issues -- The Charlotte Observer, |
| violent crime and prevent underage drinking. | | | | Charlotte, N.C. National Magazine: Drunk Driving Issues |
| "The media plays a vital role in educating the public and | | | | -- Wired National Magazine: Underage Drinking Issues |
| raising awareness about the dangers of drunk driving | | | | -- Teen Vogue Local Magazine: Drunk Driving Issues -- |
| and underage drinking," says Glynn Birch, MADD | | | | Seattle Magazine Trade Magazine: Underage Drinking |
| national president. "This awards program is MADD's | | | | Issues -- Scholastic Choices Spanish-Language Media: |
| way of thanking the media for its support of MADD's | | | | Broadcast -- Univision 38, Goleta, Calif. |
| mission." | | | | Spanish-Language Media: Print -- La Voz de Nuevo |
| The top honor -- the Award of Excellence - was | | | | Mexico, Santa Fe, N.M. Community Awareness: |
| bagged by NBC Today Show for broadcast media | | | | Programming -- MetroBeat TV, Comcast, Denver |
| and to The Santa Fe New Mexican in Santa Fe, N.M. | | | | Metro Area Community Awareness: Public Service |
| for print media. | | | | Announcements -- R & R Partners, Salt Lake City, |
| It can be recalled that NBC Today Show Contributor | | | | Utah |
| and Security Specialist Bill Stanton showed the effects | | | | "Eliminating drunk driving must start with education," said |
| of drinking and driving at different blood alcohol | | | | Bill Windsor, vice president of safety for Nationwide. |
| concentrations (BAC) while under the supervision of | | | | "Nationwide applauds the media for joining us in this |
| state police on a controlled driving track. The Santa Fe | | | | important life saving crusade." |
| New Mexican meanwhile published a series of stories | | | | The 2007 award winners will be honored at a |
| after five members of a Las Vegas family were killed | | | | luncheon as part of MADD's National Conference on |
| by a drunk driver going the wrong way on Interstate | | | | September 7 in St. Louis, Mo. The MADD Media |
| 25 outside of Santa Fe November last year. | | | | Awards have been sponsored by Nationwide |
| Here are the 2007 MADD Media Awards winners are: | | | | Insurance for five years and Volkswagen for three |
| Award of Excellence -- Broadcast -- NBC Today | | | | years. |
| Show Award of Excellence -- Print -- The Santa Fe | | | | Every year, more than 13,000 people are killed in drunk |
| New Mexican, Santa Fe, N.M. National Television: Drunk | | | | driving crashes and half a million others are injured in |
| Driving Issues -- Good Morning America Weekend | | | | alcohol-related traffic crashes. |
| Edition, ABC News National Television: Underage | | | | |