National Press Release

DALLAS, June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) announced the winners of its 6th annual MADD Media Awards program today and Florida media should be especially proud. WFOR-TV in Miami won the Award of Excellence for Broadcast with their series covering alcohol-laced energy drinks. The Pensacola News Journal earned MADD's top honor for print journalism with their series on drunk driving and its deadly consequences. This is the first time the prestigious Awards of Excellence have both been won by local media outlets.

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"MADD's Media Awards program honors the media for the crucial role they play in furthering MADD's lifesaving mission," said Glynn Birch, MADD national president. "These two outstanding pieces truly show the impact that interlocks can have on eliminating drunk driving and how marketing and sales of indistinctly-labeled alcoholic energy drinks are harming people under 21 by combining caffeine and alcohol in high doses."

The 2008 MADD Media Awards winners are:

    --  Award of Excellence - Broadcast - WFOR-TV, Miami, Fla.
    --  Award of Excellence - Print - 					Hidden List 					 The Pensacola News
        Journal, Pensacola, Fla.
    --  National Television: Drunk Driving Issues 					Hidden List 					 - Nancy
        Grace, CNN Headline News
    --  National Television: Underage Drinking Issues - 					Hidden List 					
        Inside Edition
    --  Local Television: 					Hidden List 					 Drunk Driving Issues - WTIC Fox
        61, Hartford, Conn.
    --  Local Television: Underage Drinking Issues - News 12 New Jersey, Edison,
        NJ
    --  Newspaper: Drunk Driving Issues - The Cincinnati Enquirer, 					Hidden
        List 					 Cincinnati, OH.
    --  Newspaper: Underage Drinking Issues - The Providence Journal,
        Providence, RI
    --  National Magazine: Drunk Driving Issues - Glamour
    --  Spanish-Language Media: Broadcast - Noticias Univision Nueva Inglaterra,
        WUNI-TV, Needham, MA
    --  Community Awareness: Drunk Driving - KJRH, Tulsa, OK
    --  Community Awareness: Underage Drinking - R & R Partners, 					Hidden
        List 					 Salt Lake City, Utah
    --  Interactive Media: Blog: motherwarriors.blogspot.com

The 2008 MADD Media Awards, sponsored by Nationwide Insurance and Volkswagen Group of America, recognize outstanding media coverage advancing MADD's Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving, and its mission to stop drunk driving, support the victims of this violent crime and prevent underage drinking.

"Nationwide is proud to partner with MADD in its mission to eliminate drunk driving," said Bill Windsor, vice president of safety for Nationwide. "Helping to save lives is part of our long history and we recognize the significant role the media plays in helping to increase awareness about the dangers of drinking and driving."

"The news media are key allies in the fight to eliminate drinking and driving," said David Geanacopoulos, executive vice president and general counsel for Volkswagen Group of America. "Volkswagen applauds this year's winners for their hard work and dedication to this important mission."

MADD will host a luncheon to honor the 2008 Media Award Winners during the National Conference in Dallas, Texas on September 5th, 2008. For more information, visit www.madd.org/media-awards. MADD is a 501 (c)(3) charity with approximately 400 offices and 2 million members and supporters nationwide. Founded in 1980, MADD has helped save more than 330,000 lives. MADD's Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving calls for high-visibility law enforcement, interlocks on all convicted drunk drivers' vehicles, development of advanced technologies to one day prevent a car from being driven by someone that is drunk and for grassroots support for all of these efforts. For more information, visit www.madd.org.

SOURCE Mothers Against Drunk Driving