Career Boost: Get Recognized by Your Peers

Sometimes a little recognition from your peers can go a long way to raising your profile in the newsroom, snagging a plum assignment or being considered seriously for a coveted lateral move or promotion.

Here are few awards -- some large, some small -- to consider.

• Award for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, sponsored by the Association of Health Care Journalists. Contest information should be posted in October.
  
• Annual Awards Competition, sponsored by the North American Travel Journalists Association. Deadline: Oct. 15, 2007. Prizes donated by: Guam Tourism, Hotel Balzc (Paris), Palm Beach Gardens Marriott and more.
• Samter Journalism Award, sponsored by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Categories: consumer/trade print, radio, television. Deadline: Oct. 31, 2007.
• IRE Awards, sponsored by Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc. Recognizes "the best in investigative reporting by print, broadcast and online media." Deadline: Jan. 7, 2008.
  
• National Headliner Awards, sponsored by the National Headliner Club. Categories: paid circulation print, broadcast. Deadline: Jan. 11, 2008. Prize: $1,500
• Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Price, sponsored by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Awarded annually "to a writer and photographer in the formative or fieldword stages of a documentary project." Any topic eligible for consideration. Deadline: Jan. 31, 2008. Prize: $20,000
  
• NIHCM Foundation Journalism Awards, sponsored by the National Institute for Health Care Management Research & Educational Foundation. Recognizes excellence in print and broadcast journalism. Deadline: Feb. 29, 2008.
• Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, sponsored by the Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families. Deadline: March 3, 2008. Recognizes "exemplary reporting on U.S. children and families, particularly the disadvantaged."