SEATTLE — Longtime columnist Julie Muhlstein was recognized Monday for her “quiet courage, perseverance, intellectual honesty, and excellence in journalism” during her 36-year career at The Daily Herald.
The Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington Chapter honored Muhlstein with the Susan Hutchison Bosch Award. The seldom-awarded honor is given in memory of a former Seattle Post-Intelligencer environmental affairs reporter who died in 1971 after a courageous battle with lymphoma and Hodgkin’s disease.
“For the board members of SPJ’s Western Washington chapter, there was no question that Julie Muhlstein has lived those attributes as a journalist at The Daily Herald in Everett,” said Dan Catchpole, an SPJ board member and Herald colleague. “She tirelessly has cast a light on the people, places and goings-on of Snohomish County that otherwise rarely make headlines. And yet, their stories tell readers so much about where they live. Julie’s column has become part of the community.
“Julie has had to bury her husband, Jim, and, this year, her youngest son, John. Tragedy and loss can crush the best of us. Rather than shrink from the world, Julie has carried on, connecting readers with their neighbors week after week,” Catchpole said.
The award was presented as part of SPJ’s annual excellence in journalism contest.
Staff at The Daily Herald won four awards and were runners up for another. The competition came from mid-sized newsrooms — print and online — in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
Muhlstein and Eric Stevick, deputy local news editor, won in long-form feature news reporting for “Everett Massacre: Death on the Dock.” Stevick and reporter Chris Winters won in business reporting for “Broadway’s bright future.” Former staffer Rich Myhre won for the sports feature story “Rescue on Denali.” Meanwhile, Kevin Clark won for sports action photography and was a runner up in portrait photography.
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