The story of Kathrine Switzer, who broke through the gender barrier in the marathon and helped introduce women’s marathon into the Olympic Games.
www.kathrineswitzer.com
– Series of Articles, Chicago Tribune
www.ChicagoTribune.com
Mechelle Voepel – Series of Articles, ESPN.com/Kansas City Starwww.ESPN.com
A story about how colleges and universities respond to the issue of student-athletes becoming pregnant while on scholarship.
www.ESPN.com
A story about a women’s Peruvian soccer team, the current Peruvian national champions, who play in traditional skirts called polleras and sandals made out of automobile tires, thin string and nails.
www.ESPNDeportes.com
A film about a group of girls who forgot what it was like to simplay play for the love of field hockey.
www.yashrajfilms.com
A documentary shows how talented women are shaping the horse racing industry, from jockeys to grooms and from outriders to executives.
www.theronan.org
A documentary about women athletes from the 2005 University of Washington’s national champion volleyball team and how they benefited from Title IX.
www.jackhamman.com/generation_ix
An ad campaign that promotes female team sports. “Boom Boom Tap” is the rhythm that brings a team together and evokes the noise made by girls as they break from a pre-game huddle.
www.underarmour.com/boomboomtap
The campaign illustrates the dedication of the team and helps the nation further understand a team they would otherwise know next to nothing about.
www.nike.com
A print advertising campaign displaying female snowboarders in their element performing tricks.
www.roxy.com
A series dedicated to women’s participation in action sports. The show combines lifestyle elements, such as music and entertainment, with the best female riding on the planet, mixing in trick tips and athlete profiles.
www.fuel.tv
was honored for her extraordinary career as a sportscaster, spanning more than 30 years. She began her career at the Boston Globe in 1974 and two years later was the first female NFL beat writer at a time when “No Women or Children Allowed in the Press Box” was the standard. During her 30-year career as a sportscaster she continued to be first – the first woman assigned to “Monday Night Football,” the first woman assigned to a Super Bowl sideline, the first woman to preside over a Super Bowl Trophy presentation, the first woman to be enshrined by the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the first and only woman to be featured on an NFL trading card and the first woman sportscaster to carry the Olympic Torch.
www.lesleyvisser.com