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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
   Brant Houston, Executive Director, 573-882-2042, brant@ire.org

June 6, 2005

IRE membership re-elects six board members

Two contest judges elected

The IRE membership returned the six incumbents to the 13-member board at its annual conference in Denver on June 4, 2005.

They are David Boardman, The Seattle Times; Cheryl Phillips, The Seattle Times; James Grimaldi, The Washington Post; Duane Pohlman, WEWS-Cleveland; Deborah Sherman, KUSA-Denver; and Nancy Stancill, The Charlotte Observer. Read the candidates' campaign statements.

The other members of the board are Shawn McIntosh, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Paul Adrian, KDFW-Dallas/Fort Worth; Stephen K. Doig, Arizona State University; Andy Hall, Wisconsin State Journal; Dianna Hunt, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Stephen C. Miller, The New York Times; and Mark Katches, The Orange County Register.

Nancy Amons of WSMV-Nashville and Duff Wilson of The New York Times were elected as judges for the IRE Awards. They will join several board members and a Missouri School of Journalism faculty member on the contest committee.

The board elected Boardman as president, Pohlman as vice president, Phillips as treasurer and Miller as secretary. The board elected Adrian as a member of the executive committee, which is composed of the officers and one other board member.

Election results
Candidate Votes
James Grimaldi 180
David Boardman 179
Nancy Stancill 175
Deborah Sherman 168
Cheryl Phillips 166
Duane Pohlman 166
Eric Longabardi 46

These votes include absentee ballots, which are as follows:
Absentee ballot results
Candidate Votes
James Grimaldi 33
David Boardman 35
Nancy Stancill 36
Deborah Sherman 25
Cheryl Phillips 28
Duane Pohlman 25
Eric Longabardi 9