Just learned that I have won the American Psychoanalytic Association's 2012 Award for Excellence in Journalism for "Transformer," a chapter in my book TRAUMA JOURNALISM: ON DEADLINE IN HARM'S WAY. Past winners include The New York Times, New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, Wall Street Journal and Newsweek. The Award for Excellence in Journalism recognizes professional reporting of outstanding merit that contributes in an exceptional way to the public understanding of psychoanalytic and psychological principles and phenomena. The award is juried by a panel of professional journalists and psychoanalysts.