Air Force journalists win DOD awards Published May 8, 2003 SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- Air Force print and broadcast journalists won 12 categories in the 2002 Thomas Jefferson Awards for excellence in military media. The results were announced May 6 by Defense Information School officials at Fort Meade, Md.Air Force winners in the print-media category are:-- Print Journalist of the Year: Kent Cummins, 71st Flying Training Wing, Vance Air Force Base, Okla.-- Tabloid-Format Newspaper: Tailwind, 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, Calif.-- Newsletter-Format Publication: Associate Press, 446th Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Wash.-- Flagship Writer: Staff Sgt. Jason Tudor, 65th Air Base Wing, Lages Field, Azores (formerly of Airman magazine).-- News Article: Cummins.-- Feature Article: Senior Airman Lindsey Maurice, 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess AFB, Texas.- Commentary: Tech. Sgt. James Rush, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.-- Sports Article: Melissa Hartle, 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall AFB, Fla.-- Series: 442nd FW Public Affairs, Whiteman AFB, Mo.The broadcast winners, all subordinate units of the Air Force News Agency, are:-- Radio Entertainment Program: "Mike And Jacqui In The Morning," Detachment 1, Operating Location A, Kaiserslautern, Germany.-- Television Information Program: "A POW Remembers," Det. 4, Ramstein AB, Germany, primary contributor Tech. Sgt. Rolla Suttmiller.Regional Television Newscast: “Air Force Prime Time,” Det. 4.The Thomas Jefferson Awards are sponsored by the American Forces Information Service. The awards are named for the third U.S. president, who was one of the strongest early advocates of freedom of speech and one of the architects of the press freedoms embodied in the Constitution.