Good journalism makes award-winning blueprints: look for valuable lessons in the work of the 2001 Sigma Delta Chi award winners. (From the Editor).(Brief Article)(Editorial)

Every year, SPJ's Sigma Delta Chi Awards recognize the best work in American journalism from the past year. The prestigious awards go to journalists from all types of media performing all types of journalism. There are categories for print, television, radio, and online news. There are awards for beat reporters, feature reporters, academics, and editorial writers.

In this issue of Quill, we showcase the work that won this year's SDX Awards. We do this partly to pay tribute to the journalists who have worked so hard in the past year to serve their readers, listeners and viewers.

But the descriptions throughout this issue also serve as journalism models for …