Email Author Amy Silverman

Awards

• 2012 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published January 20, 2011

  "Unbalanced"

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Shadow Dwellers"

• 2010 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - National Mental Health Association Media Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - National Mental Health Association Media Awards, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - National Mental Health Association Media Awards, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "Suicidal Tendencies"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 5, 2009

  "Losing Erica"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 8, 2009

  "Saving Alex"

• 2009 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published September 11, 2008

  "Mommy Dearest"

• 2009 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published August 7, 2008

  "Postmodern McCain"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 16, 2008

  "Love the War, Neglect the Warrior"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published August 7, 2008

  "Postmodern McCain"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published August 14, 2008

  "The Daily Show"

• 2007 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published November 2, 2006

  "Teenage Wasteland"

• 2006 - Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, published November 25, 2004

  "Up the Down Staircase"

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1993 Stories by Amy Silverman

• DWM SEEKS REPARATIONS

  published December 22, 1993

  When he placed a romance ad in the Globe tabloid, Ed Goldwater says he was "just a lonely guy that wanted to meet a nice woman." The Mesa... More >>

• DESCENT OF A WOMAN

  published December 15, 1993

  "I think I was like a little girl at Christmas," Karan English says. With the McDowell Mountains behind her and a dozen rapt faces before her,... More >>

• PIERCING THE CLASS CEILING

  published December 15, 1993

  Recently confirmed U.S. Attorney Janet Napolitano gets the biggest round of applause when dignitaries are introduced, but all eyes are on Cindy... More >>

• OFF DANCER, OFF VIXEN

  published December 8, 1993

  The owner of Le Girls--a nude juice bar at 5151 East Washington--faces fines and a possible prison sentence after pleading guilty to obscenity and... More >>

• SCHOOL FLUNKS THIS ONE

  published November 24, 1993

  Lots of people know that Matt Martinez, a senior at Mountain View High School in Mesa, is editor of the school newspaper, The Viewpoint. Not... More >>

• PET PEEVES

  published November 17, 1993

  After two years of heated public debate and countless hours of taxpayer-financed labor, Maricopa County's effort to control pet overpopulation is... More >>

• FOR THEIR EYES ONLYPHOENIX POLICE ARE EXPENDING A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND MONEY TO KEEP RECORDS UNDER WRAPS

  published November 10, 1993

  The Phoenix Police Department had already spent more than half a million dollars investigating the Zubia case--the family of five was found... More >>

• THE RIGHTEOUS STUFF

  published November 10, 1993

  In the early 1980s, Arizona State University was popularly viewed as the Disneyland of college campuses. While Central America bubbled with... More >>

• CAUSE WITHOUT A REBELPUBLIC INTEREST GROUP'S ARIZONA DIRECTOR IS STEPPING DOWN

  published October 27, 1993

  WANTED: Self-starter with extensive experience in political advocacy, fund raising and lobbying, to serve as executive director, Common Cause... More >>

• THE STEALTH CONGRESSMAN

  published October 13, 1993

  His face pinkens with exertion as he lifts the tightly bound bundles of mail onto a desk in a back corner of a Washington, D.C., congressional... More >>

• DIALING FOR DULLARDSIF YOU'RE PROFOUNDLY LAZY, THE PHONE COMPANY MAY BE YOUR BEST FRIEND

  published October 6, 1993

  Those who tend to wheeze when their fingers do the walking should perk up at this news: Local phone companies have a new service that saves... More >>

• DEAD & HARRIED

  published August 25, 1993

  About noon on June 18, 1985, Josh Burner pulled his truck into a parking space in front of the Tempe Police Department. He had come to report a... More >>

• ZIEGFIELD'S FOLLYAS ADULT CLUB'S ARIZONA LIQUOR LICENSE IS DENIED, KANSAS AUTHORITIES TURN UP THE HEAT

  published August 11, 1993

  August 5, 1993, was not a good day for the Anderson family. The Andersons have for many years operated topless nightclubs in Kansas. Recently,... More >>

• A FIXER TAKES OVER UNDER HOWARD ADAMS, ARIZONA'S LIQUOR DEPARTMENT HAS BECOME USER-FRIENDLY

  published July 28, 1993

  Arizona liquor czar Howard Adams is under attack from his own people. They are concerned that the kind of politicking and deal cutting that... More >>

• THE LEADING MAN

  published June 30, 1993

  The lineup of stars sounded like the cast from a Love Boat episode, but the production was Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods' movie, The Hound... More >>

• ARCADIA'S CLASH OF '93WHEN DIVERSITY CONFRONTS GENTILITY, SCHOOLS ARE ON THE FRONT LINES

  published June 9, 1993

  The skies were heavy with rain, and it was just starting to sprinkle as hundreds of students spilled into the Arcadia High School parking lot.... More >>

• REALLY LONG-RANGE PLANNING

  published May 26, 1993

  As an associate planner for the City of Los Angeles, Robert Yabes spends his days in front of the computer, masterminding a long-range plan that... More >>

• BATON ROGUES

  published May 12, 1993

  Sarah Stephens had good reason to be confident on April 17, the day she auditioned to be a baton twirler with the Arizona State University Sun... More >>

• CRUSADER OF THE LOSTATTORNEY CHICK ARNOLD'S CAMPAIGN ON BEHALF OF THE MENTALLY ILL IS ALL UPHILL

  published April 28, 1993

  In a small office at the Arizona State Hospital, attorney Chick Arnold faces his client, Michael, a paranoid schizophrenic who has spent most of... More >>

• REINVENTING THE BIG WHEEL

  published March 31, 1993

  It's said that Sam Coppersmith surprised even himself the night he snatched Arizona's First Congressional District from an incumbent Republican... More >>

• BIG MEDIA TO BIG BIZ: WANNA BIAS?CORPORATE PUPPETEERS CONTROL THE "LIBERAL PRESS," CRITIC CONTENDS

  published March 3, 1993

  Dan Quayle, move over. Jeff Cohen wants to talk about the real "media elite"--big business, whose scions, he says, are engaged more in cover-ups... More >>