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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1994 Stories by Amy Silverman

• POLS TO THE WASS

  published November 17, 1994

  Everyone's a Critic "I made some stupid mistakes," Eddie Basha says matter-of-factly. Once again, "chubby grocer" is his... More >>

• THE BEST OF FIFE

  published November 3, 1994

  As election day nears, so dawns the realization that by this time next week, we might not have Governor J. Fife Symington III to kick around... More >>

• Pols to the Wall

  published October 27, 1994

  Rudman Flees, Sparks Fly Anyone who has driven through east Phoenix in the last year has seen Roger Rudman's handiwork. He's the... More >>

• POLS TO THE WALL

  published October 13, 1994

  Say Cheezy! State legislator Sue Grace caught a familiar sight, glancing up from her microphone at a candidates' forum last week. It... More >>

• DEARTH WATCH

  published September 29, 1994

  The race to lead the nation's eighth-largest city has been so quiet that Skip Rimsza was able to undergo and recover from triple-bypass... More >>

• POLS TO THE WALL

  published September 8, 1994

  Miss Karan's Frozen Out Why didn't Arizona WINS--a political organization devoted to electing female candidates--endorse the reelection... More >>

• Opiate for the Mrs.

  published September 8, 1994

  You're U.S. Senator John McCain, and you've got a big problem. Your wife, Cindy, was addicted to prescription painkillers. She stole pills... More >>

• POLS TO THE WALL

  published August 18, 1994

  Is There an Echo? What do former Phoenix mayor Paul Johnson and Michigan state senator Debbie Stabenow have in common? Plenty. Both... More >>

• PAYING FOR THE FREEWAYSTHE R&G USES FERVID EDITORIALS AND BIG BUCKS TO SUPPORT A HIGHWAY REFERENDUM

  published August 11, 1994

  Calling itself the Committee for Clean Air and Better Transportation, a group of Valley business leaders wants Maricopa County voters to approve a... More >>

• REPORTING ON THE REPORTERSA PARANOID CITY STAFF TELLS EVERYONE EVERY TIME A JOURNALIST ASKS ANYBODY ANYTHING

  published July 28, 1994

  The World's Best Run City may also be the World's Most Paranoid City--at least as far as press relations goes. After placing a routine request... More >>

• THE OBJECT OF THEIR DESIRE

  published July 21, 1994

  Most days, Linda Rawles rises at 8 a.m., drinks a Diet Coke, reads the morning newspaper and goes about the business of running for Congress. If... More >>

• INTERSTATE HIGH JINKS

  published June 1, 1994

  No matter how hard they run for Congress by bashing it, once they're on Capitol Hill, representatives learn quickly that in dealing with fellow... More >>

• WHEN A SENATOR WORKS FOR A LOBBYING FIRM

  published May 18, 1994

  When the chieftains at the Arizona law-and-lobby firm Fennemore Craig learned in 1992 that their partner Marc Spitzer intended to run for the... More >>

• CASUAL CONFLICTS

  published May 18, 1994

  In March 1989, freshman Representative Robert "Bob" Burns, Republican-Glendale, was better known at the Arizona State Capitol as a lobbyist than... More >>

• MARRIED PRIESTS DO IT DIVINELYRENT A PRIEST USES CLERICS WHO WEAR WEDDING RINGS--AND COLLARS

  published May 4, 1994

  From all appearances, Walter Wrobel is the model Catholic priest. He's got a doctorate in divinity, years of experience and he looks the... More >>

• THE POEM'S THE THINGISRAELI SUPERSTAR DAVID BROZA PUTS HIS MUSIC TO A LOCAL POET'S LINES AND HOPES AMERICA LIKES IT

  published April 20, 1994

  When Alberto R¡os received a phone call a few years ago from a songwriter who wanted to set his poetry to music, he tossed it off as anothe... More >>

• BRUSH WITH THE LAWPHOENIX'S REGAL LEGALS ARE WELL-BRIEFED IN THE ARTS

  published April 20, 1994

  The Luhrs building, at the intersection of First Avenue and Jefferson Street, is somewhat magnificent--by Phoenix architectural standards. But... More >>

• SAVING THE ANIMALS--SORT OF

  published April 6, 1994

  Late on a recent spring morning, a green Hyundai pulls up to the entrance of Phoenix Zoo, depositing a fiftysomething man clad in a tattered,... More >>

• SAVING THE ANIMALS--SORT OF

  published April 6, 1994

  Late on a recent spring morning, a green Hyundai pulls up to the entrance of Phoenix Zoo, depositing a fiftysomething man clad in a tattered,... More >>

• Statesman or Henchman?

  published March 23, 1994

  United States Senator John McCain is live on KTUC-AM talk radio in Tucson. He's speaking with a caller named Rosemary, an elderly woman who's... More >>

• FIFE'S DOUBLE TALK ON EDUCATIONGOVERNOR SYMINGTON'S SCHOOL-VOUCHER PLAN IS A GIFT FOR CONSERVATIVES--NOT THE POOR

  published February 23, 1994

  At the Phoenix Country Day School in Paradise Valley, students begin instruction in lab science at age 4. Spanish at 5. High schoolers learn... More >>

• THE STADIUM INDEX

  published February 2, 1994

  With all the hubbub about the downtown baseball stadium--for which Maricopa County taxpayers are expected to pay up to $250 million--it's high... More >>

• SHE'S NOT THEIR CUP OF TEA

  published January 26, 1994

  @body:After hearing so many monstrous things about Carolyne Berry, seeing her is a letdown. Watching the Madison School District board member... More >>

• SHE'S NOT THEIR CUP OF TEA

  published January 26, 1994

  @body:After hearing so many monstrous things about Carolyne Berry, seeing her is a letdown. Watching the Madison School District board member... More >>