SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Utne, the nation's leading magazine of alternative ideas, announced that Miller-McCune won the Utne Independent Press Award in the category of Science & Technology Coverage.

"Over the course of 2008, Miller-McCune proved that 'solidly researched solutions for the country's major problems' can grace magazine pages in an engaging, accurate, and accessible fashion," says David Schimke, Utne editor.

On its Web site, Utne reveals some of what drew it to honor Miller-McCune: "''Is this the future of the war on drugs?' the November-December 2008 cover booms. The piece inside unpacks an unprecedented experiment in public health: a supervised injection site for Vancouver heroin addicts. Every article rivals the cover stories for bang and punch. The ethical differences between liberals and conservatives. Why global aging will extend U.S. dominance. The health benefits of designing nature-like spaces indoors. Miller-McCune uplifts public discourse with decidedly non-wonky panache."

Since 1989, the Independent Press Awards have showcased the best from the alternative press in categories ranging from reporting excellence to personal life, cultural to international coverage. Utne's award comes shortly after Miller-McCune was named by The Library Journal as one of the 10 Best Magazines in 2009. Earlier this year, Mr. Magazine, Samir Husni, named Miller-McCune one of the Hottest Launches of 2008, while the National Council of Crime and Delinquency and the John Jay College for Criminal Justice honored Miller-McCune authors. Miller-McCune is published by the Miller-McCune Center for Research, Media, and Public Policy, a non-profit corporation founded by Sara Miller McCune, founder of Sage Publications.

"We want to thank our editors, authors, and staff," says Miller-McCune spokeswoman Geane deLima. "We'd also like to congratulate the others nominated in this category, which includes Science News, The Scientist, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, California, IEEE Spectrum, Stanford, and Technology Review. There is tremendous amount of regard and dedication that goes into all of these publications."

Winners of the Utne Independent Press Awards were awarded on May 17th during an awards banquet held in conjunction with MPA 6th Annual Independent Magazine Group Conference in Boulder, Colo.

"The award is recognition of the work that we've fallen in love with over the course of the year," said Schimke. "Hopefully it shows the editors, writers, and the publishers of these periodicals that 'Hey, you're doing good work.' Stick with it. Be proud of it."

For more information or a sample issue, contact theeditor@miller-mccune.com.

The Utne Independent Press Awards, www.utne.com, recognize excellence in alternative and independent publishing. Utne's editors select nominee publications through their extensive reading process and careful examination of 1,300 publications. Utne magazine, the nation's leading digest of the alternative media, has a paid circulation of 225,000.

About Miller-McCune:
Miller-McCune, a national print magazine, and its online cousin, Miller-McCune.com, are published by the Miller-McCune Center for Research, Media and Public Policy, a nonprofit public benefit corporation founded in September 2007 by Sara Miller McCune, founder of Sage Publications, a leading international publisher of academic books and journals. In addition to its magazine and Web site, the Santa Barbara, Calif.-based center offers internship and fellowship programs that guide developing journalists interested in policy solutions.

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Miller-McCune is an award-winning bimonthly magazine focused on reasoned solutions for social and environmental issues. Drawing from academic research and sustainable programs from around the world, Miller-McCune is written for government leaders, business executives, non-profit directors, researchers, journalists and decision makers interested in finding evidence-based ideas.

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