Below is a comprehensive listing of Marilyn's accolades
for her work in reporting and community service over the years.
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EMMY AWARD - "A
MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH"
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EMMY AWARD
NOMINATION - "HOPE NEVER DIES"
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UNITED PRESS
INTERNATIONAL - AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR INDIVIDUAL REPORTING AND
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
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UNITED PRESS
INTERNATIONAL AWARD - "DEATH WITH DIGNITY" - FOUR PART
SERIES FOLLOWED FOUR CANCER PATIENTS FOR ONE YEAR FROM
THE TIME THEY ENTERED HOSPICE UNTIL THEY DIED
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
- FIRST PLACE AWARD FOR - "DEATH WITH DIGNITY"
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UNITED PRESS
INTERNATIONAL - FIRST PLACE AWARD - FOR BEST NEWS SERIES - "PLIGHT OF
THE FACIALLY DISFIGURED" - FOLLOWED FOUR SEVERELY FACIALLY
DISFIGURED PEOPLE FOR A YEAR - DOCUMENTING WHAT THEIR LIVES ARE LIKE
- BEING PRISONERS IN THEIR OWN HOME - THE SERIES GAVE THEM THEIR
FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE PUBLIC HOW THEY FEEL WHEN PEOPLE STARE
- HOW THEY WANT TO BE TREATED - MITZEL WENT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC
WITH HIDDEN CAMERAS WEARING A BURN MASK TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT THEIR
LIVES ARE LIKE AND CAPTURE THE GLARING LOOKS AND HORRIFYING
MISTREATMENT FROM THE PUBLIC
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ASSOCIATED PRESS -
FIRST PLACE AWARD FOR BEST SERIES FOR "PLIGHT OF THE FACIALLY
DISFIGURED"
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THE SOCIETY OF
PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS - SIGMA DELTA PHI - RECOGNIZES MITZEL
FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS IN REPORTING AND EVENTS OF PUBLIC
IMPORTANCE
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PRICE WATERHOUSE
AWARD - SOUTH FLORIDA "UP AND COMER"
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THE INTERNATIONAL
FITNESS INSTITUTE AWARD FOR EFFORTS IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT
FITNESS AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES THROUGH OBJECTIVE REPORTING
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AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION - SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD FOR SUPPORT IN HELPING
ACHIEVE THE MISSION OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
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AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION - AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CARDIOVASCULAR COMMUNICATION
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AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION - AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND STROKE
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AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION - AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN REPORTING ON CHILDREN'S HEART
HEALTH FOR HER STORY "THE TINIEST TECHNOLOGY"
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AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION - AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CARDIOVASCULAR
COMMUNICATION FOR HER STORY "SURVIVING A HEART ATTACK- THE BEST WAY TO DO
IT"
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AMERICAN
HEART ASSOCIATION - AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN REPORTING IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
HEART DISEASE AND STROKE WITH HER STORY "HEART HELPERS."
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AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION - MEDIAL SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD OF APPRECIATION FOR
DEMONSTRATING A HIGH MEASURE OF MEDIA RESPONSIBILITY AND OUTSTANDING
ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR CONSISTENT USE OF THE AHA'S LIFE SAVING
EDUCATIONAL MESSAGES
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AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION - MIAMI - AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SUPPORT IN FIGHTING
HEART DISEASE
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PREVENTION MAGAZINE
- SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN REPORTING ON HEALTH
ISSUES
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SOUTH FLORIDA
CHAPTER OF THE JUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL
PRESENTS MITZEL WITH THE "KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE" AWARD - IN RECOGNITION
AND APPRECIATION FOR REPORTING ON DIABETES RESEARCH
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NOVA SOUTHEASTERN
UNIVERSITY - "TOUCHING MINDS AND CHANGING LIVES" AWARD FOR REPORTING ON MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES
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AMERICAN CANCER
SOCIETY'S AWARD OF APPRECIATION FROM THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS CLUB
FOR OUTSTANDING REPORTING ON CANCER BREAKTHROUGHS, TREATMENTS,
RESEARCH AND PREVENTION
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THE WEIZMANN
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE - SPECIAL AWARD OF APPRECIATION FOR "WOMEN OF
VISION"
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PACE - SPECIAL
RECOGNITION AWARD - FOR HELPING YOUNG GIRLS MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR
THEMSELVES
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THE
MARYLAND
OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION - REPORTER OF THE YEAR FOR OUTSTANDING MEDIA
COVERAGE AND COMMUNICATIONS - IN RECOGNITION OF UNIQUE AND CREATIVE
REPORTING TO THE PUBLIC TO FURTHER AND PROMOTE THE VISUAL WELFARE OF
THE PUBLIC IN THE GREATER
WASHINGTON D.C. AREA
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THE MEDICAL AND
CHIRURGICAL FACULTY OF MARYLAND - MEDIA AWARD - FOR CONTRIBUTING TO
A BETTER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH IN THE
GREATER WASHINGTON D.C. AREA
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OPTOMETRIC COUNSEL
OF THE NATIONAL CAPITOL REGION - WASHINGTON D.C. - THE PUBLIC
NEWS AND MEDIA AWARD IN RECOGNITION OF SERVICES MADE TO THE VISUAL
WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC BY HAVING DEVOTED EFFORTS AND UNDERSTANDING AND
DISSEMINATING INFORMATION THROUGH THE NEWS MEDIA FACTS OF VISUAL
INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION
AWARD - WOMEN'S EXECUTIVE CLUB OF FORT LAUDERDALE FOR
OUTSTANDING REPORTING
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MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT SALUTES MARILYN MITZEL AS A
FLORIDA HERO FOR ALL HER HARD
WORK AND DEDICATION THROUGH HER OUTSTANDING REPORTING
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BROWARD
COUNTY
DIETETIC MEDIA AWARD FOR BEST REPORTING
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BROWARD
COUNTY
CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION SALUTES MITZEL FOR
OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE
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GREATER
MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AWARD IN APPRECIATION FOR TIME
AND COMMITMENT FOR
COMMUNITY SERVICE
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UNIVERSITY OF
MIAMI
AWARD FOR - "A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH" - IT HELPED EDUCATE THE
PUBLIC ABOUT THE DESPERATE NEED TO BUILD A NEW TRAUMA CENTER - FROM
IT CAME THE NEW RYDER TRAUMA CENTER - MITZEL HELPED RAISE NEARLY
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS - ENOUGH MONEY TO BREAK NEW GROUND - SHE
ENCOURAGED CITIZENS TO BUY A BRICK FOR TRAUMA WITH THEIR NAME ON IT
OR THE NAME OF A LOVED ONE TO HELP RAISE THE FUNDS - AS A RESULT THE
UNIVERSITY PLACED TWO SEPARATE BRICKS WITH MITZEL'S NAME ON IT IN
FRONT OF THE TRAUMA CENTER AND ANOTHER ON UM MEDICAL CAMPUS TO SAY
"THANK YOU"
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE -"HELPING HANDS AWARD" - IN GRATEFUL
RECOGNITION FOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH REPORTING
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION
FROM THE WOMEN'S EXECUTIVE CLUB OF FORT LAUDERDALE FOR
OUTSTANDING REPORTING
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DADE
COUNTY
HUMANE SOCIETY - AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING REPORTING ON PET HEALTH
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INDIANA
STATE
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION - AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH AND MEDICAL
REPORTING
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UNITED PRESS
INTERNATIONAL - SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE STORY "THE HILLY 100" -
DOCUMENTS A TWO DAY BIKE RACE TRAVELING UP AND DOWN THE STEEP
HILLS OF BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA - MITZEL SHOT, WROTE AND EDITED THE
STORY
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INDIANA NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION - HONORABLE MENTION FOR
"THE HILLY 100" -
QUITE A COMPLIMENT FOR MITZEL, AN ACCOMPLISHED STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
WHO HAD HER OWN DARKROOM IN COLLEGE
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THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
PLACES A PERSONALIZED BRICK WITH MARILYN MITZEL'S
NAME ON IT IN
THE SIDEWALKS OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS - IN TO THANK HER FOR REPORTS
ON THE CITY'S NEEDS - IT HELPED TREMENDOUSLY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE
REVITALIZATION AND BEAUTIFICATION OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS
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THE JEWISH NATIONAL
FOUNDATION PLANTED A TREE IN ISRAEL IN HONOR OF MITZEL FOR HER
OUTSTANDING BODY OF WORK
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HADASSAH - THE
WOMEN'S JEWISH ORGANIZATION AWARDS MITZEL FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
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SURGEONS OF TOTAL
ORTHOPEDIC CARE/FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER - AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE BROADCASTING INDUSTRY AND SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY
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SOUTH FLORIDA
FIREFIGHTERS AWARD FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT
HEALTH MATTERS
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INDIANA FIREFIGHTERS - SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD FOR HER STORY ON
TAKING THE
FIREFIGHTERS TEST - MITZEL TOOK IT AND HELPED THE PUBLIC
APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULTY OF THAT JOB AND WHAT IT TAKES TO DO IT
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INDIANAPOLIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT - SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD FOR HER STORY ON TAKING THE
POLICE OFFICERS TEST - MITZEL TOOK IT PORTRAYING THE DIFFICULTY OF
PUTTING YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE EVERYDAY AND THE HEROIC COMMITMENT
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DANGEROUS DIETS
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION LED TO STORIES ON EVERY NEWS NETWORK AND
FRONT PAGE STORIES IN EVERY MAJOR MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER ACROSS THE
COUNTRY - FROM NEWSWEEK TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - TO COSMO
AND GLAMOUR
