Each year, ASDA members publish more than 100 articles in ASDA News, more than 50 articles in Mouth and at least 156 posts to this blog. That’s a lot of content. Behind the scenes of these publications is ASDA’s Editorial Board–eight dental students who dedicate their time to planning, writing and editing your ASDA publications. It’s thanks to them that you read about millennials, creative diagnosis, and lasers this past year. They are also the folks that bring you Life Hacks Week and “just for fun” posts here on the blog.
One part of an ASDA editor’s job, whether they work on the print publications or this blog, is finding dental students who want to write. All those articles and blog posts won’t write themselves and we’ve had some amazing authors in 2015. On behalf of ASDA’s Editorial Board, I’d like to thank all the authors and bloggers who contributed to ASDA in the past year. Thank you for your time, your ideas and your contribution to the organization. It’s because of volunteers like you that we are able to build a knowledge-base for dental students in the U.S.
ASDA’s Editorial Board sifted through all the articles and blog posts of 2015 to narrow down nominees for three Gold Crown Awards: Best News Article, Best Feature Article and Best Blog Post. Criteria included relevance, originality, research and presentation. For blog posts, number of visits, social shares and Facebook likes were also weighed in the decision. Here are the nominees for the 2016 Gold Crown Awards for best articles and blog post:
BEST NEWS ARTICLE NOMINEES
“Navigating dental insurance in Massachusetts”
By Lily Liu, Harvard ’16 | April ASDA News
“7 Things you didn’t know about HIPAA”
By Dhwani Joshi, Missouri-Kirksville ’17 | May ASDA News
“Why is the cost of dental school so high?”
By Scott Kennedy, Roseman ’17 | August ASDA News
“The Advanced DAT: A new exam on the road to residency”
By Katya Avanesyan, North Carolina ’16 | October ASDA News
“How ethics and law impact advertising your practice”
By Stephen Rogers, Buffalo ’18 | December ASDA News
BEST FEATURE ARTICLE NOMINEES
By Kyle Larsen, Colorado ’17 | April ASDA News
“Sports dentistry: From final impressions to NBA finals”
By Ryan Cheung, Southern California ’16 | Spring Mouth
“Air Force Dental Corps: A female perspective”
By Veronica Wang, Roseman ’17 | Spring Mouth
By Tanya Sue Maestas, Texas-Houston ’18 | Fall Mouth
By Sadaf Moghimi, Roseman ’16 | Winter Mouth
BEST BLOG POST NOMINEES
“The importance of neck & back health in dentistry”
By Kathryn Dickmann, Detroit Mercy ’17 | May 1, 2015
“From BDS to DDS: Getting a dental degree in the U.S.”
By Kekul Bharucha, predental | June 19, 2015
“How to handle the patient who hates you”
By Morgan Murrell, Kentucky ’18 | Oct. 23, 2015
“How to ace your dental school interview”
By Ali Raza, predental | May 29, 2015
“How to sail through the PASS/Match process”
By Dr. Stephanie Zastrow, Minnesota ’15 | March 13, 2015
Do you have a favorite article or blog you read in the past year? Let us know in the comments section!
~Kim Kelly, senior manager, publications
