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Foundation Announces 11^th Annual Journalism Award Recipients
Organization also Cites PBS/BBC as First Public Awareness Awardee

LANDOVER, Md., September 22, 2005 -– The Epilepsy Foundation today announced the recipients of its 11^th Annual Distinguished Journalism Awards for magazine and newspaper reporting. The winning journalists are Glamour Magazine contributing editor, Stephen Fried, and Anne Dudurich, a journalist with the Greenberg, Pa., Tribune-Review. Also cited is Jody Winter for a first-person Guideposts Magazine feature about living with epilepsy. PBS' Masterpiece Theatre will also receive a special public awareness award during the Foundation's Distinguished Journalism Award presentation luncheon ceremonies on Friday, September 30^th in Phoenix. The awards and luncheon ceremonies are sponsored by Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, Inc.

In the field of journalism, Stephen Fried's winning article, "How Far Would You Go to Save Your Health?," appeared in Glamour Magazine's August 2004 issue. It concerns the experience of Stacie Sharp, a woman with intractable seizures that increased in frequency following a head injury sustained when an automobile crashed through a building wall hitting her. The article tells of Stacie's brain surgery, her fiancé's apprehension during an unanticipated long hospital recovery period, and of her renewed life after the gradual recovery over nearly a year of memory loss following the procedure. The report is a compelling account of the courage, determination and struggle that people with epilepsy go through in what is an increasingly common treatment for seizures uncontrolled by medication.

The winning report in the newspaper category written by Anne Dudurich appeared in the Tribune-Review of March 7, 2005, as two features under the overall heading of "A Cure for Epilepsy." The features concern the history and efficacy of epilepsy surgery, illustrated with the stories of several people who undergo the procedure as part of the Multicenter Randomized Surgical Epilepsy Trial (ERSET) to demonstrate the effectiveness of early aggressive treatment of the disorder. Debra Carpenter, owner of a medical consulting firm, and Cindy Shaffer, a nursing student, continue to be free of seizures a year after brain surgery. Another patient, a 17-year-old-student, is also seizure free with a grade point average gone from 3.0 to 4.0 following surgery. The features are well-researched and draw readers into their subject with considerable human interest that avoids sensationalizing the surgical procedure.

Although the Foundation's Distinguished Journalism Awards are traditionally awarded solely to working journalists, and first-person reports by people with epilepsy are normally not considered, the judges this year have made an exception in granting a merit award to Jody Winter, a marketing professional who has the disorder.

In the Guideposts feature, "Free To Be," Winter tells of her withdrawal from outside involvements and isolation even from family as a result of intractable seizures, and the incident that turned her life around. With renewed confidence despite occasional seizures, she starts Girls Fun Adventures, a company that organizes mystery weekend getaways.

Though the Foundation does not have an established annual award for dramatic programs on television, it has chosen this year to also honor the PBS/BBC production of "The Lost Prince" with a special public awareness award, the first dramatic program to be so honored. The two-part Masterpiece Theatre presentation concerns Prince John, the youngest child of George V and Queen Mary, who had epilepsy. Written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, the drama is the deeply moving story of a child with epilepsy in an age when people with the disorder were hidden from society and, as in this tragic case, even isolated from family and friends. The program aired on PBS on October 17 and 24, 2004.

The deadline for the 12th annual awards is June 6, 2006, for reports appearing in the Internet, magazine, newspaper, radio and television consumer media between June 1, 2005, and May 31, 2006.

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About the Epilepsy Foundation

The Epilepsy Foundation, with national offices in metropolitan Washington, DC, and 55 affiliates in 39 states, is the leading voluntary health organization with programs and services for nearly 3 million people in the United States with seizures. The organization's goals are increased research, more effective treatment, the elimination of social barriers, and access to quality care, so not another moment will be lost to seizures.

About Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, Inc.

Headquartered in Titusville, N.J., Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, Inc., focuses exclusively on providing solutions that improve neurological health. The company currently markets products for Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, and acute and preventive migraine treatment. Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, Inc. in conjunction with internal and external research partners, continues to explore new opportunities to develop solutions for unmet healthcare needs in neurology.