U.S. Masters Swimming June Krauser Communications Award

Recipient:	Lucianne Pugh
Year:	2023
LMSC:	Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest Association of Masters Swimmers (PNA) had published a newletter since the mid-1970’s and Lucianne Pugh became the editor in May, 2016. PNA’s editors had been allowed to put their own creative “stamp” on the style of the newsletter and it didn’t take long for Lucianne to create visually appealing issues. An accountant by trade, Lucianne clearly had an artistic eye and her issues of The WetSet were beautifully constructed. She assembled all sorts of content into a cohesive whole, with a consistent look and feel that made it easy on the reader. She found a great balance.

Always proactive as an editor, Lucianne reminded regular contributor of the deadlines. She also contacted various competitors in advance, asking them to provide reports and photos for various competitions. She used social media to generate ideas for articles and reached out to PNA athletes who had interesting stories to tell and/or were accomplishing interesting feats, such as a solo swim around Mercer Island. The variety of articles that appeared in each issue was outstanding. In addition to her duties as The WetSet editor, Lucianne also prepared numerous “year in review” slide shows for the annual meetings and socials that took place in recent years.