If you click on the picture above you will be redirected to Sue Kilburn's website. Her web-site came out of a collaboration between Sue and myself that began nearly 5 years ago. I went with Sue to photograph her last day of chemotherapy after she had a lumpectomy to remove cancer from her breast. I had intended to do a story on Sue then, but workloads got in the way and then other things got in the way and we had talked about finalizing the story a number of times before we sort of both gave up on it. Then Sue got a job as a Breast Care educator through a Susan G. Komen grant at the MMC's Yolanda G. Barco Oncology Institute. She contacted me again and we agreed that the story would be a great way to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness month last year in October. I reinterviewed Sue, dusted off my notes from our day together in Pittsburgh and we had a story, a slideshow, several sidebars that were informative and possibly the best part of all, Sue wrote 31 days worth of short stories about her battle with breast cancer. The Meadville Tribune ran each of Sue's stories everyday on the website and told the readers about them in the paper. It was quite a bit of information and it really had that personal side that can only be told by a person who has lived it. Sue, The Meadville Tribune and I have been recognized by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association with a second place in online special projects award. This is quite an honor and the best part is it allows the story to reach even more people. Sue's website is also designed to be a place for furthering her role as an educator and she is now continuing her blog entries on this site as well as on facebook. The above photograph was a fun one we took on her last day of chemo nearly five years ago. It shows Sue's personality as a warm and funny person. It is great work that she is doing. I hope this award allows this story to reach even more people and help them in their lives. The entire entry for the award and Sue's 31 days of stories are on her site that you'll find by clickMeadville Tribune photograph by Richard Sayer