I'm writing this column a few days before the 2012 PRWeek Award winners are announced, so I don't know who won. But I'm sure the winners are celebrating and the profession is basking in the afterglow of another memorable evening.  

For the past four years, I've judged entries in several categories for the awards program – marketing campaigns, small and large agencies, community relations, and so forth. The judging process is detailed, comprehensive, and completely blind: each judge leaves the ...