 cq press, a division of sage publications, publishes books, directories, periodicals, and electronic products on american government and politics, with an expanding list in international affairs and journalism and mass communication. ==history== nelson poynter, former journalist and owner of the st. petersburg times, and his wife henrietta, founded congressional quarterly in 1945. poynterâs vision for congressional quarterly was to make transparent the happenings within the government and washington, dc. poynter established the modern media institute, now known as the poynter institute, with the mission of promoting democracy through education to journalists and other media leaders. after poynterâs death in 1978, the institute received controlling stock of the st. petersburg times and ownership of cq. in may 2008, cq press was purchased from congressional quarterly by sage publications in its entirety. sage is an international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. a privately owned corporation, sage has offices in los angeles, london, new delhi, and singapore, in addition to the cq press office in washington, dc. ==awards== cq press consistently ranks among the top commercial publishers in terms of quality, as evidenced by the numerous awards its products have won over the years. cq researcher, a print and online periodical covering today's most debated social and political issues, won the aba silver gavel award in 2002 for its series on liberty and justice. the society of professional journalists honored the publication with a sigma delta chi award of excellence in 2000 for a series on health care. in 2002 the cq press reference information group launched the cq press electronic library, which has subsequently grown into a suite of four online periodicals, five online reference databases as well as a suite of online editions of their reference books. three of the cq press electronic library modules have earned the title "best new electronic product in the social sciences" awarded by the [
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