January 30th, 2020

The Minnesota Newspaper Association held their annual convention in the Twin Cities on January 30.  In the evening, they held their awards ceremony, and I placed third in the Sports Feature category for a story about a Red Wing woman who has had a successful run in a major roller derby league in Los Angeles and has skated in the National Championships and World Cup. 

Last May our staff created a magazine about the commercial, recreational, and ecological aspects of living along the Mississippi River.  It is titled "The River is Life," and it placed first in the Special Sections category.  I was involved in five of the stories included in that publication.  It is available only in print form, so I am unable to include a link here, but I am very pleased with how it turned out and how it was received, both by our readers and by the contest judges.