February 20, 2008...9:15 pm
Some good news at work (no, really)
So I found out yesterday that I won the Walter Spearman Award for writing by young journalists, which is given each year by the N.C. Associated Press to one writer in the state.
I’m told I’m the first writer at the N&R to win the award — and it’s nice to have done it my first year out. I looked back on my work over the last year recently for a different awards submission and realized how much really good stuff I’d done. Some of it feels like a long time ago now. Some of it — like the gangs piece that won me this award — seems like it was just yesterday. We’re still at the beginning of this year — but I already feel like I need to catch up and knock out some even better stuff this year.
Amanda just found out she won first place for Environmental Reporting from the New England Press Association for a series she did last year. I predict this time next year she’ll be picking up some North Carolina awards too.
All right — now back to fighting off the flu.
8 Comments
February 25, 2008 at 3:27 am
That’s awesome! Congrats :)
February 25, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Well done.
February 26, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Congratulations! It was a fine piece of work.
February 28, 2008 at 6:23 pm
I find it an interesting mental exercise when I go back at the end of the year to review my work for different contest submissions.
It’s a whole different frame of mind to look at work that you may have produced up to a year earlier.
Congrats!!!
February 29, 2008 at 11:49 am
Congratulations Joe. It was well deserved.
March 16, 2008 at 4:20 am
I have naught to say but AWESOME! The two minds in your house!! I’m very happy for both of you. Congratulations on all the work you’ve both done.
May 21, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Sorry I didn’t see this sooner, but congratulations. I don’t know how much you know about Mr. Spearman, but when I was in J-School at Carolina in the early years of the last quarter of the past century, he was still teaching an occasional class–and spending lots of time hanging out with students, being what would be called a “mentor” today, although he would have preferred “friend.” He was one of the most genuinely nice people I met in Chapel Hill, and there were lots of good folks around. You should be proud of the award–and proud to have your name linked to his.
May 30, 2008 at 11:17 pm
I am, Frank.
Since winning the award I’ve gotten a number of e-mails and in-person congratulations from people who knew Walt Spearman - and they all had great things to say about him.
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