I'm pretty psyched because now I can say I'm an award-winning journalist. I won several awards -- jointly, individually and as part of my paper's staff -- for coverage of a big story on my beat last year. And since I took over in the middle and was still learning the ropes, it's all very cool. Not that it wouldn't be cool if I'd been doing it a while.
But I was also excited because the awards -- and the subsequent story the paper wrote about them -- garnered me a few e-mails and one note of congratulations. The notice is nice, of course, but what was even cooler was the sentiment expressed. The CEO of a company I write about sent me a letter that said, "It's nice to know (my company) is being covered by someone with your talent." Pretty rocking.
Also, I'm really pleased with some digging I did on a story this week. It's been a little while since I got to break news.
Huzzah!
2 comments:
You're going places, Rel! I'm proud to be the friend of a soon-to-be internationally-renowned journalist! Just don't forget us little people when you earn your second Pulitzer. ;)
Congrats! But of course, it was only a matter of time before your talent was recognized :)
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