Sona Patel » AP http://www.sonapatel.net Multimedia journalist Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:03:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 My first professional newswriting award http://www.sonapatel.net/2009/05/28/my-first-newswriting-award/ http://www.sonapatel.net/2009/05/28/my-first-newswriting-award/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 06:02:16 +0000 Sona http://www.sonapatel.net/?p=270 The Associated PressThe results were announced awhile ago, but I had to mention it on my blog.  The Tribune won several awards in the 2009 Associated Press California/Nevada journalism contest.  Environmental reporter David Sneed and I took first place in Business Writing in our circulation category for a three-day series we co-wrote on the collapse of the fishing industry in Morro Bay.  Dave focused mainly on environmental issues whereas my stories circled around how the city’s economy suffered as a result of the decline of the fishing industry.

I also compared the seaside town of Morro Bay to the Northern California city of Eureka, which also suffered financially in the wake of the decline.

Hooray for The Tribune … and a hearty congratulations to all of the other winners!

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