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About Me
Best of SNO for Inside the mind of mental health treatment
When I received this award, I was stunned because it was my very first award and because I thought it felt rushed and below par in quality. Although jarring, this experience motivated me to push myself harder to earn more awards.
Third Place-Feature Story for Inside the mind of mental health treatment
​When I submitted my feature for this award, I expected the story to be an honorable mention. To my surprise, I received third place in our newsroom upon receiving this award. Though I felt proud of my work, if I planned my feature better and put hours into it, I would have received a higher placement.
Video Package Editing-Honorable Mention
Upon first entering the contest, I was intimidated by a room of capable editors with their programs ready to go, and their presets loaded on their computers. Though feeling underprepared, I powered through the two-hour editing time and gained an honorable mention as a reward. However, I learned that to make better content, I needed more practice and experience than what I had.
Best of SNO for Building hope on the street
In every journalist's career, there comes a time when you realize only some people are willing to answer your questions. Upon this story's completion, I realized that it was no different for me and that I needed to have contingencies just in case.
Best of SNO for Rewinding into the past: the land standing Captain Video store remains open
When in doubt, cold call them. A policy I now follow after writing this feature. If I hadn't called my sources, I wouldn't have been able to figure out that their emails were muted, and the story would've been scrapped.
Best of SNO for At the bottom of the glass: investigating adolescent drinking culture
Though I gave the propper courtesy and respect to my sources as I interviewed them. I learned that I must be even more so when talking about sensitive topics such as alcohol usage. Let them talk about what they want, don't interrupt, and work with what you got.
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