Jerry Grillo
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Jerry Grillo’s Biography
Read Full Bio →I'm an alphabet engineer, using letters to construct words and sentences that tell stories. For many years I wrote and edited for newspapers and magazines. For the past five or so, I've done basically the same thing at Georgia Tech in the university's communications department. In my spare time, I write on a freelance basis for a variety of publications and recently completed my first book (a biography of musician Col. Bruce Hampton), to be published by University of Georgia Press in 2021. Yay!…
Jerry Grillo’s Journalist Portfolio
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Awards
See all 8 awards →Society of Professional Journalists Award
2006 - Feature Writing
I won first place in the Green Eyeshades Awards (Southeastern U.S. region of SPJ) for my three-part magazine series on energy in Georgia.
Society of Professional Journalists Award
2007 - News Writing
I won first place in the Green Eyeshades Awards (Southeastern U.S. region of SPJ) for my magazine series on water issues in Georgia.
Society of Professional Journalists Award
2010 - Feature Writing
I took second place in the Green Eyeshades Awards (Southeastern U.S. region of SPJ) for overall feature writing.
Society of Professional Journalists Award
2013 - Feature Writing
I took second place in the Green Eyeshades Awards (Southeastern U.S. region of SPJ) for a body of work.
Atlanta Press Club - Awards of Excellence
2012 - Feature Writing
I took first place for a body of work in the first year of the Atlanta Press Club's Awards of Excellence program (which continues as a strong awards program for regional journalism to this day).
AABP Editorial Excellence Awards
2011 - Personality Profile
I won the 'gold' award for my profile on the CEO of Aflac in the annual Association of Area Business Publications awards program (national competition).
Association of American Medical Colleges
2017 - Feature Writing
I took a 'silver' in the annual competition among science writers for a story about the microbiome called 'Learning to Love Our Bugs.'
Georgia Press Association, Atlanta Press Club, Magazine Association of the Southeast, etc.
Various
Since 1989 I've been an award-winning journalist based in Georgia (with the exception of one year in Pennsylvania). I won numerous Georgia Press awards for writing sports columns and stories, as well as others through the years for newspaper and magazine writing, in addition to the few that I've already mentioned here.