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Rebecca Robinson’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Rebecca has written for numerous media outlets about education, health care, social entrepreneurship, crime, homelessness, and public lands, among many other topics. Her debut book, "Voices from Bears Ears: Seeking Common Ground on Sacred Land," was a finalist for the 2020 Oregon Book Award in the General Nonfiction category. Currently a freelancer, Rebecca previously worked as a staff writer for Monterey County Weekly, a radio producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting, and a reporter-editor for …
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Awards
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2020 - Nonfiction
Voices from Bears Ears was a finalist for the Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction, a category of the 2020 Oregon Book Awards. Literary Arts‘ Oregon Book Awards program honors the state’s finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, graphic literature, drama, literary nonfiction, and literature for young readers.
California Newspaper Publishers Association Award
2011 - 1st Place, General Excellence
1st Place award for General Excellence awarded to the staff of Monterey County Weekly. It was the publication's first-ever top prize in its category, which includes all of California's weekly newspapers with circulations of 25,000 and above.
Associated Press of Oregon Broadcasters Award
2010 - 1st Place, Public Affairs Journalism
1st Place for Public Affairs Journalism awarded to the Oregon Public Broadcasting news team for “The Rural Economy Project” series.
Gracie Award
2010 - Outstanding Talk Show
Outstanding Talk Show Award from the Alliance for Women in Media for “The Ethics of Egg Donation,” broadcast June 3, 2010 on Oregon Public Broadcasting. The show explored the ethically fraught world of egg donation from the perspective of those who donate eggs and those who select and pay donors for certain genetic traits.
Society of Professional Journalists Award
2009 - Online Coverage
1st Place, Online Coverage for “North Precinct,” The Sentinel. Award from the Oregon/Southwest Washington chapter of SPJ recognized The Sentinel's year-long coverage of the impacts of a reduced police force on economically disadvantaged communities in Portland, Oregon
Society of Professional Journalists Award
2009 - Social Issues Reporting
2nd Place, Social Issues Reporting for “Motel Limbo,” published Aug. 21, 2009 in Street Roots. Long-form piece on homeless families living in Portland, Oregon's seediest motels.
Society of Professional Journalists Award
2008 - Religion and Values Reporting
3rd Place, Religion and Values Reporting for “To Serve the Present Age,” published March 2008 in the Sentinel. Story explored the membership decline in Portland, Oregon's more traditional churches and the simultaneous growth of the evangelical, "emergent" churches that aggressively courted young people.
New England Newspaper Association Award
2007 - Reporting on Religious Issues
Best Reporting on Religious Issues for “The First, The Last,” published June 9, 2007 in the Bennington Banner. Piece profiled a small but fervent Pentecostal congregation and its charismatic Puerto Rican pastor in small-town, majority-white Vermont.