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Steven Johnson

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As seen in: Cooperative Living Magazine, Apple, NRECA in the News, Rural Electric Magazine, Iowa Electric Cooperative Living, SLAM! Wrestling
@CACReunion and @TNTHOF historian awards. Ex-newspaper guy (alas). Go Hoos. linktr.ee/steelbeltsteve
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Awards

Spotlight on Excellence

2021 - Feature Story

Gold Award for feature from Council of Rural Electric Communicators and NRECA on the legacy of segregation in Virginia schools.

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Marcom Award

2022 - Print/Media Writing

Platinum Award for "Clear Sailing," profile of the last of the Chesapeake skipjacks.

Hermes Creative

2022 - Writing/Publication article

Platinum award for "History Hidden in the Walls," a reclamation project of African American schools in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Virginia Press Association

1984 - In-depth/Investigative reporting

First place in VPA contest for series of stories on cancer research charity that was run by Nothern Virginia fundraisers.

Virginia Press Association

1990 - General News

First place award for coverage of President Bush's education summit with U.S. governors in Charlottesville. (Stories elsewhere in my portfolio)

Hermes Creative

2021 - Writing/Publication article

Gold award for "The School on the Hill," a restoration effort of a segregated school.

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Apex Awards

2013 - Site Content & Writing

Award of Excellence for reporting on the slow bleed of Devils Lake, an uncontrolled body of water in North Dakota without a natural outlet that subsumed everything around it.