{"id":325,"date":"2012-07-16T18:15:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsthatsing.com\/?page_id=325"},"modified":"2012-07-16T18:15:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T18:15:10","slug":"education-and-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordsthatsing.com\/?page_id=325","title":{"rendered":"Education and Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Education<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>I hold a Master of Arts in Journalism from Indiana University&#8217;s highly respected program in Bloomington as well as a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in journalism and English earned at Dordt College (Iowa) and Indiana University. In the decades since, I&#8217;ve attended countless lectures and workshops while learning from astute editors on the job.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>IABC Gold Quill Award of Excellence, CPRS National Award of Excellence, and IABC Capital Award of Excellence (2012) for <em>ATCO Gas: Heating Homes, Warming Communities since 1912. <\/em>As part of a larger team, Theresa Agnew and I coordinated the writing, penned much of the copy and edited the entire magazine-style publication. <\/p>\n<p>Alberta Foundation for the Arts grant, 2010, for \u201cJosee Uwamahoro: Up From the Prison of Hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>YWCA Stories of Strength winner, 2010, for \u201cUp from a Prison of Hate\u201d in honour of International Women\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Church Press, features category, second place, 2009, for \u201cTar Sands Fever Threatens Edmonton Farmland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outstanding Volunteer (program\/project), Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Alberta Foundation for the Arts grant, 2003, for \u201cWomen Building Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth R. Wilson Awards, finalist, 2001, for \u201c21 ideas for the 21st Century,\u201d Alberta Venture.<\/p>\n<p>International Association of Business Communicators Capital City awards, 1984-\u201889.<\/p>\n<p>City Digest Award, Print Publications, \u201cEdmonton: Your City,\u201d 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Public Relations Society Awards, 1985, 1986.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Award, investigative reporting, 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Minneapolis Tribune Award, 1981; scholarships in journalism, 1978, 1976.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education I hold a Master of Arts in Journalism from Indiana University&#8217;s highly respected program in Bloomington as well as a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in journalism and English earned at Dordt College (Iowa) and Indiana University. In the decades since, I&#8217;ve attended countless lectures and workshops while learning from astute editors &#8230; <a title=\"Education and Awards\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordsthatsing.com\/?page_id=325\" aria-label=\"Read more about Education and Awards\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":428,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-325","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsthatsing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsthatsing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsthatsing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsthatsing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsthatsing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordsthatsing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/325\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsthatsing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsthatsing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}