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I was thrilled to win a Gold Award in the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) 2017 Awards Competition. According to NAJTA, the awards competition “recognizes the best of the best from travel media.” I earned the top honor for my river cruise article “Discoveries Along the...
A video about Amish mud sales that I wrote and produced for AAA World’s website won First Place in the video category in the National Federation of Press Women 2017 Communications Contest. I share the award with two of my colleagues at AAA: Andy Sherman, videographer and editor, and Blaire...
I was elected by my peers to serve a two-year term as Active-at-Large on the board of the 400-member Eastern Chapter of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW). In my first official duties, I attended a planning meeting in North Carolina’s Outer Banks this past October. My duties as...
I was honored this month to learn that I had earned two Silver Awards in travel writing from the North American Travel Journalists Association. One of the awards was for my article "Travel App-titude," which is a round up of useful apps for travelers. You can read it on my writing samples page. The...
My travel writing was honored with a First Place Award in the 2015 Delaware Press Association Contest. The award was based on two feature articles: “Mane Attractions—and More,” published in AAA World (circulation 2.1 million) and “King of the Mountains,” published in AAA Traveler Worldwise (...

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