Three Colorado Press Women members won first places with their entries in the NFPW At-Large Communications Contest, which means those entries are now competing in the National NFPW professional contest. Five members won an award. Winners and their entries are:
Donna Bryson
- 1st place – Feature Story in Online publication “The U.S. Air Force wants a diverse officer corps. It’s not working.“
- 1st place – Specialty Articles – Social Issues “Sixty years after the unwinding of Jim Crow, a historic election“
- Honorable Mention – Personal blog “Duality“
Tara McMurtry
- 1st place Specialty Articles – Science or technology – “Aquatic Acrobatics: University Collaboration Visualizes the Future of Flexible Wave Energy“
- 1st place Personality Profile – more than 750 words – “Beneath the Surface: How a High School Essay Steered Tina Ortega Toward a Career in Marine Energy“
Anna Squires & 10 nonmembers: Aishwarya Krishnamoorthy, Natasha Headland, Julia Thomas, Cassandra Sulmeisters, Rebecca Martineau, Justin Daugherty, Michael Deneen, Kendall Septon, Kelly Jones, Theresa von Kuegelgen (Only members compete in the national contest.)
- 1st place Electronic newsletter-nonprofit, gov’t, educ. “Mobility Matters—Summer 2024 Edition”
Buffy Gilfoil
- 2nd place – Personal blog “The Skunk at the Garden Party”
- 3rd place – Personal blog “A Deplorable and an Elitist Walk Into a Bar”
Karen Petersen
- Honorable mention – specialty article-science or tech – “Decade of Digital Computing Speeds Transformative Shift to Clean Energy: How NREL’s Supercomputers Have Supercharged the Energy Transition”
