Saturday, November 18, 2023

Rob Burgess - Awards list

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

  










Here's a list of the awards I've been honored to receive for my writing. Click the links below to read more about each:

2013
Winner - First Place - Best General Commentary - Division 5 - 2013 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest
 
2014 
Winner - Second Place - Best General Commentary - Division 5 - 2014 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest

2015
Winner - Staff - First Place - Best Multimedia Package - Division 2 - 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors Journalism Contest #

Winner - Staff - First Place - Best Special Section - Division 5 - 2015 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest #

2016
Winner - Staff - Second Place - Best Ongoing News Coverage - Division 5 - 2016 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest

2017
Winner - Staff - Third Place - Best Spot News Coverage - Division 2 - 2017 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors Journalism Contest *

Winner - Second Place - Best Editorial Writer - Division 5 - 2017 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest 

Winner - Staff - Second Place - Best News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure - 2017 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest *


2019

2020
2021
 
 



2022




Winner – First Place – Best Short Feature Story – Division: Nondailies less than 1,500 – 2022 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Journalism Awards

Winner – Second Place – Best Headline Writing – Division: Nondailies less than 1,500 – 2022 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Journalism Awards

Winner – Third Place – Best Headline Writing – Division: Nondailies less than 1,500 – 2022 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Journalism Awards

Winner – Second Place – Best General News Photo – Division: Nondailies less than 1,500 – 2022 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Journalism Awards

Winner – Third Place – Best Portrait – Division: Nondailies less than 1,500 – 2022 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Journalism Awards

Winner – Third Place – Best Profile Feature – Division: Nondailies less than 1,500 – 2022 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Journalism Awards





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 STAFF AWARDS


 



I've also been honored to be a part of several staff awards:


2014
Winner - First Place - Kokomo Tribune - Website of the Year - Division 1 - 2014 Best of CNHI Editorial Contest ^


2015
Winner - Second Place - Kokomo Tribune - General Excellence - Division 5 - 2015 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest

Winner - Staff - Second Place - Best Online Site/Web Page - Division 5 - 2015 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest ^

2016
Winner - Staff - Second Place - Best Digital Presence - Division 2 - 2016 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors Journalism Contest ^

Winner - Staff - Third Place - General Excellence - Division 5 - 2016 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest

2023

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Key:

# = These were won for the Nov. 17, 2014 Kokomo Tribune special section, "One Year Later," to which I contributed audio, wrote one of the main stories and compiled three sidebars. 

* = These were won for the Kokomo Tribune coverage of the Aug. 24, 2016 tornadoes, to which I contributed two stories.

^ = These were won for the Kokomo Tribune website, of which I was an administrator.