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10/18: Atl’s NPR reporter wins big award
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here’s the press release about an NPR radio reporter based out of Atlanta winning a big award for his Katrina coverage. He also runs a marriage proposal planning agency. Sounds like an interesting guy.
Local Reporter Joshua Levs Receives Two Edward R. Murrow Awards for NPR coverage of Katrina Aftermath
Atlanta reporter Joshua Levs will receive two 2006 Edward R. Murrow Awards for his coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The awards, from the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), will be presented October 16, 2006, at a formal awards ceremony in New York.
Levs was selected for the Best News Series and Best Feature Reporting prizes for his NPR work following the impact of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation on one New Orleans family. From the time Katrina struck, Levs followed the Smiths as they struggled to pick up the pieces of their lives and re-settled in Texas.
The series, “Katrina Odyssey,� aired on the NPR program “Day to Day.� It also has its own Web page at npr.org: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5024761.
The Best Feature Reporting award is for “Returning to the Ruins,� a piece from one year ago, in which Levs joined the Smiths as they re-entered their destroyed home.
Levs’ series also led the Atlanta Press Club to name him Journalist of the Year in radio and multi-media.
Levs, who also works at CNN headquarters as a reporter and writer for the CNN Wire, also received certificates from Peabody and DuPont-Columbia for his contributions to CNN’s coverage of Katrina and its aftermath.
Amid these awards, Levs has created the marriage proposal planning agency MagicProposals.com. An extension of his own proposal which was featured in People Magazine, Magic Proposals™ is also a response to years of covering horrors – from bombings to shootings to the impact of natural disasters such as Katrina. Magic Proposals features its clients’ marriage proposals and anniversaries online, sharing positive stories of love with the world.
Magic Proposals was recently featured on Atlanta’s Star 94 radio, and carried out a big promotion, providing three Magic Proposals to listeners.
Levs is also male columnist for Pink magazine, writing humorous narratives about relationships and gender differences in the workplace. He lives in Atlanta with his wife, Melanie, and their newborn son Ryan.
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By Al
October 20, 2006 6:00 PM | Link to this
What’s with the goofy pose, stupid haircut and pink shirt??