Lisa Niver has won many awards! From 2017 to 2022, in the Southern California Journalism Awards and National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards, she has won five times and been a finalist twenty times for a variety of broadcast, print and digital categories.
2021 Finalist: National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 16: BJ Korros and guest attend the Los Angeles Press Club’s 63rd Annual Journalism Awards Dinner at Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles on October 16, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)
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Published by Simon & Schuster, the book, which was published in March, encourages young readers to embrace new experiences, even when they seem a little scary at first.
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I am a 2022 Southern California Journalism Awards Finalist!
Lisa Ellen Niver
2022 Finalist: 64th annual Southern California Journalism Awards
B13. CRITICISM OF BOOKS Finalists
Thank you to the Los Angeles Press Club and Diana Ljungaeus, Executive Director!
During COVID, I focused on writing about books that helped people cope or felt like a way to escape in literature. Articles on Thrive Global:
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Lisa Niver has won many awards! From 2017 to 2022, in the Southern California Journalism Awards and National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards, she has won five times and been a finalist twenty times for a variety of broadcast, print and digital categories.
More about Lisa Niver: https://lisaniver.com/awards/
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