BREAKING NEWS: Breeze's Denise Nix named Distinguished Journalist in LA

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Congratulations to my Daily Breeze partner-in-crime Denise Nix, who has been named a 2009 Distinguished Journalist by the Society of Professional Journalists Greater Los Angeles Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for denise.jpgchapter.

This is quite an honor because it comes from your peers. The list of winners from past years includes people like Jim Murray, Hal Fishman, Stan Chambers, Linda Deutsch, Jess Marlow and Paul Conrad.

Each year the organization honors journalists in newspapers, radio and television. They've added a "new media" category to include the Web. A dinner will be held in April.

Besides Denise, this year's winners are Andrew Blankstein of the Los Angeles Times; Dave Lopez of KCBS/KCAL; Claudia Preschiutta of KNX radio; and Celeste Fremon of WitnessLA.com.

Read the full press release on the SPJ Web site.

Congrats Denise!

6 Comments

AWESOME said:

Way to go Denise! This is a well deserved award. Thanks for your long hours at the courthouse and the terrific reporting you bring to the paper. This blog rocks, too.


Jack said:

Congrats to Denise! I've enjoyed her work over the years. Well deserved.

Any news on the unfortunate death of the youth at the San Pedro Boys and Girls Club yesterday?
I've not seen any coverage of it.

MikeP said:

Congrats, Denise. You're a fine journalist and I really enjoy reading your coverage of the big trials. Keep up the great work.

BeeVee said:

Congratulations on a well deserved honor, Denise!

You do a great job of maintaining an outstanding level of professionalism and integrity in all of your reporting.

I'm sure that many Daily Breeze readers will agee with me.

#30#

Matt G said:

You deserve this Denise!! Congrats! See ya again sometime.

DB Fan said:

Congrats Denise!

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