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Thank you Los Angeles Press Club and Southern California Journalism Awards! I am honored to be a finalist for Book Critic!
2022 Finalist: 64th annual Southern California Journalism Awards
B13. CRITICISM OF BOOKS FINALISTS:
- Lisa Niver, Thrive Global
- John Freeman, Alta Journal
- M.G. Lord, Los Angeles Times
- David L. Ulin, Alta Journal
- Chris Willman, Variety
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:
Sizzling Summer Reads: Feel ALL Your Feelings
Huge Changes Happen in Tiny Steps: The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self
Is Your Life FULLY CHARGED? with Meaghan Murphy
Changing The World, One Connection at a time with Shelley Zalis from The Female Quotient
Prepare Your Pandemic Pivot with Ken Lindner’s 8C’s
Writing and Rewriting during COVID with Alka Joshi
Deepak Chopra Strategies for Success: Mental Health Awareness Month
Surviving COVID like a Superhero with Lisa Genova’s REMEMBER
Gaby Natale Shares her Steps to Success
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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.
- 2021 Finalist: National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards
- 2021 Winner: Southern California Journalism Awards for TECHNOLOGY REPORTING
- 2021 Finalist: Southern California Journalism Awards for BOOK CRITICISM
- 2020 Winner: National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards for Book Critic. See all of Lisa’s book reviews here.
- 2020 Finalist: National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards for Book Critic
- 2020 Winner: Southern California Journalism Awards for print magazine article: Hemispheres Magazine for United Airlines
- 2020 Five Time Finalist: Southern California Journalism awards
- 2019 Winner: NAEJ Award for KTLA TV segment
- 2019 Finalist: National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards in three categories
- Category H2a. Soft News: Ms. Magazine: Polar Bears Can’t Vote So You Have To
- Category F6a. Soft News Feature – Under 5 Minutes—Film/TV: KTLA TV Oscars Countdown to Gold with Lisa Niver
- Category C1b. Business, Music/Tech/Art: My Wharton Magazine article: Four Female Founders Share Their Origin Stories
- 2019 Finalist: Southern California Journalism Awards for Broadcast Television Lifestyle Segment: Ogden Ski Getaway
- 2018 Finalist for three categories of Southern California Journalism Awards:
- SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY REPORTING: Smithsonian
- TRAVEL REPORTING: Popsugar Fitness
- PERSONALITY PROFILE: Saturday Evening Post
- 2017 2nd place winner for Southern California Journalism Award Print Column “A journey to freedom over three Passovers” and finalist for Travel Reporting.
More about Lisa Niver: https://lisaniver.com/awards/
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