awards...
Patrick Ross is an award-winning blogger, creative writer and journalist. In December 2011 his blog The Artist's Road was named a Top 10 Blog for Writers. In September 2011 his personal essay "Forest Foursome" won First Place in a sponsored writing contest. In 2010 he won the Arnold Broido Award for Advocacy from the Music Publishers Association. And during a ten-year period as a daily journalist, Patrick received nine journalism awards. A list of those awards is below.
First Place, Newsletters, Society of Professional
Journalists (SPJ), D.C. Chapter, 2004
First Place, Spot News, Newsletter and Electronic
Publishers Foundation (NEPF), 2004
First Place, Newsletters, SPJ, D.C. Chapter, 2002
First Place, Investigative Reporting, NEPF, 2002
Maxwell Media Award for Excellence in Reporting, Maxwell
Media Foundation, 2001
Third Place, Analytical Reporting, NEPF, 2001
Honorable Mention, SPJ D.C. Chapter, 1999
First Place, Investigative Reporting, Newsletter
Publishers Foundation (NPF), 1998
Honorable Mention, Investigative Reporting, NPF, 1998
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"I AM IMPRESSED BY HIS INTELLECT, his openness to feedback and his hunger for professional growth. Patrick Ross is a reflective learner and a very quick study." - Suzanne Caldwell, Senior Consultant, Progressive Development Solutions LLC