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Norfolk District PAO takes first place
February 19, 2009
by Norfolk District Public Affairs
The Norfolk District's Public Affairs Office captured two first place awards and a second place award in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 2008 Herbert A. Kassner Journalism Contest.
The public affairs staff earned a first-place unit award for outstanding initiatives in new media and first- and second-place individual awards in single or stand-alone photo and the new media individual achievement category.
"Great job," said Lt. Col. Michael Darrow, the district's deputy commander. "It's well deserved and I am extremely proud their efforts were recognized amongst the best in USACE."
The first place award in outstanding initiatives in new media recognizes the team's effort to establish and populate a district presence on social media sites such as MySpace, Flickr, YouTube!, Facebook and Twitter.
"Technology is constantly changing how people share and consume information." said Mark Haviland, the district's chief of public affairs, "We want to make sure we are out there with them and providing information that's relevant to their interests."
Patrick Bloodgood received the first place award for single or stand-alone photo for the picture he took of Oceanographer Dave Schulte holding a cluster of oysters that were brought up from the district's sanctuary reefs in the Great Wicomico River.
The second place finish in the outstanding initiatives in new media individual achievement category recognized the work done on a life raft training video that is currently shown on the district's YouTube! channel.
First place winners of the 2008 Herbert A. Kassner Journalism Contest go on to compete in the Department of the Army's Keith L. Ware Journalism Competition.