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FALL 2020 Italian American Digest
Italian American
Digest Writer Wins
Award
By Samuel Puliafico
©2018 IMPORTED BY BIRRA PERONI INTERNAZIONALE, WASHINGTON, DC
The Green Eyeshade Awards
are given out by the Society
of Professional Journalists
(SPJ), the oldest organization
representing journalists in the
US (1909.)
This is the 70th year the SPJ
has awarded the Green Eyeshade
Awards. They are given to
journalists in the Southeastern
US (Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee and West Virginia.
Italian American Digest
contributor, Enrico Villamaino,
won several awards at this event.
He won first place in the "Best
Feature Writer in the South"
category for three pieces he
wrote for Lee Newspapers.
Enrico also won second place
in the "Best News Reporter in
the South" two articles he wrote
for the Italian American Digest.
One winning piece came
from the IAD Summer 2019
issue and covered Mayor
Cantrell's proclamation of
apology for the 1891 lynchings
of Italians in New Orleans.
The other winning article
is from the IAD Winter
2019 issue, highlighting the
accomplishments of Italian t\
Tulane Archaeology Professor,
Francisco Estrada-Belli.
The IAD and the AICC
are extremely proud and
congratulate Enrico on this
accomplishment!
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