RSJ News
Alum wins magazine writing award
10-01-2009
Josh Culpepper, who won an award for his magazine writing, is now pursuing a master's degree in English literature.
Reynolds School alumnus Josh Culpepper (’09 English literature, journalism minor) won first prize for best feature in the Nevada Press Association’s 2009 Better Newspaper Contest, magazine division. Culpepper is one of numerous Reynolds School alumni who won NPA awards. A complete list is here.
This was the first year a category was open to magazine entries.
Culpepper wrote the story for Silver & Blue magazine during a journalism internship in spring 2008. He was also enrolled in magazine writing at the time.
As a last-minute assignment for the magazine, Culpepper attended a lecture that led to this award-winning story “Junk, Clutter, Obsession,” about a psychology/social work alumna who treats compulsive hoarders.
Culpepper, now a graduate student studying English literature, says he was surprised to learn he’d won the award.
“I didn’t know I’d entered any contests,” he says.
Read Culpepper’s story here.
