First of all, humbled. Second, inspired to go further, deeper and with more and more imagination.
We flew to New York for the Edward R. Murrow Awards to celebrate our project HOME SICK which received an Excellence in Innovation award.
The team and I worked tirelessly for months to bring a vivid and human-centered lens onto the decades-long Tijuana River pollution crisis. The idea was to uplift the experiences of people living and working and getting sick in the watershed, a place they call home.
Yes, its an uplifting feeling to receive an award for a project that our small but boisterous team was able to muster. What is equally uplifting is to meet people throughout the nation who are doing all sorts of eye-opening work.
It’s so important to keep remembering that we play an active role in a discussion that is both local and way beyond.
Thank you to all my teammates at inewsource for all that we are doing everyday, and here is a glass to making work that brings more and more attention to the issues that our communities face.