North American Snowsports Journalism Association Announces Hirsch Awards – 2020-21 season winners
Dan Egan won the Hirsch Award for a Stand-Alone Article: Finding Our Inner Warren Miller in Mountain Outlaw magazine, Winter 2021
Read the Article here – https://www.mtoutlaw.com/ski-bum/
NASJA Judges said: “This tribute to ski film legend Warren Miller is a finely crafted story that draws the reader in through entertaining first-person narration, telling a fascinating story of a personality and career that has defined the ski experience for decades. Smooth storytelling, interviews with key individuals and a history to boot combine effortlessly in Dan Egan’s article. Great job!”
In the category of Recurring Articles
Phil Johnson/ Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) won with his “Ski Lines” column (interesting features for local skiers); winter 2020-21 work.
The Hirsch Award for images went to Images
Anything but Ordinary — Ray and Alicia Alba, Alba Adventures
– A wintery fairy tale odyssey fit for the Greek Gods
Give it a view, it’s great!
About the Hirsch Awards
Harold S. Hirsch, realizing the need to revolutionize ski apparel, began manufacturing ski clothing under the name White Stag in 1930 and was one of the founders of Ski Industries America and served as a director, president and eventually, chairman of the board.
Another one of his contributions to American skiing was the establishment of the Hirsch Award, made each year to one member of the U.S. Ski Writers Associations for Excellence in Journalism. First awarded in 1963, each year it has been the most coveted award in winter sports writing.
The concept for these awards came after the 1960 Winter Olympics from Hirsch, a ski clothing pioneer and founder of White Stag, to promote professionalism in winter sports coverage. Award recipients are chosen by a panel of judges with the highest credentials in the fields of journalism, writing, education, snowsports and visual media. Staring in 2018 the competition was opened to all journalists, not just NASJA members.
Harold Hirsch was elected to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame in 1990
About NASJA
THE NORTH AMERICAN SNOWSPORTS JOURNALISTS’ ASSOCIATION (NASJA)
The North American Snowsports Journalists Association (NASJA) is a professional group of over 175 press and corporate members. Press members include writers, photographers and other communicators who report on ski, snowboard and Nordic related news, information and features via various media outlets. Corporate members include media contacts or employees of ski resorts, convention and visitor associations, manufacturers and others who have a commercial interest in the journalistic coverage of winter sports. NASJA is committed to encouraging and increasing diversity and inclusivity in Snowsports, and welcomes these unique perspectives and experiences, since clearly, the winter playgrounds are for everyone.
A list of the past winners of the Harold S. Awards can be found at https://www.nasja.org/past-winners-of-the-harold-s-hirsch-award/
