My Omaha Magazine Story on Iraq War Veteran Jacob Hausman Wins Best Feature Story and Best in Show at Omaha Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards Competition

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My Omaha Magazine Story on Iraq War Veteran Jacob Hausman Wins Best Feature Story and Best in Show at Omaha Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards Competition

June 9, 2013 leoadambiga Leave a comment Go to comments

Yours truly was part of the Omaha Magazine team that won in the Best Feature Story and Best in Show categories at tonight’s Omaha Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards Competition. The recognition came for my story about Jacob Hausman, a U.S. Army combat veteran who endured some serious trauma in Iraq and has come out the other side of PTSD to live a full, productive life. Jacob deserves much credit too for bravely sharing his private struggles. In addition to my writing, the awards recognized the layout, design and cover art for the 10 to 12 page cover spread that ran in the Nov/Dec 2012 issue.

It was a great evening with my colleagues and best of all I got to share it with my dear friend Tina Richardson.

Check out the story on the blog by linking to it at-

https://leoadambiga.wordpress.com/?s=hausman

Or by entering the name Hausman in the search box in the upper right corner of my blog, leoadambiga.wordpress.com.

Fears, misconceptions of PTSD fuel divide (stripes.com)
For Veterans, Mental Health Care Often Fragmented (livescience.com)
StoryCorps Collecting Veterans’ Stories Through Tomorrow In Huntsville (whnt.com)

Categories: Jacob Hausman, Journalism, Leo Adam Biga, Media, Omaha Magazine, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), War, Writing Tags: 2013 Best Feature Story and Best of Show Awards, Iraq War Veteran Jacob Hausman Battles PTSD and Finds Peace, Leo Adam Biga, Omaha Magazine, Omaha Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards Competition

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Roger duRand

June 9, 2013 at 5:24 am

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WOW! Big kudos to you, and richly deserved! Write on!

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Norma Johnson, JMRP manager

June 18, 2013 at 7:19 pm

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CONGRATULATIONS!

A well deserved honor! Your writing is consistently excellent, honest, compassionate and has the kind of human interest detail that makes me seek out your articles!

Thank you for sharing with us periodically on It’s the Beat!

Norma

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- leoadambiga
  
  June 22, 2013 at 3:53 pm
  
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  Thank you, Norma, I really appreciate the kind words.
  
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