awards
Heather has won six Page One Awards, including three first-place awards, issued by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for her writing and reporting. Check out her award-winning work below.
2025 Page One Award: First place for Sports News Reporting
[print/online - 50,000+ circulation or organizations with statewide reach or focus]
Awarded June 2025
Award issued by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for three stories published with Minnesota Hockey Magazine. Entry title: "PWHL Minnesota's inaugural season."
Judge's comments: Smart, vivid, in-depth reporting that fuses straight news, lively color and an array of voices in its coverage of a landmark season. Solid writing, too.
Stories:
'That Was Electric'
Cup Champions
Mixed Feelings
[print/online - 50,000+ circulation or organizations with statewide reach or focus]
Awarded June 2025
Award issued by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for three stories published with Minnesota Hockey Magazine. Entry title: "PWHL Minnesota's inaugural season."
Judge's comments: Smart, vivid, in-depth reporting that fuses straight news, lively color and an array of voices in its coverage of a landmark season. Solid writing, too.
Stories:
'That Was Electric'
Cup Champions
Mixed Feelings
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2025 Page One Award: Third place for Sports Feature Reporting
[print/online - 50,000+ circulation or organizations with statewide reach or focus]
Awarded June 2025
Award issued by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for a story published with Minnesota Hockey Magazine: "Farwell, Sweet Lou. Lou Nanne calls it a career after 60 years of broadcasting the state tournament."
Story:
Farewell, Sweet Lou
[print/online - 50,000+ circulation or organizations with statewide reach or focus]
Awarded June 2025
Award issued by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for a story published with Minnesota Hockey Magazine: "Farwell, Sweet Lou. Lou Nanne calls it a career after 60 years of broadcasting the state tournament."
Story:
Farewell, Sweet Lou
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2024 Page One Award: First place for Sports Feature Reporting
[print/online - 50,000+ circulation]
Awarded June 2024
Award issued by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for three stories published with Minnesota Hockey Magazine. Entry title: "Coverage of girls' and women's hockey."
Stories:
Mission: Mosaic
Thumbs Up
'The Game Deserved This'
[print/online - 50,000+ circulation]
Awarded June 2024
Award issued by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for three stories published with Minnesota Hockey Magazine. Entry title: "Coverage of girls' and women's hockey."
Stories:
Mission: Mosaic
Thumbs Up
'The Game Deserved This'
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2023 Page One Award: Second place for Sports News Reporting
[newspaper - 50,000+ circulation]
Awarded July 2023
Award issued by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for three stories published with the Star Tribune. Entry title: "State hockey tournaments."
Stories:
Drought for 1A hockey royalty ends
Lakers' comeback kids
Hermantown, coach in the pink
[newspaper - 50,000+ circulation]
Awarded July 2023
Award issued by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for three stories published with the Star Tribune. Entry title: "State hockey tournaments."
Stories:
Drought for 1A hockey royalty ends
Lakers' comeback kids
Hermantown, coach in the pink
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2018 Page One Award: First place for Sports News Story
[newspaper - 50,000+ circulation]
Awarded June 2018
Award issued by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for a story published with the Star Tribune. Entry title: "Gophers men's hockey team spreads the wealth in victory over Harvard."
Judge’s comment: “This one stood apart from the rest because, simply, it was a news story. This story has detail, quotations from multiple sources, and gets to the point from the get-go.”
Story:
Gophers men's hockey team spreads the wealth in victory over Harvard
[newspaper - 50,000+ circulation]
Awarded June 2018
Award issued by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for a story published with the Star Tribune. Entry title: "Gophers men's hockey team spreads the wealth in victory over Harvard."
Judge’s comment: “This one stood apart from the rest because, simply, it was a news story. This story has detail, quotations from multiple sources, and gets to the point from the get-go.”
Story:
Gophers men's hockey team spreads the wealth in victory over Harvard
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2015 Page One Award: Third place for Arts and Entertainment story
[newspaper - less than 50,000 circulation]
Awarded May 2015
Award issued by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for a story published with the Fergus Falls Daily Journal. Entry title: "Holocaust survivors share their stories."
Story:
Holocaust survivors share their stories
[newspaper - less than 50,000 circulation]
Awarded May 2015
Award issued by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for a story published with the Fergus Falls Daily Journal. Entry title: "Holocaust survivors share their stories."
Story:
Holocaust survivors share their stories
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