Dave G Houser & Jan Butchofsky-Houser

Yay! Dave's done it again...

Lauded by judges for his exceptional story telling and reporting, Dave has been honored with the third Lowell Thomas Award of his 29-year freelance career. In the 25h Anniversary edition of a contest generally regarded as the nation's premier travel journalism competition, Dave was presented the Bronze Award in the Grand Award category for 2009 LT Travel Journalist of the Year. The competition, for work (a selection of nine articles) done from spring, 2008 to spring, 2009, drew 1,191 entries. It was judged by faculty from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Journalism. Dave won the Silver Award in the same category back in the early days of both his career (1986) and the competition. In 1992 he won a Gold Award in the Self-Illustrated Article category.