I was contracted to create the Minnesota Meetings + Events U.S. Bank Stadium by clients SMG and MSFA, organizations tasked with creating and running the stadium. This issue was published in the fall of 2016, coinciding with the stadium's opening. It won the Gold Award in the 2017 Minnesota Magazine & Publishing Association (MMPA) Excellence Awards in the category of Single-Topic Issue for Business Trade Organizations. Here's a look at the issue as a whole.

The Summer 2015 issue of Northwest Meetings + Events was a special issue dedicated to everything wine in the region. "The Wine Issue" won the Bronze Award in the 2015 Minnesota Magazine & Publishing Association (MMPA) Excellence Awards in the category of Single-Topic Issue for Business/Trade publications.

This Editor's Letter & article combo (make sure to pan down to see both stories) revolved around MPI's 2014 World Education Congress in Minneapolis. It's a huge responsibility and opportunity in and of itself for Minneapolis to host this massive national event, but Meet Minneapolis and the local chapter of MPI teamed up to take it to a whole new level by launching a completely original CSR program representative of the local volunteer-rich community. The Editor's Letter won the Gold Publishing Excellence Award for Best Editor's Editorial in the Minnesota Magazine and Publishing Association (MMPA) in 2015.

Mountain Meetings, a twice-annual special supplement publication I helped start up in 2013, won the Silver Award in the 2014 Minnesota Magazine & Publishing Association (MMPA) Excellence Awards in the category of Special Supplement for Business/Trade publications.

The Editor's Letter I wrote in the Spring 2014 issue of Minnesota Meetings + Events took second place in the 2014 Minnesota Magazine & Publishing Association Awards in the Business/Trade Under 30,000 circulation category. The editorial was a humorous take on my local ties to the issue, which highlighted a modeling gig I did for my boss' side business, my experience as an event server at a local Greek restaurant, my connection to a local Hall of Fame inductee and my feelings about my former neighborhood of Northeast Minneapolis blowing up into an event hot spot.

This Editor's Letter I wrote in the Winter 2014 issue of Minnesota Meetings + Events won the Gold Award in the 2014 Minnesota Magazine & Publishing Association Awards' Business/Trade Under 30,000 circulation category. The editorial was about how Minneapolis is growing into a popular national event destination--attracting a notable national event lineup in 2014, which included the MLB All-Star Game--in a large part thanks to the efforts of Meet Minneapolis.

This image of a Monticello High School tennis player won first place in the Association of Free Community Paper's national photo contest in 2007. The photo captured a moment when a young, star freshman hit a winning forehand. Her legs were in full stride, freezing her in mid air, while her arms followed through across her body with the ball exploding off her racket. It was a unique position for a body to be in and showed the athlete's promising potential. The title of the photo and feature was fitting for her young talent: "Youth Movement."

This photo took first place in the category of Best Portrait Personality Photo (circulation 2,000-5,000) in the 2006-07 MNA Better Newspaper Contest. The candid photo taken at a Monticello High School baseball game captured a rare moment when the pitcher in the dugout leaned over the fence, shielding his eyes from the sun while he watched the game. The title of the photo and story was "A Bright Vision."

This image took third place in the Association of Free Community Paper's national contest. I captured a Monticello club lacrosse player soaring in midair while shooting what ended up being a big goal. The ball was captured in route to the goal, where the goalie stretched to attempt to make a save.