Recently construction writers association conducted an award ceremony to felicitate the outstanding contributions done in the construction industry. The honors were majorly segregated into eight categories consisting of awards in journalism, photography, marketing and many more. A large number of these honors have various subcategories which are recognized during Grand Awards Dinners summit which is held every year. Speaking more about the history of these awards, the major category which is presented every year is photography and journalism which consists of awards like Godfrey and Russell named after the founding personalities of the association.
In the earlier years, the association started felicitating the outstanding achievements of the writers in the field construction broadcasting honoring their great works, special articles or stories through this segment. The award was named in the remembrance of Robert. F Boger who was one of the driving force behind starting a construction writers association. Also, in the early 90’s more awards were introduced like the Randolph Russell honor for those who have made a great impact through their editorial skills as well as have achieved great success by establishing news bulletins. Expanding more on the awards categories introduced in 99’s, there were awards named after Kneeland Godfrey, the past president of the construction writers association. This award was introduced to felicitate the exceptional writing skill of the journalists sorted from various news articles. As the journalism industry progressed new awards and honors were introduced by the association to encourage new talents in the field of photojournalism. It was given to the reporters who portrayed some of the most amazing stories from single or series pictures in their article. With the expansion of the web and its going hand in hand with innovation, the association started recognizing this most recent manifestation of a journalistic venture with its yearly Website Awards. The Website Awards were later extended to cover advancement arranged sites. Further, the honors were again extended to respect Electronic broadcast. Also categories recognizing journalist in various fields of advertising and PR (public relations).
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