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The Mimi Award |
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Excerpts from 2008 Nomination Letters
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Lois Norder |
Here is what some of Lois Norder's colleagues said in support of her nomination for The Mimi Award:
“If I had to choose one editor to pair up with for the rest of my days, it would be Lois Norder. As a manager, she’s able to make you believe there’s no story challenge too big to overcome. As a tactician, she pushes you to expose those who take advantage of the powerless.”
— Jennifer Autrey Forsyth, a Wall Street Journal reporter who worked on the Star-Telegram project team for five years.
“She makes herself an expert in a dizzying array of subjects with a uniting theme: at their core are victims who are helpless to improve the situation themselves … She sees the problems and shortcomings in society and often fears the worst from those in power. But she never loses the belief that through journalism she and her reporters can fix things.”
— Mark Horvit, a former Star-Telegram reporter who is now executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, the nation’s largest organization of project reporters.
“She always tells you that your weaknesses can become your greatest strengths. And she probably knows them better than the reporters themselves.”
— Yamil Berard, a Star-Telegram reporter who has worked with Norder for more than a decade.
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