ITD’s Office of Communication nabbed a half-dozen awards from the Idaho Press Club Saturday night, May 2, in their Best of 2024 banquet. Manager John Tomlinson and Senior PIOs Ellen Mattila and Megan Jahns won a first-place award in the Public Service Campaign category for the Idaho Ready Winter Driving Safety campaign.
District 3 (SW Idaho) Public Information Officer Sophia Miraglio won a second-place award for a selection of News Releases, while District 6 (East Idaho) PIO Sky Buffat also took second place in the Feature Writing category for her story about the Unheralded and Underappreciated Emergency Responders
District 5 (SE Idaho) PIO Justin Smith took third place in Feature Writing for his story about Brad Day, the Steel Wizard of D5. Program Specialist Mackenzie Stone and Graphic Designer Jared Tuttle also took third place for the ITD Annual Report. The OpEd “Dream Big Dreams” also won third.
“I continue to be so impressed by the quality work of our team,” said Tomlinson. “They are rock stars and I couldn’t be any prouder!”