Risa received the 2016 Outstanding Article Award, Blog Post from the American Society of Journalists and Authors at their annual reception on Friday, May 20, 2016, for her essay entitled “A Bittersweet Goodbye As My Firstborn Leaves Home for Good.”
Category: Reviews & Awards
Reviews of articles and awards won by Risa Doherty
“Tossed Aside” (Review of 6/24/2012 Motherlode Blog) Sydney Morning Herald
Article by Daisy Dumas, dated 6/29/2012 Time to explore … still a mother but free to be more. Photo: Jules Frazier The empty nesting phase can strike women hard. But can a mother ever leave the ‘mum’ label behind? Risa…
Awards
Risa was honored with the Silver Award from Parenting Publications of America* for Investigative Reporting (Circulation of 55,000 or more) on March 5, 2011 for “Hidden Danger in the Suburbs,” which appeared in Brooklyn Family, Queens Family, Bronx/Riverdale Family, Staten Island…