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Defense News’ Valerie Insinna and C4ISRNET’s Nathan Strout named finalists for the 2021 Aerospace Media Awards
Arlington, VA., May 26, 2021 – Five journalists from Sightline Media’s business-to-government team have been named finalists in six categories at the Aerospace Media Awards. The contests recognize top journalists in the defense and aerospace industry. Winners of the 2021 Awards will be announced during the official presentation in June.
The finalists and stories recognized are:
- Best Young Journalist: Nathan Strout, C4ISRNET
- Aerospace Reporters of the Year: Valerie Insinna, Defense News
- Best Aerospace & Defence Business submission:
- Story: Chaos, cash and COVID-19: How the defense industry survived — and thrived — during the pandemic
- By: Aaron Mehta and Valerie Insinna
- Best Rotorcraft Submission: Jen Judson
- Story: Flooding the zone: Future aviation capability tightens kill chain at Project Convergence
- By: Jen Judson
- Best Military Aviation:
- Story: The US Air Force has built and flown a mysterious full-scale prototype of its future fighter jet
- By: Valerie Insinna
- Best In-Depth Aviation:
- Story: Congress has secretly blocked US arms sales to Turkey for nearly two years
- By: Joe Gould, Valerie Insinna and Aaron Mehta
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