John Walk Email & Phone Number

Columbia, Pa, Us

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Writing long-form 1,500-word impactful human interest stories and profiles for web and print.Wrote more than a quarter of the year’s Sunday frontpage stories in 2023 (15 total)AWARDS: - Second place, Best Sports Feature, 2024 Keystone Awards, largest classification (how lacrosse is aiding a mom and three young daughters in moving forward after the sudden loss of a husband/father)

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Area

Covered high school sports in a league with 25 schools (weekly on-camera video show, wrote game stories on deadline and weekly feature stories, columns and stat packages).Creator, planner and producer of 100-episode podcast that has since spawned into annual award given out at Lancaster County Sports Hall of Fame banquet.AWARDS:First place, Best Feature, 2023 Keystone Awards, largest classification (recovery for a teenage girl climbing out of the depths of an eating disorder)- Second place, Breaking News/Event Coverage, 2022 Keystone Awards, largest classification (the death of a well-known local student-athlete after a multi-year battle with Leukemia)- First place, Feature Story, 2021 Keystone Awards, largest classification (how a traveling bag of hats aided, connected women in their fights with breast cancer)- Second place, Best Feature, 2020 Keystone Awards, largest classification (peeling back curtain on the final months of life for mother Tiffany Bare as she knowingly neared the end after a 15-year bout with cancer)- First place, Features Beat Reporting (circ. 40,000-74,999) 2017 Keystone Awards (multiple features, two of them about recovery of a teenage football quarterback from a near-fatal head injury from freak accident)- First place, Features Beat Reporting (circ. 40,000-74,999), 2016 Keystone Awards (multiple features,including one about a military veteran who beat cancer en route to becoming a para-cycling standout)

York,Pa

From February 2011 to May of 2014, John was the beat reporter on the York Revolution, an independent minor league baseball team. He also covered high school wrestling, York College sports and various high school events. From May 2014 to February 2015, John was the lone full-time sports reporter for the York Dispatch responsible for covering prep sports in a league of nearly two-dozen teams.Awards: Second place, sports feature reporting (circulation 15,000-30,000), 2015 Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors competition

York, Pennsylvania, United States

Covered all news related to York City government, and how those decisions impacted taxpayers.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Freelance photographer for WGAL's Football Friday high school football show.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Area

Videographer covering sports events, edited video, which aired on news broadcast

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Reporter in news department, covering local news events in Lancaster County