Journalism awards on display in the lobby of Boise State Public Radio.
On Saturday, May 1, the news and programming teams at Boise State Public Radio were recognized for their excellence during the annual awards ceremony by the Idaho Press Club. The annual event recognizes the best in local reporting across categories such as newspapers, photography, periodicals, online and students. The Idaho Press Club is a statewide association of working journalists dedicated to excellence in journalism and freedom of information.
Boise State Public Radio took home 20 honors, including several within their journalism collaborations: the Mountain West News Bureau, Guns & America and Report For America. Reports from the newsroom and from the weekday public affairs program,
Heath Druzin
Heath Druzin is Boise State Public Radio’s Guns & America reporter, part of a national collaboration between 10 public radio stations examining all aspects of firearms in America.
He previously covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and veterans issues for Stars and Stripes newspaper. This is his second stint Idaho – he covered crime, wildfires and government for The Idaho Statesman from 2005-2008.
Most recently, Heath was living in Mongolia, where he improved his horsemanship, though not his throat singing.
Heath grew up in Northern California and when he’s not reporting, you can find him hiking, snowboarding and brewing beer.
Heath Druzin
Heath Druzin is Boise State Public Radio’s Guns & America reporter, part of a national collaboration between 10 public radio stations examining all aspects of firearms in America.
He previously covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and veterans issues for Stars and Stripes newspaper. This is his second stint Idaho – he covered crime, wildfires and government for The Idaho Statesman from 2005-2008.
Most recently, Heath was living in Mongolia, where he improved his horsemanship, though not his throat singing.
Heath grew up in Northern California and when he’s not reporting, you can find him hiking, snowboarding and brewing beer.
Follow RT on Dozens of demonstrators, including families with small children, held a “burn the mask” demonstration outside Idaho s state Capitol building in Boise, demanding that face covering mandates amid the Covid-19 pandemic be rescinded.
Video footage on social media shows demonstrators dropping masks into a burn barrel on Saturday as people cheered and a man in the background said,
“Smell the freedom, baby.”
Journalist Heath Druzin said Idaho Lt. Governor Janice McGeachin and at least three state legislators attended the protest. He posted photos of a crowd of maskless demonstrators listening to a speech and people talking and hugging on a stairway. One woman at the event carried a sign saying,