Troller, schools reporter, wins 2007 Allegretti Award

The Capital Times:

Members of The Capital Times nonsupervisory staff have chosen reporter Susan Troller as the winner of the 2007 Allegretti Award.

They judged Troller's work as best carrying on the legacy of former Capital Times reporter and editorial writer Dan Allegretti in exposing injustices in the community.

Troller's colleagues honored her coverage of Madison's K-12 schools. The nomination said Troller "has worked tirelessly to bring the human face, the child's face, to the messy bureaucracy that is our school system."

Since being assigned to the schools beat in 2006, Troller has consistently brought readers into the classroom as well as chronicling the operations of the district administration and the School Board. Not only has she used words to describe children's learning experiences, but she was the first staff member to delve into the multimedia world for the paper, creating an audio slideshow to accompany a portrait of the successes of high-poverty Mendota Elementary School.

Props to Susan!

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 7, 2007 11:56 AM
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