Justin Park

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Location
Breckenridge, CO
School
Syracuse University, SUNY Geneseo
Expertise
Ski Travel, Outdoors, Backpacking
  • Justin lived in Hawaii for several years and travels to Hawaii, the Azores, and other island destinations at least once a year.
  • He's an expert skier who covers ski travel and has reported from destinations such as Chile and Austria.
  • His team at the Breckenridge Tourism Office won the 2019 Webby Award for Website Best Visual Design.

Experience

Justin Park is a journalist with more than 20 years of experience covering politics, environmental issues, hunting and outdoors, sports, and fitness for newspapers, magazines, and digital-first outlets. Since earning his M.S. in New Media from Syracuse University's Newhouse School in 2008, he's also applied his storytelling skills to video, producing, shooting, and editing for PBS, USA Today, Reebok, and more. He received the 2016 Associated Press Sports Editors' Investigative Award as part of a team covering the Rio Olympics for USA Today Sports.

Education

Justin earned his M.S. from Syracuse University between the IT school and the Newhouse School of Journalism and has a bachelor's in communication from SUNY Geneseo.

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