
Thank you Los Angeles Press Club and Southern California Journalism Awards! I am honored to be a finalist for Book Critic!
2022 Finalist: 64th annual Southern California Journalism Awards
B13. CRITICISM OF BOOKS FINALISTS:
- Lisa Niver, Thrive Global
- John Freeman, Alta Journal
- M.G. Lord, Los Angeles Times
- David L. Ulin, Alta Journal
- Chris Willman, Variety
Thank you to the Los Angeles Press Club and Diana Ljungaeus, Executive Director!
During COVID, I focused on writing about books that helped people cope or felt like a way to escape in literature. Articles on Thrive Global:
Sizzling Summer Reads: Feel ALL Your Feelings
Huge Changes Happen in Tiny Steps: The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self
Is Your Life FULLY CHARGED? with Meaghan Murphy
Changing The World, One Connection at a time with Shelley Zalis from The Female Quotient
Prepare Your Pandemic Pivot with Ken Lindner’s 8C’s
Writing and Rewriting during COVID with Alka Joshi
Deepak Chopra Strategies for Success: Mental Health Awareness Month
Surviving COVID like a Superhero with Lisa Genova’s REMEMBER
Gaby Natale Shares her Steps to Success









Lisa Niver has won many awards! From 2017 to 2022, in the Southern California Journalism Awards and National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards, she has won five times and been a finalist twenty times for a variety of broadcast, print and digital categories.
- 2021 Finalist: National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards
- 2021 Winner: Southern California Journalism Awards for TECHNOLOGY REPORTING
- 2021 Finalist: Southern California Journalism Awards for BOOK CRITICISM
- 2020 Winner: National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards for Book Critic. See all of Lisa’s book reviews here.
- 2020 Finalist: National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards for Book Critic
- 2020 Winner: Southern California Journalism Awards for print magazine article: Hemispheres Magazine for United Airlines
- 2020 Five Time Finalist: Southern California Journalism awards
- 2019 Winner: NAEJ Award for KTLA TV segment
- 2019 Finalist: National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards in three categories
- Category H2a. Soft News: Ms. Magazine: Polar Bears Can’t Vote So You Have To
- Category F6a. Soft News Feature – Under 5 Minutes—Film/TV: KTLA TV Oscars Countdown to Gold with Lisa Niver
- Category C1b. Business, Music/Tech/Art: My Wharton Magazine article: Four Female Founders Share Their Origin Stories
- 2019 Finalist: Southern California Journalism Awards for Broadcast Television Lifestyle Segment: Ogden Ski Getaway
- 2018 Finalist for three categories of Southern California Journalism Awards:
- SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY REPORTING: Smithsonian
- TRAVEL REPORTING: Popsugar Fitness
- PERSONALITY PROFILE: Saturday Evening Post
- 2017 2nd place winner for Southern California Journalism Award Print Column “A journey to freedom over three Passovers” and finalist for Travel Reporting.
More about Lisa Niver: https://lisaniver.com/awards/
