Oil & Gas Journal Online Senior Writer Sam Fletcher Wins IPAA Award; Industry Veteran Honored for Journalistic Excellence.Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2000 Oil & Gas Journal Exchange (www.OGJExchange.com), the leading Web-based independent trading exchange for the oil and gas industry today announced that senior oil and gas writer for the Oil & Gas Journal Online (www.OGJonline.com), Sam Fletcher, has received the prestigious Lloyd N. Unsell un·sell tr.v. un·sold , un·sell·ing, un·sells To persuade not to believe in the advisability, worth, or truth of something. Award for Excellence in Journalism from the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA IPAA International Psychoanalytical Association. ). For each of the past nine years, IPAA has honored an outstanding reporter or editor who writes about the petroleum industry with the Lloyd N. Unsell Award for Excellence in Journalism. The 2000 Lloyd Unsell Award was presented to Sam Fletcher on Saturday, October 28, during IPAA's Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. . The award was presented by IPAA's Vice Chairman Diemer True at a luncheon on the final day of IPAA's annual meeting. The Unsell Award was designed as a way for the IPAA to recognize journalists that have helped audiences better understand the petroleum industry and demonstrates insight, thoughtfulness, and perspective concerning petroleum industry issues. The intent of the award is to encourage other journalists to explain to readers and viewers not just what is happening in the petroleum industry but why it is happening and how today's events influence the future of the nation. "OGJ OGJ Oil & Gas Journal Online is very proud of Sam Fletcher for receiving this prestigious award from the IPAA," said Paul Westervelt, vice president of business development for OGJ Online and Oil & Gas Journal Exchange. "The ideals embodied in the Unsell Award for journalism reflect a standard of excellence that we always strive to achieve for the users of our content and commerce communities." Fletcher has been a professional journalist since 1969 and has covered the oil and gas industry exclusively since 1977. He was Oil Editor at the Houston Post The Houston Post was a newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States that was established on February 19, 1880, by Gail Borden Johnson. Though that original publication ceased in October 1884, the Houston Post was re-established with the merger of the for 20 years. Fletcher has a master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in mass communications from Texas Tech University, where he was the first president of the Tech chapter of Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honorary group. He has also taught journalism classes at San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. College and St. Thomas University Schools with the name St. Thomas University:
Previous Unsell Aware winners include: Dean Sims, Greater Tulsa Newspapers; Bob Vandewater, Daily Oklahoman; Danny Macey, Gas Daily; Billy Thompson Billy Thompson may refer to:
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