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Jan 03, 2024

RGJ reporter Jason Hidalgo wins national real estate journalism awards

Reno Gazette Journal reporter Jason Hidalgo has won two national journalism

Reno Gazette Journal reporter Jason Hidalgo has won two national journalism awards for his real estate reporting.

Hidalgo won a gold award and silver award at the 73rd annual National Association of Real Estate Editors journalism competition on Thursday. The NAREE journalism awards were judged by a panel from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

Hidalgo was awarded the gold prize for Best Breaking Real Estate News Story for his story about battery company Redwood Materials receiving $105.6 M in tax breaks from the state of Nevada.

The judges called the story a great example of public service journalism that shows the importance of covering public meetings.

Hidalgo also won a silver award for Best Online Commercial Real Estate Story for "Oops: Toll Brothers sells more than 80 lots to Sparks homebuyer after a copy-paste error." The story was picked up by national news outlets such as USA Today and the New York Post as well as international news sites such as The Mirror and The Daily Mail.

"Following a tip, Hidalgo checked real estate transaction records to discover that national homebuilder Toll Brothers had accidentally sold an entire neighborhood to a woman who was buying just one home in the development," the judges said. "Shoe-leather reporting revealed what happened: The title company had copy-and-pasted the wrong information into the deed."

The NAREE journalism awards received hundreds of entries for this year's contest.

News outlets that took part in this year's competition include the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg News.

The NAREE journalism awards ceremony was held on June 8 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.