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Coin Expert Mike Fuljenz of Beaumont Wins Five Journalism Awards
(Beaumont, Texas) – Coin expert Mike Fuljenz, of Beaumont, Texas has been honored with five national awards for excellence in print and broadcast journalism for his writings and reports about gold and the rare coin market. The five first-place honors established a new record for Fuljenz, and no individual received more awards in this year's competition.
The awards were presented by the Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG), a nonprofit organization founded in 1968 that annually presents national awards to recognize outstanding journalism on the diverse subject of money from ancient to modern. Considered to be the epitome of writing and broadcasting excellence in this field, the 2010 awards were presented at the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money in Boston, Massachusetts on August 12, 2010.
According to NLG Executive Director Ed Reiter, Fuljenz received the Best Radio Report Award (in conjunction with KLVI 560 in Beaumont) for his work regarding an on-going series of investigative stories urging consumers to be cautious when selling gold coins and jewelry to some traveling gold buyers.
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