Tootin’ my own horn again. I was lucky enough to have worked on this great project — Wasted in Wisconsin — last summer at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. It examines the state’s drinking culture and its human repercussions.

Now it’s won a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Award for Safety.

It was a hell of an undertaking, incredibly in-depth, with a whole slew of people involved over many months, and I am glad to have been a part of it. Great job everybody!

Here’s some of what I worked on:

• Alcohol and death collide on Highway 41
• Alcohol-related fatal crashes 2003-’07
• State data show Highway 41’s danger
• Teen hit by ex-boyfriend