UI alumnus and Daily Iowan photography coach Danny Wilcox Frazier has won an Online Journalism Award for his documentary Driftless: Stories from Iowa, a black-and-white collection that has been praised for its richness, restraint, and humor.

The Online News Association, an organization for professional digital journalists, announced the awards in October at a banquet in San Francisco.

The documentary focuses on the hardships of rural life in Iowa – migrant labor, a country butcher, a town bar, the future of family farms, and a “jumping rock” where young people hang out.

The documentary, also produced by MediaStorm, has received accolades across the nation.

Frazier is a full-time freelance photographer. He has also taught photography at the UI.

— by Danny Valentine