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The Omaha World-Herald staff wins the Jesse Laventhol Prize for Deadline News Reporting by a Team for its coverage of a tornado that claimed the lives of four Boy Scouts. Other winners in the American Society of Newspaper Editors contest:
* Batten Medal — Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times.
* Commentary/Column Writing — Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald.
* Community Service Photojournalism Award — Sonya N. Hebert, Dallas Morning News.
* Freedom Forum/ASNE Award for Distinguished Writing on Diversity — Jason Stein, Wisconsin State Journal.
* Distinguished Writing Award for Editorial Writing — Ken Stickney, Monroe, La. News-Star.
* Distinguished Writing Award for Local Accountability Reporting — Ames Alexander, Kerry Hall, Franco Ordonez, Ted Mellnik, and Peter St. Onge of the Charlotte Observer.
* Distinguished Writing Award for Nondeadline Writing: Joanna Connors, Cleveland Plain Dealer.
> Salt Lake Tribune’s Bagley wins 2009 Herblock Prize
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