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Sunday section has been named one of the best in nation

Mike Hirsch, a Morning Call editor since 2001, writes his own obituary after a nearly three-year-long battle with ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was 62.

Arts and Entertainment Editor Michael James Rocha, Photo and Video Director Sam Hodgson, and Editor and Publisher Jeff Light discuss award-winning work by Union-Tribune journalists.

Charles McNulty is the theater critic of the Los Angeles Times.

Austin360 took top honors in best section and best digital presence. Eric Webb and Matthew Odam also won individual honors.

Austin360 entertainment editor Eric Webb will serve on this years SXSW Film Festival jury and help judge the festivals Texas shorts program.

A Colorado Springs-based hub for outdoor news and features is once again a winner in a busy field.

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The Gazettes feature section swept the board of categories in the 2021 Society for Features Journalism Excellence-In-Features Awards, taking home nine awards among the contests 20 categories, including best features

flickr Credit Tony Webster   In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, titled “America’s Brutal Racial History Is Written All Over Our Genes,” Libby Copeland writes: “The debate around race consuming America right now is coinciding with a technological phenomenon — at-home genetic testing kits — revealing many of us are not who we thought we were. Some customers of the major DNA testing companies, which collectively have sold 37 million of these kits, are getting results that surpri...