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Two BGA projects, with partners at the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times respectively, won first and second place for public service in a contest judged by newspaper editors throughout the state
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Cecilia Reyes and Madison Hopkins win top prize for their powerful and painstaking investigation into fatal Chicago fires.
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The awards were for public service and feature reporting, photography, lifetime achievement, and reporting “of ordinary people.”
Among the prizes are “Best News Website,” podcast honors for “The Madigan Rule,” and investigative awards for two projects “Failures Before the Fires” in collaboration with the Chicago Tribune and “The Costly toll of dead-end drug arrests” with the Chicago Sun-Times.
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