Almost every day, as reporters, editors and photographers, we are in the thick of the news. It never ends. As soon as we file a story, we’re already working on three or four more. We hardly have time to celebrate our own work.

But on Tuesday, when our newsroom won the Society of Professional Journalists’ General Excellence in Writing award for 2024 , it gave us a moment to step back and reflect on the great work of our newsroom team.

The last time we received that award was in 2007, though we placed second or third a number of times the last two decades. Our managing editor for content, Erin Middlewood, has become a strong and supportive leader for our newsroom, and she deserves credit for mentoring and editing our reporters to bring us this honor.

We also received 10 additional award

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