The Beacon has received nine awards from the Missouri Press Association, recognizing the work of our dedicated journalists.
Our nine awards — including two first-place honors, four second-place honors and three third-place honors — were earned by four of The Beacon’s reporters. Here are those award-winning stories:
- Josh Merchant won a first-place award for Best News or Feature Series for “Half of KC’s traffic deaths in the last two years happened on these 10 streets.”
- Suzanne King won a first-place award for Best Health Story for “Plasma you sell in east Kansas City could end up in medicine an ocean away.”
- Maria Benevento won a second-place award for Best Story About Education for “Year-round school is out at three KC-area schools, but another says it’s boosting test scores.”
- Meg Cunningham and Josh Merchant won a second-place award for Best Story About Government for “The Missouri legislature is cutting local governments’ power to pass their own laws.”
- Meg Cunningham won a second-place award for Best News Story for “Why rural Missouri schools and hospitals might become homebuyers.”
- Suzanne King won a second-place award for Best Health Story for “Weathered COVID before? Scientists say every new infection puts you at greater risk of getting long COVID.”
- Maria Benevento won a third-place award for Best Story About Education for “Independence’s four-day school week draws Missouri auditor probe.”
- Meg Cunningham won a third-place award for Best Story About Marginalized or Underrepresented Communities for “National conservative groups are working to limit transgender rights. They’re finding success in Missouri.”
- And Josh Merchant won a third-place award for Best Information Graphic for “Half of KC’s traffic deaths in the last two years happened on these 10 streets.”
Thanks to the Missouri Press Association for recognizing our dedicated staff for their efforts to examine important issues facing the state’s residents. And thanks to our rapidly growing audience for supporting our work.
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