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Shaw Local News Network earns 12 journalism awards
murder trial.
Marrazzo, a reporter with more than 25 years of experience, spent years reporting on this case, reviewing hundreds of documents including police reports and autopsies, and interviewing dozens of people connected to the case.
Burmeister.
Shaw Local News Network newspapers won 12 awards last week from the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors, including the sweepstakes award for the top story in all news categories in that division.
The winning publications included the Northwest Herald, Sauk Valley Media’s Daily Gazette and Dixon Telegraph, La Salle’s NewsTribune, The Times of Ottawa and The Herald-News.
The Northwest Herald’s crime and courts reporter Amanda Marrazzo took the sweepstakes award for her reporting on the death of Tony Prate, an Algonquin eye doctor who died of COVID-19 while awaiting his
Prate was accused of killing his girlfriend in November 2019 by stabbing her almost 30 times. The death led investigators to take another look at the 2011 death of Prate’s wife, who was pronounced dead upon arrival at an Elgin hospital after a car crash in Lake in the Hills. That investigation was closed without charges.
Other first-place finishes included:
• Dixon Telegraph reporter Kathleen Schultz for Business Reporting, Dixon Telegraph for her report on revitalizing Northland Mall.
• Northwest Herald reporter Joe Stevenson for Sports Reporting for his story on the retirement of McHenry’s athletic director, Barry
• NewsTribune reporter Olivia Doak for Public Service for her reports on a sewer break near La Salle-Peru High School that cost $282,000 in damage and polluted a nearby ravine. The second-place awards included:
• Dixon Telegraph reporter Rachel Rodgers for Public Service for “Dixon Library faces book banning effort.”
• A Shaw Local News Network collaboration among Northwest Herald reporter Aaron Dorman, Kendall County Now reporter Mark Foster and My Suburban Life editor Bob Rakow about the drag show debate taking place in northern Illinois.
• The Times reporter Michael Urbanec for Feature for his report about the attempt by Skydive Chicago in Ottawa to break a record by creating a 200-person pattern in midair.
• Northwest Herald reporter Michal Dwojak for Sports Feature for his story about how athletic administrators and officials groups across the state are looking for solutions to a multifaceted officials shortage.
• Northwest Herald reporter James T. Norman for Business Reporting for his reporting on how officials planned to use the county’s enterprise zone to encourage commercial development in Marengo.
Third-place awards include:
• The Herald-News staff for General Excellence.
• Northwest Herald reporter Janelle Walker for Business Reporting for her reporting on the scarcity and price of McHenry County apartments.
The IAPME awards will be presented during the Illinois Press Association convention on June 8 in Bloomington. Shaw Local newspapers also are finalists for 40 IPA awards. It will learn what place those awards are during the event.
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