‘Stupendous reporting, beautifully told’ — Express-News coverage of Texas freeze wins first-place in Best of the West
Brandy Robinson, 36, and her family take refuge at the Best Western Hotel off Loop 410 in San Antonio during Winter Storm Uri, which knocked out power, heat and water for millions of Texans in February 2021. The San Antonio Express-News’ coverage of the disaster won first-place honors in the Best of the West journalism contest.
Express-News journalists were recognized in two other categories. The paper’s spot news coverage of the February storm won second place in breaking news, and a searchable database of family violence fatalities won second place in informational graphics. Numerous other categories in Best of the West are still being judged.
Other articles in the winning entry included one by Joshua Fechter, which revealed that the San Antonio Water System hadAn article by Lauren Caruba illustrated how power failures left thousands of dialysis patients
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