From the Department of Shameless Self-Promotion: WW received five awards last week from the Society of Professional Journalists in a five-state contest.
Among the awards WW received: first place for general excellence among small newsrooms, the top prize for overall coverage in 2020.
Photographer Alex Wittwer also took home two first place awards, for a feature photo of a woman praying for her son after the death of George Floyd, and for a portfolio of images taken in Oregon during the wildfires and unrest.
See Alex’s prize-winning photos here:
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Naked Athena (Alex Wittwer)
Rainy Portland Walking between rainstorms in downtown Portland. (Alex Wittwer) (Alex Wittwer)
Portland Protest (Alex Wittwer)
Wall of Moms Members of "Wall of Moms" begin to march down NW Salmon Street, towards the main protest. "Wall of Moms" is one of the largest groups at the protest in support of Black Lives Matter, and the continued protests against police brutality. (Alex Wittwer)
Portland Protest On June 13, police began using crowd control munitions, such as smoke grenades and flashbangs, at 10:55pm. (Alex Wittwer) (Alex Wittwer)
Portland Protest BIPOC demonstrators were asked to join in the center of the plaza to dance. A boy stole the show with his moves. (Alex Wittwer) (Alex Wittwer)
Portland Protest Protestors surged out of Peninsula Park and made their way to MLK Boulevard. (Alex Wittwer) (Alex Wittwer)
Portland Protest Mariah Taylor prays for her late son, whom she says was killed in a similar way to George Floyd Alex Wittwer (Alex Wittwer)
Portland Protest (Alex Wittwer)
Portland Protest A 17 year old girl gave an impassioned speech to the crowd about black experience in America, and police brutality. (Alex Wittwer) (Alex Wittwer)
Portland Protest Police advance down Southwest Main Street, knocking a woman down as a protester guards over them. (Alex Wittwer) (Alex Wittwer)
Aaron Mesh is WW's editor. He’s a Florida man who enjoys waterfalls, Trail Blazers basketball and Brutalist architecture.
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