Sunday, May 22, 2011

Communicator wins investigative-journalism award

Rachel Pritchett has won the 2010 first-place prize in investigative journalism for newspapers 25,000 in circulation or less from the Society of Professional Journalists for her stories in the Kitsap Sun examining poor conditions at local nursing homes.
The 2010 awards were announced at an event at Seattle's Safeco Field on May 21. More than 2,500 entries from media organizations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska were submitted for various categories.
Pritchett has reported for the Sun since 1984, and has held the position of synod communicator for 10 years. She holds a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.

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