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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Monitor newspaper of McAllen made a very fine |
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| 6 | 7 | | showing in the 2015 Texas Associated Press Managing Editors |
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| 7 | 8 | | Headliners Excellence in Journalism Awards, competing against |
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| 8 | 9 | | other papers of similar size in Class AAA; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Past and present staff members were recognized with |
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| 10 | 11 | | multiple awards for their work in the Monitor; metro editor Jared |
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| 11 | 12 | | Taylor received first place in the Star Breaking News Report of the |
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| 12 | 13 | | Year category, while former staffer Jacob Fischler won the Star |
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| 13 | 14 | | Reporter of the Year title, as well as second place for Specialty |
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| 14 | 15 | | Reporting; and |
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| 15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Former staff photographer Gabe Hernandez earned two |
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| 16 | 17 | | first-place awards, in the Photo Gallery and Photojournalism |
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| 17 | 18 | | categories, and former staff member Elizabeth Findell earned first |
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| 18 | 19 | | place in the Specialty Reporting category; moreover, lead graphic |
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| 19 | 20 | | designer Juan Luevano took home two first-place awards, in the |
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| 20 | 21 | | Feature Page Design by an Individual and Infographics categories; |
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| 21 | 22 | | the paper's other first-place winner was film critic Brooke Corso, |
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| 22 | 23 | | in the Comment and Criticism category; and |
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| 23 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Demonstrating the depth of talent at the newspaper, |
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| 24 | 25 | | the staff also collected many other trophies; second-place awards |
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| 25 | 26 | | went to book reviewer David Bowles for Comment and Criticism, Joel |
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| 26 | 27 | | Martinez for Spot News Photography, Kristen Mosbrucker for Business |
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| 27 | 28 | | Reporting, and Mr. Fischler, Lorenzo Zazueta-Castro, and Amanda |
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| 28 | 29 | | Taylor for Star Breaking News Report of the Year; moreover, |
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| 29 | 30 | | Ms. Taylor shared in the third-place award for Feature Series with |
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| 30 | 31 | | former reporter Madeleine Smither and former features editor Amy |
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| 31 | 32 | | Nichol Smith; third-place winners also included Sandra Sanchez for |
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| 32 | 33 | | Editorial Writing, Delcia Lopez for Star Photographer of the Year, |
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| 33 | 34 | | and Brad Nibert for News Page Design by an Individual; among several |
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| 34 | 35 | | honorable mentions was Amy Casebier in Star Designer of the Year; |
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| 35 | 36 | | and |
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| 36 | 37 | | WHEREAS, The many accolades garnered by the Monitor reflect |
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| 37 | 38 | | the paper's strong commitment to quality journalism, and the |
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| 38 | 39 | | winners may indeed take pride in their accomplishments; now, |
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| 39 | 40 | | therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 41 | 42 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the Monitor newspaper on its strong |
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| 42 | 43 | | performance in the 2015 Texas Associated Press Managing Editors |
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| 43 | 44 | | Headliners Excellence in Journalism Awards and extend to the |
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| 44 | 45 | | honorees sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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| 45 | 46 | | further |
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| 46 | 47 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 47 | 48 | | prepared for the paper as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 48 | 49 | | House of Representatives. |
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