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Last Updated: 9/12/2009

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Gender: Female
Status: Single
Age: 100
Sign: Taurus

City: CHICAGO
State: Illinois
Country: US
Signup Date: 9/25/2008
Monday, June 29, 2009 

Current mood:  accomplished
Category: News and Politics
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The Chicago Defender won several NNPA Merit awards at the National Newspaper Publishers Association, including the 2009 John B. Russwurm Award for Best Newspaper in the Country.

Congratulations to our staff for a job well done: 1st place in Best Use of Photographs for our Election Night coverage (courtesy of Worsom Robinson and freelance photographer Newton Browley), 1st place in Best Editorial Cartoon award, 3rd place in Best Layout and Design, and 3rd place in the John H. Sengstacke General Excellence Award. CD reporter Wendell Hutson won a runner-up award in the Aid/Emergency Relief category and Rhonda Gillespie won 1st place in the Heritage award category for the 2009 Millercoors A. Philip Randolph Messenger Awards.