The Washington Times Takes the Top Prize of the SPJ DC Dateline Awards Contest

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The DC Pro Chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists announced the winners of its Dateline Awards Contest, with John Solomon and Kelly Riddell of The Washington Times taking home the top prize, the Robert D.G. Lewis Watchdog Award. Winners for that award are chosen from among the winners and finalists of the other award categories.

Solomon and Riddell’s winning piece, The Clintons’ Swedish Jackpot, was originally an investigative category winner, described as a “meticulously researched piece on how Bill Clinton’s charitable fundraising and speechmaking intertwined with Hillary Clinton’s official governmental work overseas,” by a judge.

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