Article: Rocky staffers bring home Best of Show, 11 top awards 'Final Salute' receives honors in annual contest.(News)

Byline: Rocky Mountain News

Staffers for the Rocky Mountain News won Best of Show and 11 first-place awards Friday night in the annual journalism contest sponsored by the Colorado Associated Press Reporters & Editors.

Photographer Todd Heisler won Best in Show, as well as first places in general news photo and picture story for "Final Salute."

Reporter Jim Sheeler won first place in beat reporting for his coverage of military families, as well as first place in feature writing for "Final Salute," a special section on those who notify families of military deaths. The story received a Pulitzer Prize in feature writing last year.

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