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Article: SIMPSON STREET FREE PRESS HONORED IN MADISON FOR NATIONAL AWARD.(NEWS)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- January 29, 2009
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Byline: Samara Kalk Derby
In congratulating the young writers and editors of The Simpson Street Free Press on a major national award, Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, said that when she's been interviewed by the Free Press' young journalists she sometimes finds that they are more prepared than those who have been in the business a lot longer and receive a salary.
Baldwin was among a crowd of about 80 people who gathered Thursday to honor the Free Press, which recently received the 2008 Coming Up Taller Award, which recognizes "outstanding community-based youth programs that celebrate the creativity of America's young people, and provide them with new ...