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Fseveral months, veteran Ed Wiesing has showered in the garage of his Las Vegas home, using a long, black garden hose that snakes from his guest bathroom to the cement floor.
At first, it took three hours to wash the newly disabled, 13-year Navy hospital corpsman and cater to his wounds, said his wife, Dana Wagner. Now, they can do it in an hour.
“Every day is a learning experience; there is nothing paralysis does not permeate,” she said. “You’re a prisoner to the chair, even though it gives you freedom.”
The couple faced many challenges when Wiesing became paralyzed from the waist down in June, after a blood clot formed on his spine following surgery to replace the
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“This was far more personal for us than it was for any of the other journalists from around the world who came to Las Vegas to cover the story,” Cook said. “This is our home. We all know people who attended the concert, who responded to the shooting, who cared for the dying and injured. And we were able to push through those feelings to tell important, compelling stories.”
The Society of Professional Journalists designated its Sigma Delta Chi awards by daily newspaper circulation size. Of the three different circulation ranges, the Review-journal won the mid-level category for deadline reporting.
The largest circulation category for breaking news was awarded to the San Francisco Chronicle for its coverage of the Northern California wildfires. The Press Democrat, of Santa Rosa, won the smaller circulation category for its coverage of the same tragedy.
Last year, winners of the same deadline reporting award included the San Francisco Chronicle for its coverage of the deadly Ghost Ship fire in Oakland and the San Antonio Express-news for its coverage of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, the latter of which included It was an incredibly intense time for our staff, who worked what seemed like 24-hour days for days on end to deliver the deepest, most comprehensive coverage of the shooting. work from current Review-journal Washington correspondent Gary Martin.
“It was an incredibly intense time for our staff, who worked what seemed like 24-hour days for days on end to deliver the deepest, most comprehensive coverage of the shooting,” Review-journal Publisher and Editor Keith Moyer said Monday. “It was the biggest story and the best work of my more than four decades in journalism. Thanks to the Society of Professional Journalists and the Sigma Delta Chi judges for honoring our efforts.”
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