.Ronald Harrod Jr. is the sports-writing equivalent of a five-tool player.

Huge congrats to Ronald Harrod Jr.! He’s done an exceptional job during his first year on the San Antonio Express-News HS sports beat. Rising star.

.Brandon Lingle and Sig Christenson 🏕🔭🗽 won a first-place Texas Managing Editors prize for this story on contaminated surgical instruments. Also of note: the incomparable Jerry Lara shot the pictures.
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Nice to see some really fine San Antonio Express-News journalists --- opinion writers, photographers, reporters -- getting recognition they deserve.
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Chilling story out of Gonzales County: 'Boy was 7 when he shot, killed stranger for no reason, officials say' Liz Teitz Josh Brodesky
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Congratulations, Blake!

.Emilie Eaton 🌶️ and Sam Owens 🌶️ outdid themselves with this word-and-image portrait of Mariah Gardner, who lost her daughter and so much more just a year ago. Beautiful design by Adrian Alvarez . Three outstanding journos at top of their game.
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Texas solar eclipse: The big day is finally here trib.al/0bPuDVh

The total solar eclipse happens today. Here’s everything to know, including when to expect darkness. trib.al/N66tu15

Good morning and happy Eclipse Day from Johnson City! After a beautiful, sunny Sunday in the Hill Country, today is starting out… wicked cloudy.

🌝 Eclipse Day is here 🌚

The San Antonio Express-News has reporters and photographers spread out around San Antonio and the Hill Country.

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Anything you want to know about the eclipse, it's here. We'll be covering it in real time all day. San Antonio Express-News expressnews.com

Outstanding reporting by Megan Rodriguez. DWI is an urgent problem in San Antonio, and when an elected official is charged, we have to be all over it. Megan and her City Hall partner, Molly Smith, never miss a beat.
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.San Antonio Express-News win its second consecutive IRE and NICAR award, this time for collaboration with Dallas Morning News on Lauren Caruba's 'Bleeding Out.' Smiley Pool Sam Owens 🌶️ Jerry Lara Billy Calzada 🇺🇸 /Photojournalist/Love 1 Another Robert R Owen Karisa King Katrice Hardy
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They're outstanding journalists, and they're great people: selfless, committed, kind. What a pleasure to see these three move up in San Antonio Express-News leadership. angela alcala-bach ChrisQuinnSA JJ Velasquez

'You won’t get rid of me.' Great look at the perils of online dating by Gabby Ybarra, reported with depth and sensitivity. All the more impressive since she's busy every day chasing breaking crime news. Her editor is Julie Silva. Jessica Phelps
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If Mike Sutter wasn't the best restaurant critic, he'd be writing country music lyrics for the ages: 'So what is country barbecue? It’s barbecue broken down to its basics: salt, pepper, meat, heat, repeat.'
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.René A. Guzman is one of the sharpest pop culture writers you'll find. His stories sparkle with turns of phrase you wish you'd thought of. Check out his 'icon recon' on Alamo replicas. expressnews.com/lifestyle/arti…

Expert says Uvalde police had 'no solutions' to what they faced on May 24, 2022: teenage shooter bunkered in classroom with high-powered rifle. Powerful on-scene reporting by Sig Christenson 🏕🔭🗽 and photos by Salgu Wissmath (they/them)
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True that, Emilie Eaton 🌶️. Apologies for omitting props to Erica Hernandez