Kirkland Reporter regional editor Matt Phelps and reporter TJ Martinell won first place for best Crime and Justice Reporting during the annual Society of Professional Journalist Awards Gala on June 13 held at the Seattle Renaissance Hotel.
The award was given for the story “Drugs, bunkers, gun range, arsenal and former Sonics player found in Kirkland raid.”
The same story also won third place for best investigative story.
The contest covers all weekly newspapers in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.
