Kansas Prog Blogs Stay Winning Journalism

As the public pays far less attention to reporting and is mostly influenced by clever memes . . . We notice that long-form writing fades into obscurity and becomes more of a niche pursuit. 

Accordingly . . .

Here's how partisan blogs now dominate the political discourse for the fading quotient of the voting public who can read at an 8th-grade level . . .  

Kansas Reflector staff dominated the journalist of the year category, finishing first, second and third. Senior reporter Tim Carpenter took that first place (just five months after being named to the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame). Editor-in-chief Sherman Smith was in second, and reporter Anna Kaminski was in third.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Journalists of the year: Kansas Reflector sweeps category in state press association awards * Kansas Reflector