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COLLEGE PARK, MD. – Times Free Press reporter Joan Garrett won a national award Wednesday for her unflinching portrayal of an HIV-positive former crack-addicted prostitute trying to turn around her life.
Garrett won the 2011 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism in the single-article category for newspapers with fewer than 200,000 circulation.
The Palm Beach Post in Florida was a co-winner in the category.
The awards are administered by the Journalism Center on Children & Families at the University of Maryland. Fifteen medals were awarded in 12 categories out of 500 entries.