Salem Reporter’s coverage last year of the deadly shooting of a teen in Bush’s Pasture Park has earned the news organization two top awards in regional journalism competition.

Reporters for the Salem news organization also took top honors for excellence with stories about a special program cut at the Salem library and the profile of a state judge handling mental illness cases.

In all, the locally-owned Salem Reporter was cited for eight awards by Society of Professional Journalist’s Region 10. The judging evaluated work from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.

“Our team comes to work every day with the ambition to provide Salem deeply-reported news that can be counted on to be accurate and fair,” said Editor Les Zaitz. “This recognition validates our adherence to the highest

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