The U.S. Capitol is pictured on March 14, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)

WASHINGTON — Senior reporter Jennifer Shutt of the States Newsroom Washington, D.C., Bureau has been named the recipient of the 2025 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress, the National Press Foundation announced.

In a press release, the foundation said a panel of judges recognized Shutt’s reporting on the potential impact of Medicaid cuts on rural hospitals, changes in FEMA that could affect states and funding of tribal radio stations.

Shutt is one of six members of the Washington Bureau of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization, with reporting from every state capital as well as the nation’s capital.

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