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June 26, 2024
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Mark Sappenfield
Senior global correspondent

With the Olympics around the corner, we thought we’d announce two new bronze medals for The Christian Science Monitor. 

The Society for Features Journalism might not be the Olympics of journalism, but it’s close. The competition had more than 1,000 entries this year, with the Monitor competing against The New York Times, The Washington Post, and others. 

We took two third-place prizes, one for our Climate Generation series, and another for our weekly “Why We Wrote This” podcast. The judges called our entries “colorful,” “impressive,” and “fun.” When the people who know the craft recognize your work, it’s a wonderful boost.


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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (standing right) and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (standing left) listen to the national anthem during an arrival ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, June 25, 2024. Secretary Austin warned that an Israel-Hezbollah war could have “terrible consequences” for the Middle East.
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Sergei Melikov (center), the head of the Republic of Dagestan Republic, comforts a woman as he visits an Orthodox Church in Derbent, Dagestan, Russia.
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The Dali, the container ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and caused a deadly collapse, enters Norfolk, Virginia, early June 25, 2024. The Dali will unload containers at Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth before being parked at Norfolk International Terminals and going to a shipyard for repairs.
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