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August 19, 2005 - Illinois Issues Wins Awards for Magazine Journalism

Illinois Issues won three first place awards and a second place award for magazine journalism at the annual conference of Capitolbeat, the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors. The awards, given last month in Seattle, recognize excellence in state government reporting.

Pat Guinane, the magazine's Statehouse bureau chief, won the top honor for in-depth magazine reporting for his investigation into the Blagojevich Administration's practice of contracting out government work. The main article in that investigation, "Public work, private gain," appeared in the February issue. Guinane also won first place in the single report category for his article on the politics of guns. "Under lock and key," appeared in the September issue. And he won second place for magazine column writing.

First place in magazine column writing went to longtime Illinois Issues' columnist Charles N. Wheeler III. Wheeler won the top award in that category last year, too.

The Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors, now called Capitolbeat, is an organization of journalists who cove Statehouses throughout the nation