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Portland Phoenix honored

AAN honors Portland Phoenix for election coverage

By JEFF INGLIS | July 1, 2009

Portland Phoenix honored for election coverage

At the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies annual awards banquet in Tucson, Arizona, last Friday, Portland Phoenix staff and freelancers were recognized for their coverage of the 2008 elections, with a second-place award, tying the City Newspaper of Rochester, New York, for the honors.

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