{"id":1723,"date":"2009-07-15T20:59:43","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T01:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2022-05-13T14:41:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T19:41:43","slug":"express-news-reporters-win-national-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/15\/express-news-reporters-win-national-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Express-News reporters win national honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090409101215\/http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com:80\/Gun_Running_Series_part_1.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/gunrunnerfrontpage22-172x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gunrunner&#039;s land of plenty\" title=\"Gunrunner&#039;s land of plenty\" width=\"172\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/gunrunnerfrontpage22-172x300.jpg 172w, https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/gunrunnerfrontpage22.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><\/a>Reporters Todd Bensman and Guillermo Contreras, my colleagues on the special projects team at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysa.com\">San Antonio Express-News<\/a>, won an award from the National Press Club for their series of stories about gunrunning to Mexico called Texas&#8217; Deadliest Export.<\/p>\n<p>According to the press club:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Call an investigative reporter in Houston, Texas<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reporters Todd Bensman and Guillermo Contreras of the San Antonio Express-News won the Edwin M. 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