El Paso Matters took home seven first-place awards and eight other honors from the Texas Managing Editors convention this weekend, including first place Star Awards in the investigative reporting and breaking news categories for work covering controversial data centers in the region, and the emotional plea and sentencing hearings of the El Paso Walmart mass shooter, respectively.
The Star Awards are presented in partnership with the Headliners Foundation of Texas.
El Paso Matters also placed second in the Newsroom of the Year sweepstakes in Class AA for midsize newsrooms after winning the top award last year – the first online-only and nonprofit news organization to win the honor…