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Plastics News was honored June 8 by the Detroit Society of Professional Journalists annual Excellence in Journalism awards.
The editorial team including Steve Toloken, Hollee Keller, Frank Esposito and Catherine Kavanaugh won first place in the General News category for the July 13 story Plastics firms get at least $1.6B in PPP funds.
The story was written by Toloken using data crunched by Keller,
PN s editorial research coordinator. Esposito and Kavanaugh contributed additional reporting.
Since there has been strong interest in the topic of PPP loans in the industry, I m taking the opportunity to give readers a look behind the story that won this award.