Dayton Daily News reporters win national award for ‘walking the path of the storm’ series

Stewart and Sweigart gathered stories from people, business and government, and investigated obstacles to recovery for print stories and podcasts.

The SPJ announced recipients Friday afternoon of the 2019 Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism, including Stewart and Sweigart for non-deadline reporting for daily publications with a circulation up to 100,000.

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