NowKalamazoo earns top journalism award for feature story

“Finding Peace During War,” (https://nowkalamazoo.com/2022/05/finding-peace-during-war/) a solutions story by Chris Killian and Ben Lando, won first place in the Local News Media Feature Story category of the Michigan Press Association awards. The story, by NowKalamazoo, a local publication in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom that shines a light on the U.S. gun violence crisis. NowKalamazoo is part of the Mental Wellness Project, a solutions-oriented journalism initiative covering mental health issues in Southwest Michigan, created by the Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative, which was launched with support from SJN’s Local Media Project.